Here is a drawing I did of St. Junipero Serra! Its based on an image from Wikipedia as shown here:
I wanted to draw it for several reasons, firstly because it was one of the statues torn down by the black lives matter movement last year sometime and I like the idea of trying at least in some small way to replace and even build on what was lost.
And second it gave me an opportunity to practice my crosshatching which is great because a lot of the stories that continue to inspire me, like the Narnia books and Alice in Wonderland incorporate a lot of hatching and crosshatching in their illustrations.
And thirdly I really like the idea of drawing Catholic saints and religious art in general because I’m a Catholic and because there’s so much in it that’s beautiful.
So yeah, that’s three birds with one stone! I always like having multiple reasons for working on the same artwork especially since I usually end up spending a lot of time on whatever it is I’m working on.
