Painting Series 1: Introduction to Painting (Part 1) is now available on Udemy at special introductory price of €54.99 with the code PS1P1OFFER or just click here. The offer is valid until 22 July 2022.

​In Part 1 of Series 1 Painting Basics where going to start our journey of learning to paint icons. In Section 1 you will learn about the workspace and materials needed to paint with egg tempera. Then you will learn how to prepare the egg emulsion and the painting surface and how to mix the colours. This is followed by several exercises for learning brush techniques needed to paint icons. 
In Section 2 we will go into the theory of Byzantine iconography and how colour and light function in the icon as well as the question of colour symbolism in icons. 
In Section 3 we will start with a basic garment exercise to understand how the photismata are build up rhythmically by first building up the forms from light to dark. 
In Section 4 will start discovering the magic of painting with a limited tetrachrome palette, by painting a mauve sleeve, this time working from dark to light.
In Section 5 and 6 you will  discover one of the trickiest colours to paint in  tetrachrome: Green. You will learn to paint it using two different techniques.

It's always a blessing to paint one of my favourite Saints!

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When I was asked to paint an icon for a baby due in October who would be named Felicity, I never imagined that I would finish the icon on the day of her birth! Happy birthday Felicity! God grant you many years and may St Felicity always guide and protect you!

Autumn (of spring in the Southern Hemisphere) is here and I excited to offer 50% off all 6 drawing courses on Udemy. The code AUTUMN2019 is valid until 3 October.  Just click on the links below to sign up for the course (s) of your choice.

I'm excited to announce that Part 3 of the series on Drawing the Full Figure is now available on Udemy! In this series we will study the garments of Imperial and Noble Saints, Martyrs and Unmercenaries. We will also delve deeper into the use on line and rhythm and the basic rules of composition for an icon of two figures. 
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