Booking options
£175
£175
Delivered Online
All levels
You can join us any Thursday
Cost £175 for 5 Classes
Via Zoom
The link will be provided after the registration.
The main focus of this workshop is on helping you to find your own personal style. To help you develop creative practice and find the confidence that you need to make creativity a part of your daily life.
It is an ongoing Class but students are guided individually through the process of creating an Icon.
Not recommended for complete beginners but if you have some experience drawing or painting but not Icon painting please contact me and we can discuss if it will be suitable for you.
You will be guided through all the stages of creating an Icon. You will be supported in conveying your own ideas and a personal style.
Peaceful music played in between feedback will help you come to a quiet and meditative place.
You will deepen your understanding and practice of the principles of the egg tempera technique which include:
The composition used in icon painting
Icon styles including Byzantine and Russian
Preparation of egg yolk binding medium
Making your own paints from dry pigments
Working with thin layers
Egg tempera brushwork
Dry brushwork
MATERIALS
You will need some materials to get started.
First Class
Pencil, thin paper, and a copy of an image that you want to paint.
Next Classes
pigments – yellow ochre, red ochre, burn sienna, burnt umber, black (iron oxide or Russian black), titanium white, ultramarine blue, green oxide
brushes – 3 squirrel brushes, sizes 1,3,5 or 2,3,5. You can buy those here https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B085954W4L/ref=crt_ewc_title_dp_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=AQVAZFP6U38FK
panel – clayboard or gesso board https://www.jacksonsart.com/brands/ampersand/ampersand-claybord/ampersand-claybord-panel-uncradled-3mm-8x8in or http://www.gessoboards.co.uk/
The rest will be explained in the email to you
Let us know if you already have materials or need any assistance with deciding which materials. There are many options and it’s not necessary to buy too many to be able to start painting.
Our school supports students in developing creative confidence and finding courage through a range of icon painting courses and workshops open to students at all levels.