It has sometimes been difficult to find artwork or photos for the series I’ve been writing and designing, “Our Heritage,” for 3ABN World magazine.

However, through a helpful suggestion from a contact at the Ellen White Estate, I found a collection of many archive images, mostly black and white. Some are photos, and some are paintings. Turns out there was a painting of one of the most significant events described in the December installment of this series, which was Ellen White’s first vision. I hadn’t expected to find something so perfect for the article.

Original image:

Retouched:

In this series I have tried to colorize all original black and white artwork, to make the stories more alive and interesting. The time I can devote to colorizing is very limited, and a significant part of the several hours spent in this instance was smoothing out noise and moiré patterns and fixing blemishes. The method I am using is colorizing only; I do not add objects or change details of the scene, or even redraw elements (except in rare cases where part of a picture is obliterated). The color choices are, of course, guesswork or personal preference. However, I’ve tried to follow color schemes appropriate to the time period. I’m happy with the final result.