As I told you earlier I attended an iconpainting course this autumn. Even though we spend all days painting I didn't finish it during the week, so I finished it at home. This has probably been the most eventful icon yet in my life... A couple of weeks ago, I dropped my brush which was full of burned umber paint, on Lukes right eye, so it looked like he had been in a fight! After screaming out loud for a couple of minutes... and asking Luke if he was testing me... I kind of sorted it all out! Later when I was doing the lettering, I made an itsy bitsy mistake that led to having pencil-smudges on the halo and under the letters, which looked like it sounds, awful! But after employing my mad colorblending skills, it all worked out. The hardest part of this icon was the face, which took the most time to paint, the second hardest was the cloak, to get the right nuance of red... and the third was the the lettering, for me lettering or the skill to write aesthetically is something I will work on. For now the icon is going to get some rest, about 6 months and then I'm going to put varnish on it. I think Luke is more happy with this one. It seems that Luke and I have gotten to know each other a little bit during these months. I really hope he likes it.
Take care!
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