Painting Again

I am so glad that I have this inspiration to paint again. This time, I am doing The Sacred Heart Of Jesus and Immaculate Heart Of Mary. I outlined in pencil the Sacred Heart Of Jesus and I am so happy that it came out beautiful. One problem though is I have difficulty in drawing the hands, which is usually the most difficult in painting a portrait. After several erasures, my son is not too happy with the outcome yet. Maybe I will have better luck tomorrow. But I am happy with the face of Jesus already which exudes holiness. I had my share in the past of painting Holy images. I painted Saint Claret, Mama Mary with the child Jesus, and the crucifixion for Claret Seminary. Also, I painted a priest during consecration with Jesus at the background for an Indian priest who was a friend. For Santa Rafaela House Of Spirituality, I painted a Lady, worshipping God, with the Bible in her hands. I also painted the Holy Family which I donated for the raffle in celebration for the Feast Of San Bartolome, or Saint Bartholomew, one of the apostles of Jesus. He described the apostle as "without guile"...

Painting Holy Images makes one meditate. The act of painting itself becomes an offering to God. It is like returning back to Him the fruits of the talents that God has endowed a person with. I think I will go back to painting Holy Images again which gave me so much joy before.

Sold A Painting

With the closing of the old year, I sold a painting at Ebay. I cannot consider selling at Ebay as a real bussiness yet because of the rarity of selling an item. I just post paintings for sale and enjoy attaching to my signature in my emails the domain address art-nook.com where the paintings I carry are shown if one follows the link. Anyway, Ebay reduced their charge so there is no harm in posting. I will have to muster all the inspiration I need in order to start painting again. This is one dismay one can have in painting. If you stop painting for a while, your brain and hands forget the skill gained through the years. Someday, I intend to post some pictures of the paintings I carry and my own paintings in my blog.