Day three of the icon course

Just very similar pictures today, quite a few stages to the icon image and very interesting again. Also very tiring by the end of the day! Firstly we had to put the marks back in for the high lights, we could have traced but I just painted them referring to the tracing picture.

Then the first layer of high lights.

Then the second layer and painting in the facial features while it dried and hand details.

Then we had to make a weak wash to blend the first layers.

Then the final layer of high lights.

Then we had to reinstate the outlines, that doesn’t look a lot different!

I then had to scrape off the book as it was too dark and put a lighter coat on complete with the the gritty stuff which you remove when it is dry!

Then a red edge while that dried, and I had also tried to do the pages of the book.

Then scraped the grit off and added a wash.

I wasn’t happy with the attempt at pages, asked if Icould paint them out and try again next week. He said he thought they were okay but I could if I wanted to, so I did!

Actually, that one has the wash on the book cover.

Off to see Sarah and David now, who have recovered from their bout of Covid.