Judges lesson series (1-2)

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This is the second picture from lesson one, after Joshua died and the people stopped serving God.
The Bible lesson text tells how God sent His angel to talk to the Israelites, reminding them that He had brought them out of Egypt and into the land.  He had warned them not to be close friends with people who did not believe in Him.  God said, "You have not obeyed My voice.  Why have you done this?"  Because the Israelites had disobeyed, God told them He would not send the people out of the land.  They would cause trouble as long as the Israelites lived there.

Print size: 24x34cm.  Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Corel Painter X, Wacom Cintiq 18SX

Judges lesson series (1-1)

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This is a picture from lesson one where Joshua in his old age is gathering the people of Israel together to remind them of all the good things God had done for them.

Print size: 24x34cm. Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Corel Painter X, Wacom Cintiq 18SX.

Judges lesson series (2-1)

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Seems like yesterday when I began using our children as model references for illustrations (starting with Heather as baby Jesus in the manger).  Now I'm using Rebecca as an adult reference!

Being vertically challenged, I really need to use someone besides myself as a soldier reference because I kept redrawing General Sisera's raiding army so they didn't resemble a bunch of angry dwarfs and Hobbits.

My original idea was to create this same scene by moonlight with a range of blues and grays.  Then I wondered if a chariot would be crazy enough to fly through a street guided only by moonlight .  Easy to fix – I kept the light/shadows the same but turned the night scene into a morning/late afternoon scene.
Another change I would like to make is replace the spear in the hand of the foreground soldier with a sword ...but there are looming deadlines so on to the next illustration.

Illustrations are for a 6-part Bible lesson series on the book of Judges – Disobedience and Deliverance.  There are 36 total images with accompanying lesson text. Print size: 24x34cm. Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Corel Painter X, Wacom Cintiq 18SX; preliminary sketches were done using ArtRage app for the iPad.

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