17 Easy Easter Step by Step Drawing Tutorials

Mary was the mother of Jesus. When he was put to death, she was there. And later, after his resurrection, she was anointed with the holy spirit along with other Christian followers of Jesus.

Rabbits and eggs were symbols of the European fertility goddess, Eostre, for whom Easter is named. Today, legends say that the Easter Bunny lays colorful eggs filled with candy and treats for good children to find.

The cross, once a symbol of ancient religions, is today used to represent Jesus and Christianity. The angel wings are symbolic of Jesus' resurrection to heaven.

The rosary is a string of beads used in the Roman Catholic Church for counting and saying prayers. During the Easter season, special prayers called Glorious Mysteries are recited.

Though no one knows exactly what Jesus looked like - cameras had not yet been invented when he walked the earth - he is often depicted as wearing robes and with a halo of light around his head in Medieval European art.

Eggs are closely associated with Easter, and chicks hatch from eggs. Like the bunny, chickens have many babies in the springtime. Some children even receive real baby chicks as gifts!

Some very old traditions involve hanging colored eggs from a tree or a decorated pole called a Maypole.

This drawing tutorial is in the style of a stained-glass window, as can be found in many churches and cathedrals. You can learn to draw the rest of the church building below.

This 3D drawing tutorial adds dimension to the shape of the cross.

Sweet pastries like these hot crossed buns are traditionally eaten during the Easter season.

For millennia, people have decorated and gifted colored eggs in the springtime. Many believed that these traditions led to fertile crops or good luck in the year to come.

Children use Easter baskets to collect the colored eggs and other goodies found during an Easter egg hunt. Each year, an Easter Egg Roll is held at the White House in the United States. Children bring their own eggs in a basket.

Much medieval artwork and even modern necklaces depict Jesus as dying upon a cross. Sometimes, he is drawn on a single pole with his hands above his head - a common method of execution in ancient Rome.

Many people attend church on Easter Sunday. Some go to sunrise services before dawn. Christmas and Easter are the days on which churches are the most full of worshippers.

White lilies representing purity are frequent Easter gifts and decorations. Interestingly, most lilies bloom in the summer, not the spring - Easter lilies must be of an early-blooming variety or induced to bloom early in a greenhouse.

This “t” shaped cross has a climbing rose growing across it. To some people, the thorns of the rose are reminiscent of the crown of thorns that was placed on Jesus’s head. If you color the rose red, it is the color of the blood he shed.

Jesus likely wore a beard and a mustache as was the custom for Jewish men in the time and place he lived. Medieval artists in Europe often depicted him with long hair.