Byzantine Iconography Painting Series 1: Painting Basics (3)

Introduction to Painting Byzantine Icons

What you'll learn

Painting Basic Garments

Painting Lower Garments

Painting Yellow Garments

Painting Black Garments (Kalimavki)

Painting Gold Garments and Objects

Requirements

Learners must have completed "Byzantine Iconography Painting Series 1: Painting Basics (1)

Learners must have completed "Byzantine Iconography Painting Series 1: Painting Basics (2)

Description

Welcome to Part 2 of the Painting Basics Series of Byzantine Iconography Tutorials. In these tutorials, we will continue the journey of discovering the magic of the limited tetrachrome palette while also learning to paint several types of garments that we will typically paint in icons. It is very important for beginners to practice painting different types of garments before jumping in to paint a complete icon. Often beginners place so much emphasis on the face thinking that if the face looks good, no one will notice that the garments don't. Unfortunately, it doesn't work like that… as I myself learned the hard way!Yellow garments can be difficult to paint as it's easy for them to look lifeless and flat. In Lesson 10 you will learn the secret for painting vibrant yellow garments while we learn to paint some typical lower garments that are found in full-figure icons of Christ, the Apostles as well as women saints.While strictly speaking there are no "black" garments in Byzantine iconography, there is now an expectation that contemporary monastic saints will be depicted wearing black. These black garments often end up looking lifeless, but in Lesson 11 I will be teaching you how to paint black garments that actually look radiant.Finally in the lesson 12, the last lesson in this series, we will be painting gold garments and objects.The basic material you will need for these tutorials are:PigmentsYellow Ochre (or Iron Oxide Yellow)Iron Oxide BlackLight Mars Red (or Red Ochre)Medium Mars RedTitanium WhiteGold Ochre(optional)Egg EmulsionEggWhite wineLavender or Basil essential oil2 Plastic dropper bottles for egg emulsion and waterPaint brushes (rounds with a good tip, flats and riggers) Palette for mixing paint (a sheet of glass or plexiglass is optional)Container of water for cleaning brushes.Paper towelHot press watercolour paper for painting exercises.

Overview

Section 1: PS1T10 Lower Garments - Yellow

Lecture 1 10.1 Introduction and Sketch

Lecture 2 10.2 Proplasmos

Lecture 3 10.3 Glaze and Grapsimata

Lecture 4 10.4 1st Photisma

Lecture 5 10.5 2nd Photisma

Lecture 6 10.6 3rd Photisma

Section 2: PS1T11 Black Garments

Lecture 7 Introduction

Lecture 8 11.1 Sketch

Lecture 9 11.2 Proplasmos

Lecture 10 11.3 1st Grapsimo

Lecture 11 11.4 2nd Grapsimo

Lecture 12 11.5 1st Photisma

Lecture 13 11.6 2nd Photisma

Section 3: PS1T12 Painting Gold Garments and Objects

Lecture 14 Introduction

Lecture 15 12.1 Warm-up

Lecture 16 12.2 Sketch

Lecture 17 12.3 Proplasmos

Lecture 18 12.4 1st Grapsimo

Lecture 19 12.5 2nd Grapsimo

Lecture 20 12.6 Assist

Beginners in Byzantine Iconography