Learn how to paint Byzantine Icons (Part 3)

Learn to paint the Nikonov Virgin Mary and Child Jesus in egg tempera with a gold background, creating the aura with a compass and color mixes.

Paint Jesus and Virgin Mary clothing with yellow ochre and egg, apply ultramarine to purple tones, start shadows, and mix purple with titanium white and red for light layers.

Learn how to layer light on byzantine icons using titanium white sparingly, maintain a uniform color look, avoid overly bright clothing, and add shadows to blue clothing with black.

Apply a light value by mixing the basic color with titanium white, and avoid making the clothing too contrasting or bright.

Mix burnt Sienna or blend Romba with ROKR into the basic color to sculpt clothing shadows, then apply a gilding technique for light on Virgin Mary's accents.

Lesson 6 teaches adding shadows on byzantine icons by mixing basic skin color with raw amber while preserving base color, and painting pupils with amber and black to deepen shadows.

Mix basic skin colors with yellow, ochre, vermilion, red, and titanium white for the first light layer, then achieve a transparent look with a water-diluted light color.

Apply the first light skin tone to the hair of child Jesus, using it for light and shadow, add basic skin color and optional red, then paint the iris black.

Develop skill in painting facial light and eye highlights by layering white with the first light color, building transparent washes, and adjusting contrasts across Byzantine schools.

Learn how to mix colors for lips and red accents in Byzantine icon painting, using familiar red and light skin tones, and adjust with vermilion for the upper lip.

Define facial skin tones and features with light colors and red accents, adding shadows sparingly. Explore icon tradition, depicting Mary and child, and add symbolic writings in the aura color.