Sunday, March 14, 2010

Saints and Angels (Art Journal Page)

I've been continuing to work on art journal pages about religion and spirituality.  Seemed appropriate for a Sunday post.  I really liked this one about angels and saints.  The background on the tags is made with Tim Holtz' technique for ink drops with distress reinkers.  I actually drew the cross with pastels.  This is the first page in my new brand/style of art journal, and I really like it.  I made one other art journal page which I liked but is too personal to share.  The third page started out really well and then I messed it all up, so I covered half of it with gesso and will return to it later.
This page is called "Saints and Angels." My favorite Saint is St. Anthony (patron Saint of lost things).  I pray to him like crazy when I lose anything important, and he always seems to come through. I have a gold cross that I bought in Dublin a dozen years ago and wear everyday.  I lost it when I was sick (on the day I went in for a chest x-ray).  I looked in my purse, my pockets, my bed, everywhere, but couldn't find it. Then last week, it showed up in the bottom of my purse.  I was thrilled!  So, I decided to sketch my cross on this page as a tribute to St. Anthony.  I also really like The Virgin of Guadalupe (that's the stamped image), so included her, too.  Do you have any favorite or patron saints?

7 comments:

Amy said...

Well done on the free hand drawing of your cross, you've done a great job!

Elizabeth said...

That is just beautiful!

Connie said...

This is great. I love the hand drawn quality. I also love the colors that you put together.

humel said...

Love it, Rinda :-) Beautiful background, and (as you say) very appropriate post for a Sunday x

Mommy2CVC said...

I love it! I too love St. Anthony and he has never let me down. I also have a special love for our Blessed Mother Mary, as the Virgin of Guadalupe, Sacred Heart or in any fashion really. Squiggler was born on St. Nicholas day and he is the patron saint of shopping! (Too funny!) and I have a special place in my heart for St. Joseph too and I'll share that with you why some day. Tell Clara I will send the pixs as soon as I get them.

ComfyMom~Stacey said...

This is beautiful! My favorite saint has always been St Apollonia of Alexandria. She's the patron saint of toothaches and I am terrified of the dentist

cheryl said...

That is really pretty I was just
about to ask you about how you got the image of The Virgin but you answered . This page has a really
"soft" feel to it .