Mike found the reference photo on the internet. I loved the picture, but it just seemed ‘off’ to me. Then I reversed it and it just looked ‘right’. Sometimes we just need to look from a different perspective to have truth feel ‘right.’
He was painted in a larger format than most of my other watercolors. This painting fills most of an 8×10 mat. That took lots more paint and because it was so large, many more visible details were needed.
Anna Mason always encourages finishing the eyes first. She’s so right! I took more breaks from painting than usual because of the size, but seeing those intense eyes looking off the paper, propelled me to keep working to give him life.
Our Father God, looks into our eyes. He sees what He wants us to be. He has a plan and a purpose for us. Look back at Him and allow Him to work in you some more each day until the day of completion.
While I was painting this there has been an on-going difficulty in my family. We were alerted many times of specific needs to pray about. We would stop and pray. Later we would rejoice to hear that need was met. Shortly after, there would be a new and different need. Then we would hear that one was cared for in an unexpected way. All those little answers to specific prayers has built our faith and trust in God so much more. We look at the whole situation and say it isn’t finished, but because the small details were done well, we expect to have a beautiful picture of God’s grace and love to share in the end.