Pen & Ink

It's been awhile since I've done any artwork, but I've finally finished another. Recently I've been asked to draw some cover art for a podcast, so this latest drawing is the first of 12 drawings of saints. Saint Michael the Archangel for the month of September. I hope you enjoy this piece.

The podcast is called, Divine Office 1960 Rubrics. The divine office is prayed daily with portions in both English and Latin. Here is a link to Spotify, Divine Office 1960 Rubrics it is also available on Apple Podcasts.

I can't figure out why the photo is so blurry...it is what it is. I did this picture with thin tip pens on a 9" x 12" paper. I also did a time lapse of this if you are interested.

Link to video - Saint Michael Time-lapse

This is actually the first ever drawing of Saint Michael I've done - you could even say this was my first...wait for it...my first stab at it. (get it?)

I used a famous statue as my reference carved by sculptor Peter Anton von Verschaffelt. This statue sits on Castel Sant' Angelo, a former mausoleum which has now been transformed into a castle during the time of Pope Gregory the Great. The mausoleum was built for the emperor but he died before it was built. And then in the late 3rd century it was transformed into a fortress.

"According to legend, the pope was leading a procession of people, praying for deliverance from an attack of the plague, when he saw a vision of the archangel St Michael hovering over Hadrian’s tomb. St Michael was in the act of re-sheathing his sword, which the pope took to be a sign that his prayers had been answered." (https://www.walksinrome.com/castel-sant-angelo-rome.html)