Sunday the third

My third Sunday at church this month (see previous blog post for the first two) was attending Evensong at Grace St. Luke's church in Memphis. My sister is a longtime member of the choir there, and choral music is always a treat for me. I sang in my own church choir for years in my teens and twenties. My older nephew was making his Evensong debut, and Erin asked if I could do a watercolor for her of the occasion. She's a music teacher, so this was an emotional moment for her, and she knows I like to memorialize concerts and services (along with plenty of other moments) in my sketchbook anyway. Since this was for her, I grabbed a 12x12” watercolor block and did it on freestanding paper, but I tried to keep the looseness of a sketchbook. It's a complicated church, and I got there about half an hour early to lay in the surroundings before the service got going, and then I filled in the choir. It was a lovely service, and so good to see friends there as well as enjoying the music. We had a small crew that took over the balcony rooting Carter on (silently, of course) in his debut.