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Drawing Tutorials
Series 1: Drawing the Face
Tutorials Include:
Introduction to Line, Rhythm and Drawing the Face
Drawing the Face in Dynamic Frontal Pose with Curved Axes
Drawing Ascetic Faces and Beards
Drawing the Face in ¾ Pose Part 1 (Reverential Pose)
Drawing the Face in ¾ Pose Part 2 (Upward Facing
Pose)Drawing the Face of the Infant Christ
Series 2: Drawing the Half-Figure
Tutorials include:
Drawing hands (Part 1)
Drawing hands (Part 2)
Drawing the Half-figure in Frontal Pose
Drawing the half figure in ¾ pose
Series 3: Garment Basics
Tutorials include:
Basic Folds
Hanging Folds
Creating Volume with Line
Series 4: Drawing the Full-Figure
Tutorials include:
Basic Structure of the Full-Figure
Drawing Feet
Drawing a full-figure Christ (Apostles & Prophets)
Drawing Women Saints
Drawing Monastic Saints
Drawing Hierarchs
Drawing Priests
Drawing Deacons
Drawing Imperial and Noble Saints
Drawing Martyrs
Drawing Holy Unmercenaries (Basic Composition)
Drawing St John the Forerunner
Drawing Angels
Drawing Soldier Saints
Series 5: Drawing the 3/4 Figure
Tutorials include:
Drawing the Basic 3/4 Figure
Drawing the Bowing 3/4 Figure
Drawing a Dynamic 3/4 Figure
Series 6: Drawing Seated, Reclining and Kneeling Figures
Tutorials include:
Drawing the Frontal (Enthroned) Seated Figure
Drawing a 3/4 Seated Figure (Introduction to Vertical or Relative Perspective)
Drawing a Reclining Figure
Drawing the Burial of Christ
Drawing a Kneeling Figure
Series 7: More Figures
Tutorials include:
Drawing Christ Crucified
Drawing a Flying Angel
Series 8: Drawing Landscapes and Buildings
Tutorials include:
Drawing Buildings and Objects
Drawing Mountains and Landscapes
Series 9.1 Theotokos and Christ (Composition)
1. Composing an icon of the Theotokos and Christ
Series 9.2: Prophet Elijah (Composition)
Creatively composing an icon with a figure and landscape elements (Prophet Elijah)
Series 9.3 The Annunciation (Composition)
Tutorials include:
Composing an icon including figures and building elements (The Annunciation) Parts 1&2
Painting Tutorials
Painting Series 1 : Introduction to Painting
Course includes:
In Tutorial 1 you will learn about the workspace and materials needed to paint with egg tempera. Then you will learn how to prepare the egg emulsion and the painting surface and how to mix the colours. This is followed by several exercises for learning brush techniques needed to paint icons.
In Tutorial 2 we will go into the theory of Byzantine iconography and how colour and light function in the icon as well as the question of colour symbolism in icons.
In Tutorial 3 we will start with a basic garment exercise to understand how the photismata are build up rhythmically by first building up the forms from light to dark.
In Tutorial 4 will start discovering the magic of painting with a limited tetrachrome palette, by painting a mauve sleeve, this time working from dark to light.
In Tutorials 5 and 6 you will discover one of the trickiest colours to paint in tetrachrome: Green. You will learn to paint it using two different techniques.
In Tutorial 7 you will discover that Black+White=Blue as we paint contrasting warm and cool garments with hanging folds.
In Tutorial 8 we will paint a white garment that allows us to practice painting a variety of folds.
In Tutorial 9 we will paint the head covering worn by women and some monastic saints and get to grips with painting curved lines.