Page 14 has just one panel. It shows villagers walking out to the well where Jesus is standing and preaching to the crowd. Some villagers sit or kneel on the ground at His feet. I gave Jesus a slight halo because it seemed on theme. Notice the rope, abandoned vase, and empty box by the well? Those details came from earlier in the story.
This last panel on page 13 shows most of the people of the village abandoning whatever they were doing to go listen to what Jesus has to say.
I was careful to keep the inside layout of the village consistent with what it looks like from the outside.
This third panel on page 13 shows the woman telling the men of the village what Jesus said.
This second panel on page 13 shows her sharing Jesus’ Good News with the children of the village. Not much detail, because it’s such a small panel, but she’s clearly impressed those kids.
Pages 13 has four panels, and 14 has one panel. These two pages show the woman very excited to go back to the town and tell everyone about Jesus and what He told her. In this first panel, she is talking to the women of the village. This is a small panel, so it doesn’t need to be very detailed. It’s not important exactly what she tells them, just that she’s very excited about it.
Here on pages 11 and 12 we’re back to a two-page spread with a bleed around the edge. This illustration is where the penny drops. She says she knows that the Messiah is coming, and He responds with, “I am he!” Which, skeptical me, thinks would lead to a lot of questions to confirm such a claim, but this is a bible story, so she takes him at his word.
Remember how I’m not supposed to show Jesus’s face clearly? This scene comes the closest in the book to showing His face, but I gave Him shaggy hair to cover His eyes.
The second panel on page 10 shows people praying outdoors in nature near a tent. This represents another way Jesus says people will pray after they learn his teachings.
On page 10 there are two panels showing how people will pray in the future, after they learn what Jesus has to teach. This first panel shows a Samaritan family praying around the table before a meal.
This is the second of two panels on page 9. In the story, Jesus and the woman are discussing how their people pray, and this panel shows how Jewish men pray at The Second Temple. (If you look close, you might notice that only the men are going up into the temple.)
I had to use historical references to draw the temple because the actual temple was destroyed in 70 CE. Luckily, I found some archeological drawings and photos of models depicting what The Second Temple was supposed to have looked like.
Pages 9 and 10 are drawn with panels instead of the two-page spread I’ve used so far. This is the first of two panels on page 9. It shows some Samaritans climbing Mount Gerizim to pray.
In the story, Jesus and the woman are discussing how their people pray, and this panel shows how Samaritans pray three times a year on Mount Gerizim.
Karen B. Jones - Illustrator 