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.

final touches, the border and silvered frame

adding detail to the clothing

completing the halo and lettering

petit lac stage

reinstating the lines

first few layers of lights

my work space on holiday in County Cork, Molly's Cottage, Pallas Pier.

what an inspirational and beautiful peninsula.

New icon of the Prophet Daniel (150 BC)  - meaning God is my Judge.

He holds a scroll of biblical text

wears the robes of the prophet to a royal court and a head tefillin showing his Jewish faith. 

(Taken for a slave as a youth to the Persian king Nebuchadnezzar, Daniel rises in favour because of his interpretation of the king's dreams.)

beginning stages of the icon. 

Trying out the gold paint instead of gold leaf.