Icon Painting
This course covers the essentials of egg tempera painting, especially as it is used within the tradition of Orthodox sacred icons. Students are free to choose their own subject —figurative, geometric or otherwise— but the emphasis is on how tempera is used to indicate spiritual values. The course begins with a discussion about elements essential to any sacred art. Students then choose and draw their subject, which is transferred to a gesso panel. The teacher introduces and demonstrates each stage in the painting process to the group, and gives personal help to each student while they work.
