...and here it is with the othe ivon from last year. Perhaps there is some improvement? Enough now on icons. @awatercolouraday.bsky.social #iconpainting #icons

Adding all the gold extras and lettering on the aquamarine, and the stars. I am very pleased with the results considering it is only my 2nd ever icon. Only possible thanks to the amazing teaching of Andrew De Smet and all at St Bede's in York @awatercolouraday.bsky.social #iconpainting

Step by step now filling in the Virgin's mantel in a 50:50 mix of black and aquamarine and ribbons in yellow ochre and cadmium red and adding the first facial highlights, raw umber irises etc #Iconpainting @awatercolouraday.bsky.social Face not so bltchily sunburned now, but hands terrible.

Some painting at last! Starting with Avena Ochre with a dash of moss red for the grounding of the faces.Think I overdid the red! Painting will progress from dark to light, thankfully. BURNT umber for Jesus' hair. Zinc white and moss red for the mantel. @awatercolouraday.bsky.social #iconpainting

This is just to remind me of what Andrew my teacher can create, an to which I aspire #iconpainting @awatercolouraday.bsky.social

Surprisingly, perhaps, it is the gilding first. Starting with a moss red ground using an egg ylk support. Then gilding size and leafs of Cornielsen 24 ct gold leaf. Dry pigments mixed with egg yolk water and a dash of vinegar. @awatercolouraday.bsky.social #iconpainting

Hmmm who do we have here?

#doll #cloth #softbodydoll #customorder #famousartist #famousactress #iconpainting #murderous #myart #thestorytellersart

Goodly Mansions in the Gardens of Eden
acrylic on paper, text from the Koran
21 x 17 in.
2025
#iconpainting #worksonpaper

Icon-painting retreats book up very quickly - secure your place now to create your own icon at Epiphany House from 2-6 June. All info and bookingson epiphanyhouse.co.uk/retreatsande... #retreat #iconpainting

Viktor Vasnetsov’s New Icons is an essay by @ChapmanU #Art Professor Wendy Salmond which examines Russian artist Viktor Vasnetsov’s search for a new kind of prayer icon in the closing decades of the nineteenth century.
#ViktorVasnetsov #iconpainting

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