St Nicephoros pray for us! I painted this icon in prayer that St Nicephoros protect us against Covid-19

I can't believe that two months after starting work on this icon and numerous health problems St Anna is finally finished! Glory to God!

#STAYHOME and learn Byzantine Iconography!! Get 50% off all Byzantine Iconography Drawing courses on Udemy from 27 - 31 March with the discount code STAYHOME! Just click on the links below to sign up for the course(s) of your choice!

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!

From the preparatory sketches to the completed icon...

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. 
Got the course at the special price of €24.99 (50% discount) until Friday 20 September with the code

It's hard to believe that 1 September 2019 marks the 2nd Anniversary of the Byzantine Iconography Video Tutorial on Patreon. A huge thanks to all my Patrons, because your support is what makes this project possible. It allows me to get better equipment for video, audio and editing for improving the quality of the videos, not to mention, pay my bills.
The aim of the project is to produce video tutorials on Byzantine Iconography starting from the foundation of drawing and progressing to painting with both the proplasmos and underpainting techniques. So far 5 series of drawing tutorials, (23 tutorials in total)  have been completed and are available on UDEMY. 

To celebrate the 2nd anniversary of the project on Patreon there will be  a special benefit for all new and current Patrons who sign up be 31 August. The Benefit will be announced on 16 August so watch this space!

Depending on your needs the benefits include: 

• Early Access to all the tutorials before each Series is available on Udemy
• Resource PDF with tutorial sketches and icons
• Digital Timelapse sketches showing the drawing process
• Limited Student places with a monthly assignment for correction and advice.
• Hand-Painted icons
• Free coupons for the Udemy Courses

Sign up on Patreon to learn Byzantine Iconography or simply to support the Byzantine Iconography Video Tutorial Project. Your support makes it possible!

The latest tutorial in Series 4 on drawing the full figure will be released for early access on Patreon on 4 May! In this tutorial we will be studying the vestments of priest saints and drawing the newly-glorifies St Amphilochios of Patmos!

Without the support of my Patrons this Iconography Tutorial project would be impossible so please consider signing up as either a Student or a Supporter to keep this project going.