Type of Submission
Art Exhibit
Keywords
Drawing, Dog, Pencil, Sketch, Sheltie, Shetland Sheepdog, Colored Pencil
Proposal
"Havilah" is a realistic portrait of my family’s Shetland sheepdog, Havilah, in colored pencil. Havilah is a blue merle with natural grey and brown mottled fur and dark eyes. In the portrait, her head is upturned, and her mouth open as if laughing. While not hyperrealistic, this portrait accurately depicts Havilah’s appearance and coloring. In composition, I attempted to capture the liveliness of Havilah’s personality, something that is extremely apparent when interacting with her in person. Just as the dog herself is full of energy and life, I wanted to express these same sentiments through her portrait. The name “Havilah” is drawn from the creation story of Eden in Genesis chapter 2 and is a reminder to me of the perfect joy that can be found in fellowship with God—a fellowship that was broken by man but will someday be restored for those who trust in Christ. I gave Havilah her name as a reminder of that reality--that we are not yet in our future home, but that it is coming soon. Since moving away to school, I created this portrait to remind me of Havilah, and to set my focus on my eternal reality as a believer in Christ, trusting in God’s goodness as Creator and Restorer.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Publication Date
2023
Havilah
"Havilah" is a realistic portrait of my family’s Shetland sheepdog, Havilah, in colored pencil. Havilah is a blue merle with natural grey and brown mottled fur and dark eyes. In the portrait, her head is upturned, and her mouth open as if laughing. While not hyperrealistic, this portrait accurately depicts Havilah’s appearance and coloring. In composition, I attempted to capture the liveliness of Havilah’s personality, something that is extremely apparent when interacting with her in person. Just as the dog herself is full of energy and life, I wanted to express these same sentiments through her portrait. The name “Havilah” is drawn from the creation story of Eden in Genesis chapter 2 and is a reminder to me of the perfect joy that can be found in fellowship with God—a fellowship that was broken by man but will someday be restored for those who trust in Christ. I gave Havilah her name as a reminder of that reality--that we are not yet in our future home, but that it is coming soon. Since moving away to school, I created this portrait to remind me of Havilah, and to set my focus on my eternal reality as a believer in Christ, trusting in God’s goodness as Creator and Restorer.
