Julia Hayes is creating Iconography Tutorials on Patreon

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So what is this iconography course 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. My aim is to make a series of tutorials starting with the basics of drawing icons (without which the creative process of making icons is impossible) and progressing to painting in traditional tetrachrome (using only four colours) and underpainting. Once we've learned the basic "tools of the trade" we will progress to painting a variety of icons from simple to more advanced. Unlike the old tutorials I did, these will have full voice over where I explain how things are done. There will also be short time-lapse sketch videos that are helpful for showing the process of drawing (including how I make mistakes and correct them!). A limited number or Patrons will have the possibility of receiving a monthly assignment that I will critique and correct. Besides the video tutorials, my patrons will also have exclusive access to other projects including my New Ecclesiastical Year's resolution to , God willing, make a daily sketch of one of the Saints of the day. The aim of this is also to provide material and inspiration for you to sketch icons daily.

Any support is greatly appreciated and will benefit not only myself, but those who want to learn iconography. Thank you.

The first two series of tutorials are now available on Udemy!