Icon Painting With Peter Murphy
Peter will teach traditional Byzantine icon painting techniques and early Italian panel painting techniques, which includes the use of gold leaf for backgrounds and halos. The tempera paint used will be made from scratch each day using eggs and pigments. To ensure that students receive individual attention, course numbers will be strictly limited to ten participants. Tuition will be friendly, informal and constructive.
The course fee includes tuition, materials for your own first icon and a daily buffet lunch which weather permitting may be taken in the garden. Participants may wish to bring their own fine brushes if they have them.
Tuition is daily from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm with one hour off for lunch. If you wish you can continue to work (untutored) on your icons until 6:00 pm.
Icon Painting Course
Icon Painting Course Schedule
Friday: 10:00 am Peter will give a talk on icons. He will explain and demonstrate icon terms and techniques. He will show how use of certain techniques affects your finished icon.
11:15 am Design of icons and start making the icon.
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch is served.
2:00 pm - 4:15 pm Continue with your icon. Peter will be on hand to offer advice and support.
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm General tidy up.
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Continue with your icon (untutored) if you wish.
Please be on time for the first talk on Friday morning
Saturday: 10:00 am Peter gives a short talk on the days aims.
11:15 am Continue with your icons.
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch is served.
2:00 pm - 4:15 pm Continue with your icon. Peter will be on hand to offer advice and support.
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm General tidy up.
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Continue with your icon (untutored) if you wish.
Sunday
10:00 am Continue with your icon.
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch is served.
2:00 pm - 4:15 pm Continue with your icon.
Peter will be on hand to offer advice and support.
4:15 pm - 5:00 pm General tidy up.
