time_to_go_scanning

 Now that the Seraph is complete I must quest for a large scanner.  This is an ongoing quest for all artists until you decide to drop some G's on a personal big Epson.

I am putting the angel in a kind of bubble so I'll know where to cut when I get the full scale print.

Esotericism?

The first of the 9_angels_9 is nearly complete.  Soon it will grow 3 times in size.

have_faith

A wise priest came into Utrecht yesterday and told me that if I had done my proper research I would have read that the Seraph only uses the top 2 of its 6 wings to fly.  The middle wings cover the chest while the lower wings cover the private parts.  Too bad my Seraph is full spread eagle.  We don't stop.

studio_visit

In my studio, the ground is the palette.  It's just easier like that.  And it's pretty.

wing_night_tonight

As i mentioned before I'm illustrating the Christian Angelic Hierarchy.  There are nine types of angels within three major groups known as "choirs" or "spheres."  
These are the types:

choir 1
1) Seraphim (above)
2) Cherubim
3) Thrones

choir 2
4) Dominions
5) Virtues
6) Powers

choir 3
7) Principalities
8)Archangels
9) regular Angels (also above)

I am depicting the regular angels as flat golden circles blotched with paint.  They will be in every piece.

what color is an angel's skin?

 When seraphim come to Earth, they leave their serpent appearance behind, preferring tall, thin, clean-cut human embodiments.  But nothing is said about the color of their skin.  

The gold foil "fiery light" is complete.  If you look carefully at the above image you will notice a lottery ticket on the left of this angel.  Would winning the lottery make me a better artist?

goin_for_the_gold

 Picked up some fake gold leaf a.k.a gold foil from work.  You can see a pad of it in the image below.  The seraphim are surrounded by a fiery light so bright that nothing, not even other angelic beings, can look upon them.  The name Seraphim means "the burning ones."

I would have liked to use real gold leaf but apparently it is hundreds of dollars for a few small sheets.  Maybe next time.  I showed the above image to my favorite teller at the bank and she said "Is that cheese?"