Bible Journaling - Genesis 43 & 44

Genesis 43 and 44 sees Joseph's brothers returning to Egypt to again buy food. They are filled with dread as they approach. On the previous occasion, Simeon was left behind in the custody of the Egyptians. This time they had to persuade their father to allow Benjamin to return with them, against the old man's better wishes. They also face the daunting prospect of informing their hosts that on the previous occasion, their money had been returned to them. However, Joseph welcomes them with a feast. Then, when they leave Egypt, Joseph's men pursues them as he has set up Benjamin to look like a thief. Judah, the brother whose idea it was to sell Joseph into slavery, is the one who speaks up on Benjamin's behalf and is willing to sacrifice himself in the place of his half-brother. As this part of the story centres around a feast, and Joseph's cup of divination, I opt to journal it with symbols of merriment. I walk you through these steps in today's blog.

Genesis 43 and 44 look like this in the Inspire Praise Bible.

I coat the pages with Zellen Clear Gesso before I start. I have since been given two bottles of Clear Gesso to pretest, before marketing and manufacturing, which are much superior products, but I am not yet at liberty to disclose more on this topic, though I would advise you to keep your eyes peeled in future blogs, as I am very impressed with the results from one of these test samples.

I use Mont Marte Adult Colouring Duo Markers and Metallic pens to colour the illustration in the margin.

I continue to develop the illustration using the same pens and markers.

When I return to the pages, they look like this.

I make a quick pencil sketch of a wine glass, a wine bottle and a bottle opener on the double page layout. Both the glass and the bottle are allowed to run off the page.

This time I opt to use my Inktense Blocks much like I would use watercolour pans, along with an Aqua Brush.

The trick to painting these three elements successfully is to not paint any single colour solidly. Play with shades of colours and leave enough refelctive spaces white. Mess up the background a little.

I then transfer some of the wine colour to a plastic palette and wet it thoroughly.

You may need to go in search of a wine glass, but my coffee cup, standing empty at my side, had much the same bottom as a wine glass and I was able to use this. Dip the bottom of the glass in the wet paint.

Use the glass as a stamp and stamp 'wine rings' on the page.

What my pages look like when I am done.

You can watch a short compilation video of the steps above on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/TKMhUF1MSOA

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