Painting Icons retreat at Sarum College

This course offers a practical way into iconography by engaging with some of the skills that go towards the painting of a panel icon. While the painting of icons is part of a creative tradition taking years to learn, what is on offer here gives some insights into the heart of iconography.

The primary focus over the weekend will be the drawing and painting of a single figure, in monochrome, using egg tempera on watercolour paper. For this, there will be practical tuition in a number of areas including observational analysis of an icon, the making and use of egg tempera, and the building up of painted layers towards a final image. No previous experience is required.