Byzantine Iconography Series 5: Drawing 3/4 Figures
What you'll learn
- Students will learn to draw figures in various 3/4 poses
Requirements
- Students should have completed Series 1 Drawing the Face
- Series 3 Garment Basics
- Series 4: Drawing the Full Figure (P1)
Description
In this course, Series 5, we are going to be studying figures in various 3/4 poses.
In Section 1 we will study the basic 3/4 figure in a deisis pose, by drawing the Theotokos.
In Section 2, we will study and angel in a bowing 3/4 pose.
Finally, in Section 3 we will study the figure of Archangel Gabriel from the Annunciation icon in a dynamic 3/4 pose.
Required Materials: Pencil, paper and eraser.
Who this course is for:
- Intermediate Students who have completed the first 4 series of drawing tutorials
Instructor
![Bridget Hayes](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
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Hello, I'm Julia. I'm a South African born byzantine iconographer with 16 years experience. I live and studied iconography in Greece with teachers including master iconographer George Kordis. I have also studied Theology and done post-graduate studies in Liturgics at the University of Athens.
So what are these iconography tutorials about? This is not a standard weekend iconography workshop where you simply learn to trace an icon and "paint-by-numbers". It was never the tradition of the Church to make "photocopies" of old icons, but sadly this modern "tradition" is destroying the creative tradition of the Church. Every period of iconography from the Comnene to the Paleologian periods to the Cretan School has it's own style within the Byzantine system of painting and the iconographic tradition of the Church. In these tutorials you will be introduced to the Byzantine system of painting and given tools that will allow you create within the tradition of the Church.
It cannot be emphasized enough how important it is for iconographers to learn to draw before starting to paint. That is why with these tutorials we will start by building the foundation by learning how to draw before we progress to painting icons.
The tutorials have subtitles for the deaf.