Introduces readers to a more advanced level in icon development, exploring more complex imagery and skillsStep-by-step instructions for painting icons, from original drawings through finished productIncludes eight full-color plates of the author's original iconsThis is the sequel to the authors previous work, A Brush with God, for advanced beginners, intermediate, and advanced iconographers. It presents greater detail and instructions for creating entirely new icons. One major feature of the new book is the full-page sketches that artists can photocopy and use as the basis of their own icons, providing a unique and much-requested resource.
Introduction and contemporary reflections on iconography, spirituality, and technique.Highlighting folds on full-length figures, including black and white renderings of draped legs, arms, and torsos.Architectural and landscape renderings in Byzantine iconography, including background shadow and highlighting techniques, plus inverse perspective.Festal icons, involving multiple figures, landscapes, architecture, furniture, vegetation, and animals.Construction of heads, figures, and analysis of whole compositions, sacred geometry and proportion.
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- ISBN10 0819226858
- ISBN13 9780819226853
- Publish Date 1 October 2009
- Publish Status Active
- Publisher Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
- Imprint Morehouse Publishing
- Format eBook
- Language English