Easter is the celebration of the resurrection of Christ, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial following his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary c. 30 AD. It is the culmination of the Passion of Jesus Christ, preceded by Lent (or Great Lent), a 40-day period of fasting, prayer, and penance. Easter-observing Christians commonly refer to the week before Easter as Holy Week, which in Western Christianity begins on Palm Sunday (marking the entrance of Jesus in Jerusalem), includes Spy Wednesday (on which the betrayal of Jesus is mourned), and contains the days of the Easter Triduum including Maundy Thursday, commemorating the Maundy and Last Supper, as well as Good Friday, commemorating the crucifixion and death of Jesus. In Eastern Christianity, the same days and events are commemorated with the names of days all starting with “Holy” or “Holy and Great”; and Easter itself might be called “Great and Holy Pascha”, “Easter Sunday”, “Pascha” or “Sunday of Pascha”. In Western Christianity, Eastertide, or the Easter Season, begins on Easter Sunday and lasts seven weeks, ending with the coming of the 50th day, Pentecost Sunday. In Eastern Christianity, the Paschal season ends with Pentecost as well, but the leave-taking of the Great Feast of Pascha is on the 39th day, the day before the Feast of the Ascension.
Nadia Russ, Jesus, Neopoprealism, Mixed media/canvas on cardboard, 2023.
Easter traditions vary across the Christian world, and include sunrise services or late-night vigils, exclamations and exchanges of Paschal greetings, flowering the cross, the wearing of Easter bonnets by women, clipping the church, and the decoration and the communal breaking of Easter eggs tomb. The Easter lily, a symbol of the resurrection in Western Christianity, traditionally decorates the chancel area of churches on this day and for the rest of Eastertide.
This is the time to congratulate your family members and friends with this wonderful celebration. One of the ways to do it is giving the Easter greeting cards, which you can do at home. Below is the sample of how to draw the Neopoprealist Easter egg. All you need is a piece of a thick paper (read our previous greeting cards instractions) and the black (or multicolor) ink pen or thin markers.
Step-by-step Easter Egg Neopoprealist drawing
You can learn in details how to draw the Neopoprealist Easter Egg in the following website. You also can use this instraction to teach your children how to do it. If you are an Art educator, use it to teach your students!: http://inkpenpattern.blogspot.com/2012/09/art-lesson-plan-6-neopoprealism.html?m=1
Visit also the Neopoprealism Press website for various instractional books. You may want to get one to deep deeper into this unique art style!: http://www.neopoprealism.org/.
Happy Easter!
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