August 4, 2014 Through love's eyes 2

Love does not count faults, only Blessings.

I know it has been said several times in my posts but I will put a slightly different angle of approach to this. Many enter into marriage with the thought that all is perfect and love will automatically make everything right and perfect. Sorry to disappoint but it does not work that way. The person you knew before saying I do is not the person you will be living with for the rest of your life. A loving marriage is filled with concessions on both sides and requires effort to make it work. It may even require a few arguments along the way. It requires understanding one another's feelings. Honest communication is paramount to help in this area. Knowing each other only happens through communication and sharing yourself unselfishly. The willingness to give in this way is true love.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, ‘If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross and follow me. Anyone who wants to save his life will lose it; but anyone who loses his life for my sake will find it.

The New Jerusalem Bible. (1985). (Mt 16:24–25). New York: Doubleday.

Christianity is the marriage of our everything to Christ, The Holy Spirit and God. It is the same with Marriage.To become one you must give up self.


This will be short and sweet. I spent the week eraser and pencils in hand. Another first when you consider that I wasn't taking handwriting lessons. It has be my practice to use them to draw stick figures or doodle. I thought that since I had a set of 15 graphite pencils maybe I should try actually drawing with them. What do you think? I needed an image for this so it is my turn to do my favorite image of my wife. If I don't show up after this post it is because Jill did me in for showing the picture I used. Here it is. I assure you it is better than my drawing.

 She said everyone will think I am married to this young woman. Well, I was then and I am now. This picture was taken on our 10th wedding anniversary before we had our marriage blessed. I think she glows in this photo. 
I apologize but there are no step by steps for this image. The bottom of my trash can is nothing but eraser crumbs.
It was draw, erase, draw, erase, draw, erase. You get the Idea. Here is the end result for you to compare with the photo.

 I thought the Copic images were tough. I forgot that the colors had to be translated into shades of gray. As with the last image there are only clues on what the hair should look like. After a week of adjusting I decided it was done. I need to try pencils more often. They are a challenge. After doing several of these I am sure the Copics will seem like a walk in the park. OH, I almost forgot. I did this the hard way. On Copic paper not drawing paper. Major difference. Major difficulty. Smears VERY easily.
Taking a few days off to figure what to do next. Remember to LOVE THE DETAILS.