<p>This is a step-by-step Icon Painting workshop.</p>
<p>Suitable for beginners or for those who would like to be guided step by step to make sure that they know the process of creating an icon. Or refresh their experience.</p>
<p>You will be working on the image of Mother of God. You can see it in the cover photo for the event.<br />Author<br />Basia Mindewicz<br />Basia will be encouraging you to do it creatively but you are also welcome to repeat steps exactly as she demonstrates.</p>
<p>The course will include demonstrations of every stage of creating an icon.</p>
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<p><strong style="color: var(--text); letter-spacing: -0.05px;">9 Weeks</strong></p>
<p><strong style="color: var(--text); letter-spacing: -0.05px;">16 January &ndash; 13 March 2022</strong></p>
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<p><strong>On Zoom. Recordings will be available if you can&rsquo;t attend in person.</strong></p>
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<p>This is a step-by-step Icon Painting workshop.<br />Suitable for beginners or for those who would like to be guided step by step to make sure that they kno,w the process of creating an icon. Or refresh their experience.</p>
<p>You will be working on the image of Mother of God. You can see it in the cover photo for the event.<br />Author<br />Basia Mindewicz<br />Basia will guide you in the way that you will be able to introduce your ideas into the image.</p>
<p>The course will include demonstrations of every stage of creating an icon.</p>
<p>Students will be guided to complete their icons in a traditional Russian method but also encouraged to look for their own voice.</p>
<p>In the demonstrations, Basia will try to include her own personal style.</p>
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<p>Stages of work include:</p>
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<li><strong>Transfering the image onto tracing paper.</strong>&nbsp;We will use tracing paper not only to transfer the design but also to learn and explore the shape and the line.</li>
<li><strong>Transferring finished drawings onto a panel</strong>&nbsp;covered with layers of gesso.</li>
<li><strong>Redrawing with paint.</strong>&nbsp;At this stage, students will start learning how to make paints using egg yolk and dry pigments.</li>
<li><strong>Once all&nbsp;</strong>surfaces are covered with enough layers of ground we can start building shapes using lights. In icon painting, we don&rsquo;t build shapes with shadows.</li>
<li><strong>Gilding</strong>&nbsp;&ndash; we will be working for real gold leaf. You will be guided step by step in this process to learn the traditional method of gilding. We will be working with oil gilding.</li>
<li><strong>Applying</strong>&nbsp;final lights and highlights. Finishing.</li>
<li><strong>It is recommended</strong>&nbsp;to wait at least a few weeks before varnishing the finished icon painted in egg tempera. Guidance and demonstration will be provided.</li>
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<p>Materials needed for the Course:</p>
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<li>gesso panel &ndash; 15/20 cm &ndash; Your options &ndash; order from us &ndash; &pound;25 &ndash; MDF gesso panel &ndash; please contact us to order at edinburghicons@gmail.com or buy 8/10 inch from&nbsp;<a href="https://www.jacksonsart.com/ampersand-gessobord-panels" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.jacksonsart.com/ampersand-gessobord-panels</a></li>
<li>A4 tracing paper</li>
<li>Brushes &ndash; squirrel &ndash; sizes 2,3,5 and kolinsky size 1</li>
<li>Pigments &ndash; basic set &ndash; Titanium white, Cadmium Red Light, Ultramarine Blue (Red Shade), Chromium Green Oxide, Yellow Ochre, Red Ochre, Cyprus Burnt Umber, Raw Umber Greenish. You can buy it here. You need only the smallest containers.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.jacksonsart.com/jackson-s-artist-pigment">https://www.jacksonsart.com/jackson-s-artist-pigment</a></li>
<li>&nbsp;For gold gilding &ndash; transfer gold leaf here&nbsp;<a href="https://www.stonehouses.co.uk/gold-imitation-leaf/gold-leaf/gold-leaf-transfer/23-75ct-transfer/23-75ct-extra-thick-transfer-5-leaves.html">https://www.stonehouses.co.uk/gold-imitation-leaf/gold-leaf/gold-leaf-transfer/23-75ct-transfer/23-75ct-extra-thick-transfer-5-leaves.html</a>, gold oil size &ndash; the smallest one&nbsp;<a href="https://www.goldleafsupplies.co.uk/kolner-classic-oil-size-3hr/">https://www.goldleafsupplies.co.uk/kolner-classic-oil-size-3hr/</a>, hard brush &ndash; bristle brush size 3, shellac &ndash; the smallest container- here&nbsp;<a href="https://www.goldleafsupplies.co.uk/shellac-varnish-clear-6361/">https://www.goldleafsupplies.co.uk/shellac-varnish-clear-6361/</a>, surgical spirit for cleaning brushes.</li>
<li>Ceramic palette.</li>
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<div><strong>PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU NEED ANY GUIDANCE WITH GETTING YOUR MATERIALS. WE CAN RECOMMEND DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE BASED.</strong></div>
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<h5><strong>About your teacher</strong></h5>
<p><br /><strong>Basia Mindewicz</strong></p>
<p>born in 1978 in Warsaw, is an icon painter and contemporary artist. She was trained in Poland in the College dedicated to iconography. Studying ancient techniques of egg tempera and gold gilding. For many years she has been mainly working in a very traditional style learning the language of the icon. When she came to Edinburgh she started exploring other &lsquo;&rsquo;languages&rsquo;&rsquo; searching for more personal and contemporary ways of depicting similar reality. Her development as an artist is a process of uncovering a truth about who we are as human beings and what we need to become whole. Icon painting as a spiritual practice grows in silence and stillness.</p>
<p>Graduated from The Maria Grzegorzewska Academy of Special Education, MA and College of Iconography (Policealne Studium Ikonograficzne) in Bielsk Podlaski in 2008.<br />She has been working for major icon-painting workshops in Poland. Organized many private workshops and residential courses.</p>
<p>Workshops in Poland:<br />Droga Ikony (The way of Icon) http://www.drogaikony.org.pl/<br />Studium Chrzescijanskiego Wschodu (School of Eastern Christianity)<br />Founder of Edinburgh School of Icon Painting.</p>
<p>Watch Live Videos with a demonstration of the process here.<br />https://www.facebook.com/EdinburghSchoolOfIconPainting/live_videos/?ref=page_internal</p>
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This is a step-by-step Icon Painting workshop.
Suitable for beginners or for those who would like to be guided step by step to make sure that they know the process of creating an icon. Or refresh their experience.
You will be working on the image of Mother of God. You can see it in the cover photo for the event.
Author
Basia Mindewicz
Basia will be encouraging you to do it creatively but you are also welcome to repeat steps exactly as she demonstrates.
The course will include demonstrations of every stage of creating an icon.
 
9 Weeks
16 January – 13 March 2022
Sundays 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm the UK Time
On Zoom. Recordings will be available if you can’t attend in person.
This is a step-by-step Icon Painting workshop.
Suitable for beginners or for those who would like to be guided step by step to make sure that they kno,w the process of creating an icon. Or refresh their experience.
You will be working on the image of Mother of God. You can see it in the cover photo for the event.
Author
Basia Mindewicz
Basia will guide you in the way that you will be able to introduce your ideas into the image.
The course will include demonstrations of every stage of creating an icon.
Students will be guided to complete their icons in a traditional Russian method but also encouraged to look for their own voice.
In the demonstrations, Basia will try to include her own personal style.
Stages of work include:
Transfering the image onto tracing paper. We will use tracing paper not only to transfer the design but also to learn and explore the shape and the line.
Transferring finished drawings onto a panel covered with layers of gesso.
Redrawing with paint. At this stage, students will start learning how to make paints using egg yolk and dry pigments.
Once all surfaces are covered with enough layers of ground we can start building shapes using lights. In icon painting, we don’t build shapes with shadows.
Gilding – we will be working for real gold leaf. You will be guided step by step in this process to learn the traditional method of gilding. We will be working with oil gilding.
Applying final lights and highlights. Finishing.
It is recommended to wait at least a few weeks before varnishing the finished icon painted in egg tempera. Guidance and demonstration will be provided.
Materials needed for the Course:
 
gesso panel – 15/20 cm – Your options – order from us – £25 – MDF gesso panel – please contact us to order at edinburghicons@gmail.com or buy 8/10 inch from https://www.jacksonsart.com/ampersand-gessobord-panels
A4 tracing paper
Brushes – squirrel – sizes 2,3,5 and kolinsky size 1
Pigments – basic set – Titanium white, Cadmium Red Light, Ultramarine Blue (Red Shade), Chromium Green Oxide, Yellow Ochre, Red Ochre, Cyprus Burnt Umber, Raw Umber Greenish. You can buy it here. You need only the smallest containers. https://www.jacksonsart.com/jackson-s-artist-pigment
For gold gilding – transfer gold leaf here https://www.stonehouses.co.uk/gold-imitation-leaf/gold-leaf/gold-leaf-transfer/23-75ct-transfer/23-75ct-extra-thick-transfer-5-leaves.html, gold oil size – the smallest one https://www.goldleafsupplies.co.uk/kolner-classic-oil-size-3hr/, hard brush – bristle brush size 3, shellac – the smallest container- here https://www.goldleafsupplies.co.uk/shellac-varnish-clear-6361/, surgical spirit for cleaning brushes.
Ceramic palette.
PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU NEED ANY GUIDANCE WITH GETTING YOUR MATERIALS. WE CAN RECOMMEND DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE BASED.
About your teacher

Basia Mindewicz
born in 1978 in Warsaw, is an icon painter and contemporary artist. She was trained in Poland in the College dedicated to iconography. Studying ancient techniques of egg tempera and gold gilding. For many years she has been mainly working in a very traditional style learning the language of the icon. When she came to Edinburgh she started exploring other ‘’languages’’ searching for more personal and contemporary ways of depicting similar reality. Her development as an artist is a process of uncovering a truth about who we are as human beings and what we need to become whole. Icon painting as a spiritual practice grows in silence and stillness.
Graduated from The Maria Grzegorzewska Academy of Special Education, MA and College of Iconography (Policealne Studium Ikonograficzne) in Bielsk Podlaski in 2008.
She has been working for major icon-painting workshops in Poland. Organized many private workshops and residential courses.
Workshops in Poland:
Droga Ikony (The way of Icon) http://www.drogaikony.org.pl/
Studium Chrzescijanskiego Wschodu (School of Eastern Christianity)
Founder of Edinburgh School of Icon Painting.
Watch Live Videos with a demonstration of the process here.
https://www.facebook.com/EdinburghSchoolOfIconPainting/live_videos/?ref=page_internal
 
 

Edinburgh School of Icon Painting

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We are excited to announce the Online version of the Step by Step Course. It will include live demonstrations of the process that you will then follow.
Unique opportunity to be guided step by step and experience meditative practice of icon painting.

ONLINE. Icon Painting Course - Beginners. With live demonstrations.

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Participants have consistently reported improvements in their wellbeing. &nbsp;Anyone who wants to learn new skills can join our programmes. &nbsp;No previous experience of papercrafting or mixed media work is needed. We have delivered courses successfully in Cambridgeshire for 6 1/2 years and have worked with 280 Cambridges residents during this time. 86% of participants state that what we offer has helped to improve their wellbeing. 75% state that it has made a positive difference to their daily lives. &nbsp;</span></p><div style="color: rgb(65, 65, 65); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(65, 65, 65);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Please note that the banner/photo shows crafted items that we have made during this course at different times. The items made in this course are similar. The Cademy calenda/description states that this course is over 14 weeks. This is because the 10 weeks of the course are delivered over 13 weeks, during 3 of which, Craft4Smiles is closed for holidays!&nbsp;</span></div>

A standalone 10 week course - 2 hours per week online with daytime and evening options - that will introduce you to the basic materials, tools, equipment and techniques used in paper crafting and mixed media work and to Craft4Smiles C.I.C and our tutors. You will be told about the other courses you offer so that you can make an informed choice about further learning. At the end of each session you will have a lovely paper crafted item to show family and friends or to display on your shelf! Course ProgrammeWeek 1: Bird House Gift BoxWeek 2: Double Die Stencil Box and Card Week 3: Card Making: 3 Styles of Card Week 4/5: Mixed Media NotebooksWeek 6: Black Canvas/Gilding Polish Framed PictureWeek 7: Cantilever Box: 2 TierWeek 8: Bead Making Week 9/10:Dust and Reveal: Woodland Picture using Masks, Stencils and InksYou will be sent the following materials and items of equipment which are yours to keep: Materials Book Binders' Glue (30 ml)PVA Glue (20 ml)15 Water Based Inks for Stamping and DustingAdhesive Foam Pads4 Mini NotebooksGilding Polish: 5 Colours: 20-30 mlBrads: 27Craft4Smiles Elegant Bits: Paper Off Cuts from Die Cutting for Mixed Media WorkPaper and Card as Required to Complete each ProjectAir Dry Clay Moulded PiecesEquipment A2 Cutting MatAdorable Scoreboard Paper Cutter30ml Glue Applicator20 Sponge Pieces 15 Finger Daubers1 Set of Mini Stamps1 Stamping BlockPokey ToolScissorsCraft4Smiles C.I.C. is crafting community that provides accessible high quality creative papercraft and mixed media online programmes for adults. Our courses are social and interactive whether delivered online or in-person. Our aim is to introduce and build crafting skills and the basic skills needed for success in the workplace and at home, including self-confidence, problem solving, communicating in a group, basic maths and English. We teach over 45 different paper craft and mixed media techniques. Each course is carefully constructed to help you develop your crafting skills and knowledge.
Crafting and our courses are mindful, taking us away from the day-to-day. Participants have consistently reported improvements in their wellbeing. Anyone who wants to learn new skills can join our programmes. No previous experience of papercrafting or mixed media work is needed. We have delivered courses successfully in Cambridgeshire for 6 1/2 years and have worked with 280 Cambridges residents during this time. 86% of participants state that what we offer has helped to improve their wellbeing. 75% state that it has made a positive difference to their daily lives. 
Please note that the banner/photo shows crafted items that we have made during this course at different times. The items made in this course are similar. The Cademy calenda/description states that this course is over 14 weeks. This is because the 10 weeks of the course are delivered over 13 weeks, during 3 of which, Craft4Smiles is closed for holidays!

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A standalone 10 week/session course that will introduce you to the basic materials, tools, equipment and techniques used in paper crafting and mixed media work and to Craft4Smiles C.I.C and our tutors.  You will be sent all the materials and equipment needed to complete the course. At the end of each lesson you will have a crafted item to take away to keep or show family and friends. You will be told about the other courses you offer so that you can make an informed choice about further learning. 

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ONLINE. Icon Painting Course - Beginners. With live demonstrations.

By Edinburgh School of Icon Painting

Introduction to Paper Crafting and Mixed Media - Monday 19.00 - 21.00 or Tuesday 19.00 - 21.00

By Craft4Smiles C.I.C.

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