A valuable resource for iconographers, this book contains a wide variety of patterns and sketches. Content including; icon patterns of the Nativity, the Theotokos, archangels, male and female saints, as well as halo patterns and 2 beautiful crucifixion crosses. Buildings and fabric/ background designs and 5 icon borders. Each pattern is accompanied by colour recommendations which are meant as a general guide allowing for adjustments due to differences in colour names between pigments used with egg tempera and acrylic paints.

In AD 726, the Byzantine emperor ordered the destruction of all icons, or religious images, throughout the empire, and icons were subject to an imperial ban that was to last, with a brief remission, until AD 843. A defender of icons, St John of Damascus wrote three treatises against "those who attack the holy images." He differentiates between the veneration of icons, which is a matter of expressing honor, and idolatry, which is offering worship to something other than God.

A valuable resource for iconographers, this book contains a wide variety of patterns and sketches. This book contains icon patterns of the Pantocrator, the Theotokos, archangels, male and female saints, as well as halo patterns and fabric patterns. These include but are not limited to; Saint Andrew of Crete, Saint Frideswide, Saint Nicolas, Saint Paul of Thebes and Saint Spyridon. Each pattern is accompanied by color recommendations which are meant as a general guide allowing for adjustments due to differences in color names between pigments used with egg tempera and acrylic paints. There is also information and prayers accompanying each icon pattern.

Step-by-step instructions for painting icons, from original drawings through finished product. 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 this 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. Includes eight full-color plates of the author's original icons. 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.

Discover the spiritual depth and serenity of these 10 orthodox icons through this coloring book by Simon Oskolniy. Held up by millions of believers as spiritual beacons of the Orthodox faith, these Greek and Russian Orthodox icons will allow any of us to get in touch with the divine Trinity, Jesus and all the Saints. This coloring book is perfect for you or your child. Allow these blessed images by Andrei Rublev and other masters take you on a spiritual journey and find an inside peace and love that was felt by the master while painting these timeless icons. Includes the following icons: Andrei Rublev, "Trinity" (end of the 14th - beginning of the 15th century) Andrei Rublev, "Christ the Redeemer" (1410s) Andrei Rublev, "Theotokos of Vladimir" (1409) Anonymous, "Christ Pantocrator" (the 6th century) Simon Ushakov, "Image of the Saviour Not Made by Hand" (1658). Anonymous, "Golden Locked Angel" (the 12th century) Anonymous, "Saint Peter" (the 6th century) Anonymous, "The Lamb of God" (the 15th century) Anonymous, "Annunciation" from the Church of St Clement in Ohrid, Macedonia (first quarter of the 14th century) Anonymous, "Holy Trinity" (14th century, renovated by Tikhon Filatiev in 1700)

Originally published: Torrance, Calif.: Oakwood Publications, c1992.