Here’s a very rough first draft of the aviation art that I’ve been working on. This is a digital pencil rough-in of the aircraft. Getting the perspectives corrected. Need to add the boom to the 135. Aircraft in this scene are a KC-135A refueling a B-52G with a F-4E and T-33A in chase formation over a dramatic Alaskan mountain range. I don’t have a working title yet.
Dale Jackson
www.Stratoart.com
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“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” ~Jesus as recorded in Matthew 5:3.
Poor in spirit. “The opposite of self-sufficiency. This speaks of the deep humility of recognizing one’s utter spiritual bankruptcy apart from God. It describes those who are acutely conscious of their own lostness and hopelessness apart from divine grace (cf. 9:12; Lk 18:13). (John MacArthur Study Bible)
Blessed. “The word lit. means “happy, fortunate, blissful.” Here it speaks of more than a surface emotion. Jesus was describing the divinely-bestowed well-being that belongs only to the faithful. The Beatitudes demonstrate that the way to heavenly blessedness is antithetical to the worldly path normally followed in pursuit of happiness. The worldly idea is that happiness is found in riches, merriment, abundance, leisure, [art, music, games, sports or hobbies] and such things. The real truth is the very opposite. The Beatitudes give Jesus’ description of the character of true faith.” (John MacArthur Study Bible)
”This miracle of God’s creation could be seen as a picture of salvation. The lump of coal is like a sinner. He is black, dirty, brittle, and good for nothing but to burn. The diamond carries the characteristics of a saved saint of God. Under the right pressure (Holy Ghost Conviction leading to Repentance) he has been made a new creation. He has been made beautiful and valuable. Not because of his own ability, but because he reflects the light of God so well.” Bill Goins (Calvary Baptist Church)
Coal cannot fashion itself into diamond. It takes external pressures and heat to do so, then it takes a skilled artisan to perfect it’s lines to something beautiful. Likewise the sinner cannot become sinless by themselves, it takes the external power and miracle of God’s own, unique work to do so. Nothing else can touch God’s salvific workings, it’s His alone, His glory alone. Anyone remotely saying that people have a hand in their salvation is foolish. It would be like saying that the coal under it’s own volition made itself into a diamond, impossible!
“even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ— by grace you have been saved—” (Ephesians 2:5)
A couple takes a Leisurely summer stroll on a forest path. There is a small breeze that is rustling the leaves and the chirping of birds is heard all around.
Original digital painting.
Print and Canvas art available at: http://fineartamerica.com/featured/summer-stroll-dale-jackson.html
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"Summer Stroll" by Dale Jackson/www.StratoArt.com
http://evangelismstuff.com/watchmegrow.htm
Watch Me Grow covers
I created this to help my 6-year-old stay on track as my husband and I began to bring him in to worship with us. My hope is that it can help you with your children as well.
This book contains 52 weeks worth of sermon note taking sections. Each 4-page area contains a place for the date, sermon title, notes, main scripture and additional verses. There is a place for the child to draw a picture that relates to the sermon, and then to describe how it relates in words. There is also a spot for the child to tell you about anything he or she didn’t understand. But perhaps most importantly, a place to note “WHAT SHOULD I DO? HOW SHOULD I CHANGE?” as a result of listening to the sermon. Many pages also contain a picture that could be colored along with a scripture (KJV) or a line from an old hymn.
May the Lord let you see your beautiful child growing in Him as you look back through the pages of this journal in years to come. I pray it becomes a precious keepsake.
God bless,
Anna Jackson
Evangelismstuff.com
You can look through EVERY page of this book. Blurb.com, the book making store we use, provides an easy to flip-through version that will allow you to look at every page.
Remember December 7th!
Today, seventy years ago, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. That much is well known, and we must always remember and not forget those that have fallen to make our country free.
What is not so well known is that Christ was working in the hearts of two warriors, enemies that hated what each other stood for. Those two men were, Mitsuo Fuchida and Jacob DeShazer.
Mitsuo Fuchida, 淵田 美津雄, was a Japanese Captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service and a bomber pilot in the Imperial Japanese Navy before and during World War II. He is perhaps best known for leading the first air wave attacks on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, seventy years ago.
Mitsuo Fuchida
However, not many people know that he was saved by Christ and worked as a Christian evangelist with an American POW who flew in the Doolittle Raid against Japan shortly after Pearl – Jacob DeShazer. DeShazer was saved during his time as a prisoner of war.
After the war, Fuchida was led to Christ by DeShazer who had given him a Gospel tract. Both of them became evangelists, writing Gospel tracts and reaching the lost for Christ.
Jacob DeShazer
These two warriors, enemies, were unified as friends unto Christ to deliver the Gospel back to war-torn Japan.
Fuchida and DeShazer after the war
For today, the book authored by Mitsuo Fuchida is in audio form. With a special interview with Jacob DeShazer. It is free for today at Christian Audio (click on link below):
http://christianaudio.com/from-pearl-harbor-to-calvary-mitsuo-fuchida
Fuchida and Doolittle after the War
This is the art I was working all day today.
John Glenn flying a F-86F 52-4584 ‘MiG Mad Marine’ of the 25th FIS / 51st FIW breaks formation for a landing at his South Korean base.
Digital pencil study before painting the final.
I’m taking time doing my pencil studies for “Return to Glory” a B-17 piece I’m working on. Meanwhile I came across a 1/48 model kit of John Glenn’s F-86 that he flew in the Korean War. I always loved the F-86, with it’s intake built right into the nose and it’s swept-back wing profile. It was a unique fighter of the day. The first to use a complete movable horizontal tail plane. The F-86 Super Sabre was the top air-superiority aircraft of it’s era.
I was inspired by these beautiful images of the F-86 model shown here: http://www.geocities.jp/yoyuso/full/f86full.html
And I knew I really wanted to do a painting of that great fighter jet.
I spent around eight hours working up a digital study on the aircraft. The subject is John Glenn’s aircraft breaking formation to land at his South Korean airbase. The other aircraft in formation with him belongs to Col. John Mitchell of the same squadron as Major John Glenn. But upon further study it will be more accurate for John Glenn to be flying with Sam P. Young.
Here’s an accounting of Glenn’s tour in Korea from: http://acepilots.com/korea_glenn.html
“After flying 63 missions in a Marine Corps F9F Panther from airbase K-3 at Pohong Dong (or P’ohang), he applied to fly F-86 interceptors with the Air Force on an exchange program. He was assigned to the 25th FIS (Fighter Interceptor Squadron) at K-13, Suwon, where the 51st FIW was headquartered. The CO of the 25th FIS was Major. John Giraudo, who had been shot down over Germany in WWII and spent time as a POW. Maj. Giraudo completed Glenn’s check-out in the F-86.
They patrolled the area just south of the Yalu, the so-called “Mig Alley,” in long figure eights, always turning towards the north to keep from being surprised. The F-86 Sabres and the MiGs were evenly matched. Both had 6,000-pound thrust jet engines, and could go supersonic in a dive. The MiG was smaller, and it could climb higher and faster. The Sabre was faster in level flight and in a dive, had a greater range, and could turn tighter in a fast dive. The Sabre carried six 50-caliber machine guns, while the Mig relied on a single 37-mm and two 23-mm cannon.
Unlike the Marines, the Air Force pilots tended to fly the same plane day after day. It became “their” plane, and nose art and other personal decorations flourished. Not long after Glenn began flying his F-86F-30-NA Sabre #52-4584, the fuselage sported in large script:
LYN
ANNIE
DAVE,
for his wife and two kids. After enough of his moaning about the absence of MiGs, he went out to the flight line one morning to find a big red M painted on, with letters trailing off it, so it read:
MIG
MAD
MARINE
Soon the USAF Sabres were ordered to fly ground attack missions if they were returning from unsuccessful MiG-hunting with a full load of munitions. On such a raid over Sinanju, Glenn’s CO, Lt. Col. Giraudo was lost. But with Giraudo’s loss, Glenn began leading two- and four- plane flights. Now he would be ‘the shooter’. On July 12, 1953, he was flying with 1st Lt. Sam Young on his wing, he spotted a MiG and chased it 40 miles into Manchuria. The rules of engagement permitted the UN fliers to cross the Yalu when “in hot pursuit.” Abruptly the MiG slowed to land, and Glenn opened up with his six .50s. The bullets lit up the fuselage and wing, sending up bright sparks. Flames burst out and as the MiG hit the ground, it exploded. Glenn flew low enough to see the MiG spread out over 100 yards. He rendezvoused with Young, and flew back to K-3 for an impromptu celebration.
A few days later, he got the chance to mix it up with some more MiGs when his flight of four F-86s was bounced by 16 MiGs. Soon four other Sabres joined the fray, and a WWI-style dogfight ensued, only the planes were flying at 600 MPH instead of 100 MPH. That meant a closing rate of 1200 MPH! Glenn’s wingman on this day, Jerry Parker, scored some hits, but was soon hit himself. He broke off to escort Parker back to K-13. Six MiGs came after them, and Glenn’s only choice was to “light up the nose,” fire at them from long range, in the hope they would break off their attack. They did, and then Glenn went after them in earnest, catching up to the tail-ender, and flaming it. “The MiGs’ tactics were so poor I could only imagine it was a training flight, or they were low on fuel, but we were unbelievably lucky.”
Three days later, on July 22, he downed his third MiG, his last of the war. There were a few more days of bad weather, then the armistice was declared. He had flown 27 Sabre missions with the USAF 51st FIW, and earned another DFC and 8 Air Medals in Korea.”
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USAF Museum - John Glenn's F-86
“Enter His gates with thanksgiving
And His courts with praise.
Give thanks to Him, bless His name.
For the LORD is good;
His lovingkindness is everlasting
And His faithfulness to all generations.”
Psalm 100: 4-5
Happy Thanksgiving!
“Flying Fortress” b/w photography by Dale Jackson/www.StratoArt.com
The B-17G Flying Fortress. The B-17 was primarily employed by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) in the daylight precision strategic bombing campaign of World War II against German industrial and military targets.
Print available at Fine Art America: http://fineartamerica.com/featured/flying-fortress-dale-jackson.html
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"Flying Fortress"
This is a polaroid restoration and then transformation to painting using Photoshop CS5.
Old polaroid snapshot transformed to painting
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