Ever since I was young, when my parents would wake us up early to go to the Sunrise Services, yes, I enjoyed that part of Easter Sunday. Maybe it WAS the anticipation of the afterward, I don't know...but I enjoyed the services because each season, our church had a play of the crucifixion and the story of how He suffered for our sins. My mother was VERY religious. A devout Christian...I grew up learning the Bible passages...she read from the Bible each evening. Sometimes she went off by herself or other times she'd read aloud to us all. Now that I'm grown, I think when she went off by herself to read, she was troubled by something only known to her. That's just my thoughts today as the years have passed, and I reminisce of the days gone by. Here again, maybe I think too much...who knows. I'm just reflecting as I type.
Some time ago, our son, Erik, requested that Bud carve him a crucifix from wood. Bud did such a great job of it...I loved it...and coveted it...but I knew that true to Bud's word and promise, he'd ship it off to Erik without considering that I wanted one also. Within weeks from sending it off to our son, Bud did one for me!! I shared it a few years back on my blog with a photo, I know I did, but my label search didn't bring anything up, so I stopped everything and grabbed my cellphone to once again take a photo of his work...
Over the years, I've shared a few Easter Themed blogs...
one shows my Corpus Christi, Texas Sunrise Service I painted...
one shows my Crown of Thorns pencil sketch...
one shows my Bunny Wood Craft...
one shows one of my Easter Egg Cups...
one shows the Easter Passion Play...
one shows an Easter Sunday of me [on the left], my brother and sister after church services & ready for the egg hunt!!. I remember the colors of the outfits...mine was a navy blue taffeta polka dot [with black patent leather shoes], my brother's suit was gray, my sister's outfit was pink and white. Circa 1954
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What made me want to post about Easter? Well, I saw this image online and instantly I said "I gotta try and draw this!" I did. And what made me want to try this? Again, my mother...."The Old Rugged Cross" was her favorite hymn!! So... I titled my sketch "Rugged Cross"
...the beginning outline...
-then-
...finished...
PS...my firstborn, Irene, is 48 today [April fool's day]