This is the last image from a short series for Menno Media for their Shine curriculum. This is in the morning by the Sea of Galilee. After Jesus had helped his disciples catch a miraculously large haul of fish (153 of them!) they roasted some and lounged around on the beach eating a breakfast of bread and fish.
Image 8 in a short series for Menno Media for their Shine curriculum. After his resurrection, Jesus met two disciples on the road from Jerusalem to Emmaus.
This is the seventh image in a short series for Menno Media for their Shine curriculum. He’s alive again! Here we have Jesus resurrected and interacting with Mary Magdalene outside his open tomb.
Here’s another sad one. Image six of nine in a short series for Menno Media for their Shine curriculum shows the preparation of Jesus’ body after his crucifixion. The men are Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus.
Image five of nine in a short series for Menno Media for their Shine curriculum. After Jesus’ crucifixion, his mother and a few other women who loved him came to see him. It is a very sad scene, with the heavy clouds in the distance adding to the mood. The client specifically wanted this scene to be viewed from behind Jesus and looking down towards the women. That was both to obscure the most gruesome aspects of a crucifixion (this is a children’s illustration, after all) and to focus on the women’s overwhelming grief. We chose to also make the sky match the mood of the mourners.
This is image three for a short series for Menno Media for their Shine curriculum. This is where Jesus performs the miracle of resurrecting Lazarus. The two women are Lazarus’ sisters.
This is the second of nine illustrations for a short series for Menno Media for their Shine curriculum. Here we see a scene from the story of the woman at the well. I illustrated this story once before in a previous project for a different client. This is where Jesus tells the woman about who he is and about the figurative water he is offering in the form of his salvation.
I recently completed a short series for Menno Media for their Shine curriculum. This series illustrates 9 scenes from the life of Jesus Christ. This first one shows Jesus and Mary in attendance at a wedding feast. I believe this is the one at Cana where he turns water to wine.
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.
Karen B. Jones - Illustrator 