A vision...

On a recent trip to the art supply store, I purchased a white gel pen and a very large 9B pencil/crayon with the intent of trying a night sky.  My 13 year old daughter told me about a new technique they were learning in her art class at school- smudging with a paper stump.  We bought a package of them, and she showed me how to use the them because she thought it would make a nicer sky than simply using pencil strokes.

Soon after, my dear friend wrote to me about a vision she had seen.  She described hands reaching down from the heavens holding a wedding gown over a cityscape. She said she felt compelled to tell me about it so I could draw it, and she knew I had done a few pieces with hands in them recently.

As my friend described her vision, I saw it at in my mind as being at night, and knew I had to draw it with my new tools.

After I sketched in the hands, fabric and city lightly, I used the paper stump to shade in the darkness of the sky and the city.  Afterward, I used the white gel pen to dot the sky with stars, add the lights on the bridge and windows, and created the lace effect on the fabric. 

I sent this picture of it to my friend who said, "Wow. I can't believe how amazing that is!!!! Girl it's so gorgeous and sooo close to my vision that I think you saw it too."

Here is an image of the lace detail.

Editing to add this verse, though it seems to be in reverse;


Revelation 21:2 (NIV)I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.