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Welcome to IMAGES OF JESUS CHRIST. |
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This website presents
- many, many pen and ink drawings of Jesus Christ,
- some watercolor and mixed media paintings of Jesus Christ,
- some photographs of little sculptures of Jesus Christ, and
- some other photographs.
I have launched this website in 2001 to make my Jesus Christ images (drawings, paintings, sculptures, photographs) available for use by you – as an alternative to the many conventional and often times pretty sweetish depictions of Jesus Christ found on the web.
The style of my work varies.
Some of the drawings are rather "stiff" - inspired by medieval sculpture or paintings (see Picture 1).
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Other Jesus pictures are vivid, emotional, explosive (see Picture 2).
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And some images are close to being abstract (see Picture 3).
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Another, smaller group of Jesus pictures is more conventional (see Picture 4 and 5). They are for those of you who need a Jesus Christ drawing to incorporate in, for example, more conservative church publications.
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The pictures I personally like most are those so blurred with pen strokes or so undefined that Jesus' figure or face is barely hinted at or otherwise "difficult to find". These pictures serve as a projection screen for my inner vision of Jesus.
I drew the first pen and ink picture of Jesus Christ the evening after my father died (see Picture 7). We asked the publisher of the local newspaper to use it in his obituary. We used it again when my mother went to join my father. We also permitted its reproduction in other obituaries.
Since then I have drawn hundreds and hundreds of Jesus Christ images. Approximately 1000 of them are shown here at www.freymanc.com.
Sometime in 2009, I started making little sculptures of Jesus Christ (usually just Jesus’s head or face). In 2011, I began taking photographs of some of them, in a style that roughly corresponds to the style of my drawings. They are shown in the "Sculptures" gallery.
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The "Photographs" gallery contains pictures I took during my travels. They show churches and cathedrals, crosses and other Christian motives.
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Contact |
You can email me at Luc-at-Freymanc.com
Replace the "-at-" by "@".
Be aware that I check my email very, very rarely. |
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Technique |
Here are the answers to some frequently asked questions:
- How large are my drawings?
The paper format for most of the pictures is 4 x 6 inches (10.2 x 15.2 cm) or 6 x 8 inches (15.2 x 20.3 cm). Occasionally, I use smaller or larger formats (up to 11 x 14 inches). However, the actual drawings are sometimes much smaller than the sheet of paper. Some of the drawings are only 1 to 2 inches high.
Occasionally, the images on this web site show only a section of the original page or drawing.
- What paper do I use?
Usually, I use Strathmore Drawing paper or Strathmore Charcoal paper. For pen and ink drawings, I like paper that is "natural white", i.e., cream colored or slightly beige.
The "paper color" in most of the electronic pictures on this website is artificial. I scan most of the pictures in pure black and white and add the "paper color" electronically to make the pictures contrast better with the electronically added white frame.
The original drawings look much finer. There is probably nothing more beautiful than a black ink drawing on natural white or beige paper in a bright white mat.
- What type of pen do I use?
Most of the time, I use piston-filling fountain pens or reed pens. I have several fountain pens, with various nib sizes. Although I have pens from various manufacturers, I always come back to the Pelikan and Montblanc pens. They are robust, reliable work horses for my rather rough drawing style. In 2011, I got Noodler’s Ahab fountain pen – very inexpensive and equipped with a very flexible nib – a great drawing tool when you want variable line widths.
Why fountain pens? Because they have a large ink reservoir and do not splutter too much. When drawing very fast and impulsively, you do not want to stop every 30 seconds or less to dip the nib, or to slow down to avoid spluttering large ink droplets over the paper.
When I want splattering and variations in the line I normally use worn-out reed pens.
Picture 8 shows 2 reed pens, a Pelikan 800 fountain pen, and Noodler’s Ahab (the transparent pen). I am showing the Ahab next to the Pelikan to illustrate the Ahab’s size.
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- What ink do I use?
Many of the pictures shown on this website are drawn with Pelikan Fount India (a bottle standing on the drawing pad in Picture 9) or Higgins Fountain Pen India. Both are lightfast India inks for fountain pens. In 2006 I detected Noodler's bulletproof black ink (on Picture 9 in the background on the left) - a lightfast non-India ink that works great in fountain pens (both in my piston pens and in those that I use with manually refilled ink cartridges or converters). In 2011, I started experimenting with Noodler’s Legal Lapis ink. It is dark blue-gray, and also highly lightfast.
The ink I liked most (note the past tense) is iron gall ink. It dries to a dark blue-black, becomes a little brownish over time, and is extremely permanent. The only disadvantage: The artwork itself is not permanent because this ink becomes very acidic over time and slowly eats its way through the paper.
When drawing with reed pens, I often use regular India ink or liquid acrylic ink (the large bottle in the background of Picture 8). With reed pens I have also used thinned acrylics black.
Picture 8 also shows a Montblanc ink bottle (filled with Noodler’s black). I love its design. There is nothing better for filling a fountain pen. Next to the Pelikan Fount India bottle stands a little vessel with some real India ink. I use it as inkwell for reed pens. It is from a liquor store and once contained Tequila.
- What about the Jesus sculptures
They are made with FIMO SOFT oven-hardening modeling material, and pretty small – the heads are made out of 1 little 1.97 ounce (56 grams) block. The photos are massively cropped and "photoshopped" to create atmosphere.
I am not sure if anyone has a use for these photos.
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