cleaning brushes
another brush with god further conversations about icons
introduces readers to a more advanced level in icon development exploring more complex imagery and skills step by step instructions for painting icons from original drawings through finished product includes eight full color plates of the authors original icons this is the sequel to the authors previous work a brush with god for advanced beginners intermediate and advanced iconographers . it presents greater detail and instructions for creating entirely new icons . one major feature of the new book is the full page sketches that artists can photocopy and use as the basis of their own icons providing a unique and much requested resource . chapters and topics include introduction and contemporary reflections on iconography spirituality and technique . highlighting folds on full length figures including black and white renderings of draped legs arms and torsos . architectural and landscape renderings in byzantine iconography including background shadow and highlighting techniques plus inverse perspective . festal icons involving multiple figures landscapes architecture furniture vegetation and animals . construction of heads figures and analysis of whole compositions sacred geometry and proportion .