Friday, 24 August 2012

God's Dream & Human's Hope

God's Dream and Human's Hope

DESCRIPTION ABOUT THIS DRAWING

Holy Trinity & Holy family
Thought behind this drawing was Holy father chosen us to be his through our union with Christ (Ephes 1:4) Holy father blessed him with Holy spirit (Mathew 17:15) For the entry of Christ to the world, God (The Holy Trinity) had chosen the Holy Family (Mathew 1:23.) To depict this concept I drew the Holy Father’s image on top then Holy Spirit & then Jesus Christ in the down (Holy Trinity). Similarly I portrayed St Joseph & Holy Mary on either side of Jesus Christ (Holy Family)

Significance of Holy Family
Below to the holy Mary’s picture, there is one quote from Genesis 2:23 “Bone taken from my bone & Flesh from my flesh”.  Adam was saying this after seeing Eve in the Old Testament. Sin came into the world through one man (Adam)....Adam was a figure of the one who was to come (Romans 5:12-15). But where Sin increased, God’s grace increased much more (Romans 5:21). Thus Holy Father gave his own son through Holy Mary (Isaiah 7:14). Thus the bone & flesh of a human (Adam) leads to the entry of sin into the world, whereas the Flesh & Blood of Jesus leading us to the eternal life (Romans 5:21). This I have shown in the Eucharist where Jesus & his Sacred Heart are portrayed. Importance of St. Joseph is “He was a man who always did what was right (Mathew 1:19)”

Old & New Covenant
After the arrival of Jesus he replaced the old covenant with new covenant which was with his own flesh & body. (Luke. 22:20; 1 Cor. 11:25) This I illustrated like the Holy Eucharist & the Holy Blood on the top of Covenant box-the symbol of old testament/covenant.

God’s Dream & Humans Hope
In Revelations ch. 21 and in Isaiah 65:17-25 God is explaining his “Ultimate principal plan” or his DREAM..!! “I am making a new earth & new heaven (Isaiah 65:17)”  “Now Gods home is with human beings, He will live with them (Revel 21:3)”. In other words this is the Holy Altar in the church. “There will be no more grief or crying or pain”. (Revel. 21:4) But I have depicted people with poverty, madness, prisoners etc… in the bottom of the picture. This is because the pain & sorrow will be there in the earth. The way of looking at it & taking it will be changed after we met Jesus Christ. Because He told “anyone who wants to come with me must forget yourself, take up their cross every day, and follow me (Luke 9:23)”
Bible also says “We also boast of our troubles, because we know that trouble produces endurance, endurance brings God’s approval, and his approval create hope (Romans 5:4)” “My punishment was good for me, because it made me learn your commands (Psalms 119:71)”
So GOD’s DREAM is that we all should understand him & his plan(s) behind the sorrows & pain we are encountering in our daily life with a positive outlook and we should thank him forever..!!!

End Note:
I am not telling that all pain has God behind it..!! There are pain because "people are tempted when they are drawn away & trapped by their own evil desires (James 1:14)". On the other hand there are pain of "cross every day (Luke 9:23)". I was describing about the later...!!!

TECHNICAL DETAILS

I started drawing this in the beginning of November 2011 and I finished this drawing by the second week of December 2011. I drew this picture as separate parts and finally pasted all together in a single background as seen in the above picture. The size of the picture frame is 4 x 2.5 feet. The entire picture was depicted with pencil except the quotes from the bible (This I typed & took print out). I used Apsara HB, B, 2B, 3B, 4B & 5B wooden pencils and HB pointed pencil for drawing this. In the following pages I will be adding different parts of this picture.
I invite constructive comments about this picture and suggestions for improving the quality of drawing. Since I never learned drawing, I hope your valuable suggestions will groom me well.


Photos

Replacement of old Covenant with New

            In this picture, I gave more emphasize to the concept than the logic of proportionality. That is why the Chalice Cup & Holy Eucharist is bit bigger than the size of covenant box. More over, in the actual picture (God's dream & humans hope) the center of attraction & importance is given to the Holy Eucharist. 
Holy Father
         
This picture I replicated from a Calendar. I don't know whose painting was this. The original picture is in multicolored and I think that was originally an oil painting.

Jesus in Holy Eucharist

           One of my favorite picture of Jesus Christ and was bit difficult to draw also. The main difficulty I encountered while I was trying to portrait the smile of Jesus in this picture. In the original picture - Again I don't know its author, I still doubt it was a photograph than a drawing- it is very difficult to say whether the smile is with his lip or it from his eyes or from both..!! Any way I tried my level best and made it in this way. I couldn't sketch the exact liveliness of its original version. I spent almost one week time to finish this drawing.

Holy Spirit

          For me this was one of the easiest picture to draw among this group of pictures.

Angels 

Angels

I need to improve my skill of portraying the face of people...!!! 

New Covenant

I dedicated this picture to my sister. This is one of her favorite picture.

Holy Mary

            In this picture Mother Mary is pointing her right hand towards right side. In the original complete picture, Mother Mary is standing on  the left side of Holy Eucharistic Jesus Christ. The caption below this picture is "Bone taken from my bone and flesh from my flesh" (Genesis 2:23). My Father shared this concept with me. I am dedicating this picture to him.  

St. Joseph

"Joseph was a man who always did what was right" (Matthew. 1:19)

Holy Family



DESCRIPTION

Below to the holy Mary’s picture, there is one quote from Genesis 2:23 “Bone taken from my bone & Flesh from my flesh”.  Adam was saying this after seeing Eve in the Old Testament. Sin came into the world through one man (Adam)....Adam was a figure of the one who was to come (Romans 5:12-15). But where Sin increased, God’s grace increased much more (Romans 5:21). Thus Holy Father gave his own son through Holy Mary (Isaiah 7:14). Thus the bone & flesh of a human (Adam) leads to the entry of sin into the world, whereas the Flesh & Blood of Jesus leading us to the eternal life (Romans 5:21). This I have shown in the Eucharist where Jesus & his Sacred Heart are portrayed. Importance of St. Joseph is “He was a man who always did what was right (Mathew 1:19)”

The Mankind



DESCRIPTION

              This picture depicts the representation from the mankind. From left to right, Ordinary Family, Elderly couple, Disables & their caregiver, insane, prisoner & poor. Although it is not exhaustive but it represents all groups & aspects of mankind.

                This is originally a part of my drawing titled 'God's Dream & Human's Hope'. This portion of the picture I crop out from the main picture & I filled the background with solid white color by using Photoshop software.

DESCRIPTION

       "The Covenant box"- symbol of the old covenant in the Old Testament in Bible. This picture I  drew based on the description given in the bible (Exodus 25:10-21 and 37: 10-16) and with my imagination.
       
       This is originally a part of my drawing titled 'God's Dream & Human's Hope'. This portion of the picture I crop out from the main picture & I filled the background with solid white color by using Photoshop software.

Holy Trinity


DESCRIPTION

              This picture depicts the Holy trinity. Here i have portrayed the face & sacred heart of Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist. 

                This is originally a part of my drawing titled 'God's Dream & Human's Hope'. This portion of the picture I crop out from the main picture & I filled the background with solid white color by using Photoshop software.