Bible Journaling - Exodus 24 & 25

Today we take a closer look at Exodus chapters 24 and 25. In Chapter 24 we find that 74 leaders of Israel sit down for a covenant meal in God's presence, before Moses and Joshua move up the mountain. God's presence is experienced in the form of a cloud. In the next chapter, the Israelites are instructed to bring precious offerings for the building and making of the sacred objects, namely the Ark of the Covenant, the Table and the Lampstand. Plans for all of these items are given to Moses. When choosing what to illustrate, I settled on the idea of a table, as the covenant meal and the sacred Table featured in these two chapters. However, I wanted to bring the consuming presence of God into focus. I therefore painted an elaborate cloud that dwarfs the table completely. I also opted for an aerial perspective, to give the reader an elevated point of view, as if we are on that mountain top ourselves. I share the steps for doing this in today's blog.

Exodus 24 and 25 look like this in the Inspire Praise Bible.

I seal the pages with Zellen Clear Gesso.

Once the gesso is dry, I can consider colouring the illustration in the margin.

I use metallic pens to colour the illustration.

My pages now look like this.

I use an 8H pencil to draw the table and cloud. I use a ruler when drawing the table, to make sure that I get the proportions right.

I use Mont Marte Adult Colouring Markers to colour the table.

The rest of the page is painted in Derwent Inktense pencils.

I start by laying colour loosely on the page.

I then use a Pentel Aquash Brush to activate the Inktense with water.

I give the table a surface to rest on.

Then I fill in the background. I wish to create the impression of a bright light eminating from this cloud, without subtracting from the contained power locked up in the cloud, which makes it slightly contradictory in artistic terms.

The completed layout.

You can watch a short compilation video of the steps above on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/rH67sNW_yLs

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