Writing or painting icons?  This is just an opinion and a spoiler for the beginning : Writers write, but painters -who are not that articulate (in fact most …

The 20 Saints for the city of Palermo.

The post is dedicated to tools for making icons, especially a mahlstick and how to make one. A handmade maulstick is an essential tool for painting icons. It…

How to create the Silk effect by adding  Color layers in egg tempera. Its about using “opposite” values. 

Wax on, Wax off . Almost like in the movie when Varnishing an icon with bee’s wax. The a mixture of white beeswax with pure turpentine one of the most tradit…

Whats the relation of St Mary Magdalene and Color Red. Why red and what type of red when it comes to the garments of the Saint, Equal to the Apostles?