Epiphany coloring page, colored

Merry Christmas as we come to the end of this year! This year, for me, has been dominated by the project of the Liturgical Calendar Coloring Book, drawing pages for every single saint's day. Now it's complete I've started coloring some of the pages. I colored this one with acrylic wash, ink, and the classic coloring book medium, Crayola crayons; and used the picture for my Christmas cards this year.

May you all have a blessed New Year!

Glorious Mysteries coloring pages

As part of my ongoing project of a coloring book of the entire Liturgical Calendar, I've drawn coloring pages of the five Glorious Mysteries. So I decided to make them available as a set, along with a set of the Luminous Mysteries that I did earlier. Check out this page on my blog if you're interested.

Elevation

This is my Christmas card picture for this year, and I also tried to enter it in that Catholic Digest contest back at the time, but the email address didn't seem to be working.

Merry Christmas!

Immaculate Conception coloring page

Happy Feast of the Immaculate Conception! This is the page for today from the Entire Liturgical Calendar Coloring Book I'm working on.

Holy Face of Mary

A commissioned small oil painting, based on an image "drawn by an Italian mystic" in the Pieta Prayer Book.

It frustrated me that the book does not name this mystic, or give any other information, and I couldn't find the image anywhere else! It is lovely, though, and was a challenge to interpret. 

Shrine at Morning

Plein air oil painting of the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham in Houston.

Christmas Painting

This was actually an acrylic painting that I finished last Christmas. I didn't think to share it until just now. Merry Christmas!

Queen of Heaven - sketch page

Update (3/22/11):  Here is a small painted head study done from the sketch.  To speed up the process, I painted my first layers in acrylic and then came back over it in oils for the final coat.  I've heard this is not wise since over time (hundreds of years) the oil may flake off, being too thin.


I pulled out the ole 9B pencil for this sketch.  Kinda scary at first when you see those dark pencil marks being put on the page, but I needed the contrast for the skin tones.

Angels and Holy Child by Marianne Stokes

It is always a pleasure to discover great devotional art. This work by Marianne Stokes is really well done with great attention to  draughtsmanship and design.    A Blessed Christmas to all.