Celebrating Easter at our house doesn’t have anything to do with bunnies. We try to focus on the real meaning of the holiday. We enjoy things that help us to focus on Christ’s death and resurrection during this time of year. And we’ve found a new family DVD perfect for the season.
The Crossmaker
About the DVD
THE EASTER STORY: Dominic, the son of a carpenter, finds himself drawn into the unforgettable trial of the man called Jesus. Share in this amazing adventure that takes Dominic from Christ’s crucifixion to a place of redemption, and a face-to-face meeting with the risen Christ.
See The Light chalk artist Gloria Kohlmann draws her stunning interpretation of the Easter story.
- ART LESSON! GLORY! See The Light artist Heidi Shorts teaches on the art of Creative Lettering
- HE IS NOT HERE! HE IS RISEN! See The Light Art Club Master Teacher Pat Knepley leads budding young artists in a step-by-step drawing lessons using chalk pastels. Plus, create your own black light reveal!
- THREE CROSSES ON A HILL. See The Light’s Jim Pence gives a tutorial in water colors as young artists discover The Joy of Art
BONUS FEATURES!
- REVEL in original contemporary music performed by “Breathing Room” recording artists Jan Roper and Kevin Dukes while watching Gloria Kohlmann draw her remarkable art expression of the Easter Story.
- WATCH and HEAR the plan of salvation, clearly and creatively presented as you have never seen it.
- HEAR See The Light chalk artist Glory Kohlmann’s commentary as you watch the Easter scene being created.
- MEET the See The Light team.
The Crossmaker is a beautifully narrated and illustrated Easter story. The art is beautiful, showing the particulars of the story in lovely detail. The story itself is extra-Biblical (i.e., it’s not a story directly out of the Bible, but a tale built around a Bible story), but clearly tells the full Easter story from Jesus’ crucifixion to His resurrection.My kiddos enjoyed the video. I love how the Grandfather is sitting with his grandkids and telling the story to them, while the story is being illustrated in pictures. We all liked that it was a relatively short story. And we all enjoyed the special features, especially the Creative Lettering art lesson on the word Glory.
The Crossmaker DVD is graphically striking, with delightful chalk art illustrations. Here’s a video preview of the DVD.
My oldest son, BudBud is our resident artist in the house. The art lessons were really fun and a bit different than the ones we saw on “The Gift of Love”. The mixed media art lesson with the 3 crosses on a hill was particularly cool – using watercolors, markers and crayons for the desired effects.
I would say that the ‘film’ part of the DVD is best suited to younger elementary school children, and the art lessons will work for just about anybody with basic art skills.
It’s nice to have another Easter video to add to our collection!
The Crossmaker is available through Amazon.com:
More information about The Crossmaker and See the Light Shine (the makers of the DVD) is available at the following links:
- WEBSITE: www.SeeTheLightShine.com
- FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/SeeTheLightShineArt
- TWITTER: www.twitter.com/SeeTheLightArt
- YouTube: www.youtube.com/SeeTheLightShine
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Giveaway closes Thursday, April 14th at 9:00pm MST (yes, it’s a short time, so we can get the DVD in the mail hopefully in time for Easter)! Open to US and Canada. The winner will be selected by random.organd notified by email, and will have 48 hours to reply back before a new winner is selected. Good Luck!Note to contest enterers: if you subscribe via EMAIL, in order to be considered for the giveaway, you MUST verify your email when the confirmation message arrives in your mailbox.
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We purchased one of See the Light's dvds last year and loved the chalk art lesson it. We were looking forward to seeing what'd be new at this year's homeschool convention and had decided on the Art Class dvd series. I would love to win this Crossmaker dvd and am looking forward to seeing what See the Light comes out with next!
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