Icon: Painting

So, it’s time to get down to work and begin painting. It’s been a long road to get to this point (as those of you following this blog will attest to) and it is very exciting for me to begin.

The colour that I chose to begin with was the Maya Blue. This is because, to my knowledge, this pigment has never been used in an egg tempera medium, and I wasn’t entirely sure what would happen. I am happy to write that this pigment has preformed admirably. In fact, I’m so impressed with this it that I intend to continue to use it in my common iconography practice.

Applying these mass tone colours over the white gesso is very exciting, but also a challenge as I have to make sure that the balance of colours is right. As each colour is applied I end up learning about it’s properties. So as I paint, I am introduced to each pigment and it’s personality.