a new icon depicting St Mary Magdalene

based on the icon by Br Robert Lentz OFM.He is my favourite iconographer. 

adding the background colours,the main colour in this icon is going to be red, so I want the gold to have a bluey greeny hue to off set and highlight the reds. 

the gold is so lovely.

small tester of a Rublev angel

icon of saint Nicholas

starting with a pencil sketch and inscribing the lines

blocking in the colours 

the first stage of lights

adding in the halo and name

painting in the border.