I am working with Inktense pencils, Prismacolor and Micron ink pens, and Canson Illustration 11×14″ 150lb art pad to create 15 illustrations (that is how many pieces of paper are in the art pad) of my current family life and inspirations.
This work is narrative in content and uses color in a monochromatic way accentuating one part of each drawing. These fun and quirky illustrations are a reflection of the current joy I have been experiencing with my family and friend life situation.
In “Sunday Morning at St. Andrews,” our little family is standing while the Gospel according to St. Matthew is being read – in which we all respond “Glory to you Lord, Christ.” We have recently moved to Springfield, MO for M’s job and I am really missing our church St. Andrews, so this piece is especially sentimental.
I wanted to match the actual color of the main wall in the church, so I blended Carmine Pink and Tangerine Inktense pencils to get that orange color. All in all I was happy with the composition and patterns in this illustration.
Some of the things I enjoy the most about this drawing are our little family portrait,
the Gospel reading, and the backs of the other people’s hair and patterned clothes.
The inspiration for this drawing:
Fabulous work Lauren!
I always love the detail.
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Lauren this is wonderful! And I picked you and Micah out quickly. I hope that you are settling in. I miss you.
love these!
Miss your little family. Your works are fabulous. Such detail. I really like the one bold color then all the patterns. Hope u will enjoy Springfield. I lived there for about one year but loved it!
Lauren, I love these drawings! They are wonderful! Your love shows!
I love these, Lauren!! We miss you guys!!
Thank you so much for liking!! 🙂
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Hi! I’m Veronica and I work for St. Andrew’s. I happen to come across this and I love it. I head up an art gallery in the Narthex and I would love to display this in one of our rotations. My email is veronica@saclr.org. Let me know if you would be interested.
Yes of course! Thanks so much.