The Bible illustration blog

Our latest Bible picture story is of the 12 year old Jesus in the Temple , (Luke 2:41-51). Picture 1 shows Mary Joseph and Jesus stopping fo...

By popular demand we have two more samples of the Bible Art of 'Elsie Anna Wood' very kindly supplied by Dr Sandy Brewer. The first...

I recently came across a very interesting article on JSTOR titled 'Rembrandt and Josephus' by Franz Landsberger who I believe was p...

I've finally got hold of a copy of 'Egermeier's Bible Story book' written by Elsie E. Egermeier and illustrated by Clive Up...

Many thanks to Prof Sandy Brewer for writing our fourth 'Guest Article' for the Bible illustration blog. Click on the pictures below...

There's a new series of children's Bible story books out! They were published last month by Christian Focus Publishing, written by...

Our latest Bible picture story is the 'Healing of the Ten Lepers' . (Luke 17:11-19). Bible artist William Hole suggests that this a...

Dr John Hellstern of Houston Baptist University will be giving a lecture on 'Illustrated Bibles' to members of the International So...

Just finished the pictures for the 'Ascension' story today. The picture (left) is the last one in a set of four and illustrates the...

The 'Between Two Worlds' blog is carrying a two part interview with Dr Leen Ritmeyer which is of interest to Bible illustrators. Th...

I've just come across an interesting addition to the 'Look & Learn' website. Click here to go to their new 'Animations...

Just finished illustrating the 'Temptation of Christ' Bible story. There are five pictures in this set which brings our total Bible...

I had an email this morning from a pastor in Virginia asking if I knew what an ancient 'Passover' cup might have looked like? I have...

I'm back onto the Bible stories at last! Our latest powerpoint is the 'Parable of the lost coin' . I've based the lady on th...

Have you ever wondered why the Ten Commandments are always shown to be on single, or double-arch topped stone tablets? If you check out the ...

I've just finished reading Dr Leen Ritmeyers excellent book 'The Quest' which is a study of the archaeology of the Temple Mount....

I've just received today a complimentary signed copy of 'The Prophets' from Diana Shimon in Israel. This is Volume 3 of 'The...

Visual Impact Resources My apologies for not updating the blog recently. I've been busy finishing off the pictures for the 'Life of ...

Yesterday, I found out that our new artist Graeme has friends in high places! It turns out that Graeme's brother is married to a young ...

You may have noticed a couple of recent additions to the 'Bible illustration blog'. I have been slowly adding 'Related links...

This is the third 'Guest article' written by Paul Green for the 'Bible illustration blog'. Herbert Gustave Schmalz (1856-193...

We have a few more 'Bible illustration' related questions from two Bible artists. The first ones came in from Nathan (Jumbo) who run...

William Brassey Hole. 1846-1917. I've been wanting to add William Hole R.S.A. to my 'favorite Bible artists' list for some time,...

Don't worry, I'm not going to give a highly detailed description of the effects of Leprosy! (not in this post anyway). I'm in th...

Dr Leen Ritmeyer The Forth of our 'Bible Artist' interviews is with Archaeological Architect Dr Leen Ritmeyer. Many Bible artists, i...