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At the Easter Day in the St.Gregory Orthodox Church I have met the beautiful artist Olga ( her web-site: http://studio.poloukhine.com )
This lady has classes of “Writing an Icon” at her studio in LaGrangeville, New York.
And, of course, this is exactly what I did not have in my life! I am an artist and I am the Russian Orthodox.
So I started to study step by step how to paint the Icon like it was long time ago……
My new teacher Olga says: “It is through iconography that prayer is brought into the visual world. The iconographer "writes" with the discipline of theological expression, from within an established tradition, imparting his or her personal imprint on a tradition which is received and understood by an entire community. Icons are used in prayer both at home and in church, where each image has its proper place and function. It is a meeting place between heaven and earth, a window through which the beholder contemplates the Kingdom of God.”
This is a photo of my first step: cedar gessoed wood board 9,5"x12,5" ,sanded surfase with transfered
pattern of archangel Michael.
Writing an Icon ( Icon painting) steps 2,3, 4, 5, 6
