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Sketched with Bic 0.7 mechanical pencil lined with 199 S and XS Faber-Castell PITT Artist Pen colored with regular and Polychromos Faber-Castell Pencil Crayons decorated with Uni-Ball gel pen and background painted with unknown brand of watercolor paints (yes and everyone else who wanted to see this I am finally trying out watercolors)

Happy Women's History Month and International Women's Day!

I'm passionate about women's history and have always wanted to express my faith through my art, but haven't felt talented enough to approach the subject with the dignity it deserves in the past. Partially inspired by and partially because I was asked to draw Saint Nicolas by the Polish school while at the same time creating Daisy Coloring Book 2 partially for my parents to be able to use to entertain children at a Polish Catholic couple's retreat, I've started drawing Saints before last Christmas and have gained confidence through doing so.

I've also been in a super stereotypically "girly" mood as of late, and really wanted to draw a princess, so the first female saint I've drawn is Święta Jadwiga (Saint Hedwig in English).

She held the title of King for a period of time and married the pagan Władysław Jagiełło, who converted to Catholicism in order to marry her.

She ruled during Poland's conflict with the Teutonic Knights, which you guys can read about in Henryk Sienkiewicz's book Krzyżacy which has an English translation that you can read here, as its in public domain:

www.fulltextarchive.com/page/T…

I do know her story, but I tend to recount historical events in a jumbled mess of a wrong order, so I propose you guys visit Wiki for more information on Saint Hedwig:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jadwiga_…

She's a very inspiring and beautiful woman.

Because she lived in Wawel Castle in Kraków/Cracow, I drew Zalipie-inspired folk art at the bottom picture (Zalipie is a Polish village on the outskirts of Kraków known for its painted houses)
Because traditionally women were usually the ones who decorated houses, sewed, knitted and made lace (of course there were exceptions; there are many past and present male folk artists whose work is beautiful), I associate folk art with women's history.

The Eagle on her dress is the symbol of Poland and the red and white watercolor background is meant to represent the Polish flag.

One of my characters, Zorard's sister Hedwig, is named after her.

Reference images of Queen Jadwiga:
goo.gl/images/5hNo3a
goo.gl/images/Beoiss
goo.gl/images/NXWPFs
goo.gl/images/Gvd7oX
goo.gl/images/ByCpLk
goo.gl/images/vfoqNx
goo.gl/images/LhMjtw

Reference images for Zalipie-like folk art:
goo.gl/images/7kqYEE
goo.gl/images/T8juQX
goo.gl/images/SCsE7z
goo.gl/images/QkUcK2

Reference images for Zalipie:
goo.gl/images/wyHzug
goo.gl/images/opo7WS
goo.gl/images/tpmztW
goo.gl/images/r9vyvD
goo.gl/images/SGr7ak

Other religious art by me:

This drawing will be available as a lineart in my upcoming Daisy Coloring Book 3: Spring 2019

Description

Sketched with Bic 0.7 mechanical pencil lined with 199 S and XS Faber-Castell PITT Artist Pen colored with regular and Polychromos Faber-Castell Pencil Crayons decorated with Uni-Ball gel pen and background painted with unknown brand of watercolor paints (yes and everyone else who wanted to see this I am finally trying out watercolors)

Happy Women's History Month and International Women's Day!

I'm passionate about women's history and have always wanted to express my faith through my art, but haven't felt talented enough to approach the subject with the dignity it deserves in the past. Partially inspired by and partially because I was asked to draw Saint Nicolas by the Polish school while at the same time creating Daisy Coloring Book 2 partially for my parents to be able to use to entertain children at a Polish Catholic couple's retreat, I've started drawing Saints before last Christmas and have gained confidence through doing so.

I've also been in a super stereotypically "girly" mood as of late, and really wanted to draw a princess, so the first female saint I've drawn is Święta Jadwiga (Saint Hedwig in English).

She held the title of King for a period of time and married the pagan Władysław Jagiełło, who converted to Catholicism in order to marry her.

She ruled during Poland's conflict with the Teutonic Knights, which you guys can read about in Henryk Sienkiewicz's book Krzyżacy which has an English translation that you can read here, as its in public domain:

www.fulltextarchive.com/page/T…

I do know her story, but I tend to recount historical events in a jumbled mess of a wrong order, so I propose you guys visit Wiki for more information on Saint Hedwig:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jadwiga_…

She's a very inspiring and beautiful woman.

Because she lived in Wawel Castle in Kraków/Cracow, I drew Zalipie-inspired folk art at the bottom picture (Zalipie is a Polish village on the outskirts of Kraków known for its painted houses)
Because traditionally women were usually the ones who decorated houses, sewed, knitted and made lace (of course there were exceptions; there are many past and present male folk artists whose work is beautiful), I associate folk art with women's history.

The Eagle on her dress is the symbol of Poland and the red and white watercolor background is meant to represent the Polish flag.

One of my characters, Zorard's sister Hedwig, is named after her.

Reference images of Queen Jadwiga:
goo.gl/images/5hNo3a
goo.gl/images/Beoiss
goo.gl/images/NXWPFs
goo.gl/images/Gvd7oX
goo.gl/images/ByCpLk
goo.gl/images/vfoqNx
goo.gl/images/LhMjtw

Reference images for Zalipie-like folk art:
goo.gl/images/7kqYEE
goo.gl/images/T8juQX
goo.gl/images/SCsE7z
goo.gl/images/QkUcK2

Reference images for Zalipie:
goo.gl/images/wyHzug
goo.gl/images/opo7WS
goo.gl/images/tpmztW
goo.gl/images/r9vyvD
goo.gl/images/SGr7ak

Other religious art by me:

This drawing will be available as a lineart in my upcoming Daisy Coloring Book 3: Spring 2019