Introduction To The Ancient Technique of Painting Icons on Wood by Adrian Gor https://padlet.com/adriangor/Icon_Painting COURSE DESCRIPTION In this course, students of all levels of artistic skills will create egg-tempera paintings by exploring forgotten medieval techniques of making Byzantine icons. We will learn how to apply Gold leaf on handcrafted wood-panels and mix pigments with home-made emulsion and gesso. We will also learn how and why these ancient artistic methods influenced contemporary art and visual culture.  For this reason, Byzantine art theory of color, drawing, and composition will be used to discover a new artistic medium and mode seeing images for creative self-expression.  This will be done first via a series of exercises to understand the steps of painting exemplary Byzantine icons. In following this historical art form, students will paint next a “personal icon” on a wood-panel based on images and visual composition of their chose.  en-us 2017-12-29 22:46:20 UTC 2025-11-02 01:16:44 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padletuploads.blob.core.windows.net/prod/249967333/f81780d365f02292449b83ba72b6b543/1.jpg Handout 2 adriangor https://padlet.com/adriangor/Icon_Painting/wish/218172684 2017-12-30 02:01:52 UTC https://padlet.com/adriangor/Icon_Painting/wish/218172684 adriangor https://padlet.com/adriangor/Icon_Painting/wish/218172805  | ·         Demo: the wood panel preparation: sculpting the recessed area, making and applying the first layer of clay and cotton cloth.           ·         Discussion on the Byzantine theology of the image, and the use of materials in constructing an icon. Students will be advised on how to choose the subject and composition of their icons.    

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·         Introduction to Health & Safety 
·         Selecting Wood for Painting and the Ark in Icon Panels. 
]]> 2018-01-12 01:06:37 UTC https://padlet.com/adriangor/Icon_Painting/wish/220831511 Handout 4 adriangor https://padlet.com/adriangor/Icon_Painting/wish/221894396 2018-01-16 21:24:07 UTC https://padlet.com/adriangor/Icon_Painting/wish/221894396 Handout 5 adriangor https://padlet.com/adriangor/Icon_Painting/wish/221894527 2018-01-16 21:24:37 UTC https://padlet.com/adriangor/Icon_Painting/wish/221894527 adriangor https://padlet.com/adriangor/Icon_Painting/wish/221895947 2018-01-16 21:30:15 UTC https://padlet.com/adriangor/Icon_Painting/wish/221895947 questions for week 2 adriangor https://padlet.com/adriangor/Icon_Painting/wish/221941175 2018-01-17 03:30:41 UTC https://padlet.com/adriangor/Icon_Painting/wish/221941175 Drawing 2 adriangor https://padlet.com/adriangor/Icon_Painting/wish/221955948 2018-01-17 06:09:51 UTC https://padlet.com/adriangor/Icon_Painting/wish/221955948 Drawing 1 adriangor https://padlet.com/adriangor/Icon_Painting/wish/221956024 2018-01-17 06:10:57 UTC https://padlet.com/adriangor/Icon_Painting/wish/221956024 Handout 6 Preparing Glue Size adriangor https://padlet.com/adriangor/Icon_Painting/wish/224051142 2018-01-24 00:09:02 UTC https://padlet.com/adriangor/Icon_Painting/wish/224051142 Handout 7 Pavoloka Fabric Covering of Wood Panel adriangor https://padlet.com/adriangor/Icon_Painting/wish/224051294 2018-01-24 00:10:13 UTC https://padlet.com/adriangor/Icon_Painting/wish/224051294 Handout 8 Preparation of Wood Panels for Painting adriangor https://padlet.com/adriangor/Icon_Painting/wish/226362120 2018-01-30 22:18:35 UTC https://padlet.com/adriangor/Icon_Painting/wish/226362120 HANDOUT 9_Gesso Ground adriangor https://padlet.com/adriangor/Icon_Painting/wish/226362279 2018-01-30 22:19:18 UTC https://padlet.com/adriangor/Icon_Painting/wish/226362279 Handout 10_ Color table adriangor https://padlet.com/adriangor/Icon_Painting/wish/226362379 2018-01-30 22:19:49 UTC https://padlet.com/adriangor/Icon_Painting/wish/226362379 HANDOUT 11_Egg-Tempera Painting Technique.pdf adriangor https://padlet.com/adriangor/Icon_Painting/wish/228898702 2018-02-06 23:25:30 UTC https://padlet.com/adriangor/Icon_Painting/wish/228898702 HANDOUT 12_Color in Icon Painting .pdf adriangor https://padlet.com/adriangor/Icon_Painting/wish/228898834 2018-02-06 23:26:14 UTC https://padlet.com/adriangor/Icon_Painting/wish/228898834 Making Joined Icon Panels adriangor https://padlet.com/adriangor/Icon_Painting/wish/238996733 2018-03-07 04:31:37 UTC https://padlet.com/adriangor/Icon_Painting/wish/238996733 Gilding-HANDOUT 14 https://padlet.com/adriangor/Icon_Painting/wish/243945282 2018-03-20 11:57:40 UTC https://padlet.com/adriangor/Icon_Painting/wish/243945282