Bible Journaling - Genesis 50

At the end of Genesis 49 we see that Jacob passes away. The Egyptians arrange a whole procession to bury him in Canaan as he had requested. Joseph has Jacob's body embalmed for this passage. Then, in chapter 50, Joseph passes away as well. He is also embalmed, but kept in a casket in Egypt. As this chapter centres around two deaths in Egypt, I opted to journal this in the form of an illustration of an Egyptian death mask.

Genesis 50 looks 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.

The pages look like this when the gesso dries.

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

I continue colouring the illustration with more markers.

Even these two pages represent two different books in the Bible, I try to maintain some unity by largely sticking to the same palette on the opposite page. I will tell you more about this in an upcoming blog on Exodus 1.

The final chapter in Genesis looks like this when I have completed the colouring of the illustration.

I start by copying an illustration of an Egyptian death mask, that I have found on Pinterest. I redraw it in my Bible, using a grey HB pencil.

I will be using Derwent Inktense Blocks and Pencils to paint the illustration. I use a Pentel Aqua Brush to dilute the ink.

The detail on the death mask is drawn in with the outliner pencil included in the pencil set. Afterwards, I paint the whole mask with the soluble ink.

What the chapter looks like when I am done.

The double page layout now looks like this.

You can watch a short compilation video of the steps above on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/TnP0ddgHMVQ

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