Essentials Blue: Final Project in-Progress
For: The Institute of Contemporary And Emerging Worship Studies, St. Stephen’s University, Essentials Blue Online Worship Theology Course with Dan Wilt
For my final project I’m painting. So far I haven’t been able to complete the very last discussion questions though not for lack of thought & copious amounts of writing & re-writing. I decided to put that on hold & paint. I’m not quite done yet but here it is in progress:
It’s called “Fully Alive” – from the quote from Iraneus of Lyons “The glory of God is a human being fully alive.”
I’m going to paint an icon-like halo around the figure using the colors traditionally associated with the Trinity (gold, green, brown & blue) as found in the icon of the Trinity. God the Father is clothed in blue which represents divinity and wrapped in a shimmering gold cloak signifying that He is not visible. Jesus, the Son is clothed in brown – expressing his humanity, blue for his divinity and the gold stripe for kingship. The Spirit has blue (divinity) and green garments. New life is signified by the green.
It should be done sometime this week & I’ll post a picture of it then.
Tags: christianity, Creativity, Dan Wilt, institute, leader, Spirituality, ssu, study, theology, worship
Feb 16, 2009
Can’t wait to see the halo design! Particularly, I can’t wait to see how the design will influence the look on the character’s face as it is now.
Put your face into the look that this face has, and look in the mirror – what emotion does your face project? Couple that with – the unknown design element – and -What is it that you’re intending to project with this facial expression? – and you’ll get what I mean.
It is always fascinating to see a piece of art while it’s in process.