1.How to draw the tunic
2.How to draw the toga type 1
3.How to draw the toga type 2
4. Antique meaning of gestures and the main hand structure
5. The blessing hand type 1
6. The blessing hand type 2
7. The blessing hand type 3 and the hand with the gospel
1. Head – torso proportion. Relationship between the shape of the figure and the format of the image. Layout. Generalized perception 1.
2. Face, hands and the gospel in relationship to the figure. Main agents of expression (What influences expression?) Generalized perception 2.
3. Garment details and other details in the general composition design. Generalized perception 3.
4. Applying the new skills in a wider format
5. Applying the new skills in a more narrow format
6. Adjusting round and semicircular images to a rectangular board shape.
General principles of garment drawing and how any half-figure in a tunic and a toga can be drawn.
Drawing hand gestures in different positions, understanding the meaning of each gesture
Professional way to find a placement for the half-figure image in different formats
How proportions influence the image expression
Main image perception
Methods of generalized perception and understanding of form, bypassing details (crucial)
Mostly for those, who have accomplished our previous Online courses (see above).
220 + 220 USD for 7 + 6 weekly assignments with unlimited drawing corrections and 4 zoom sessions. Payments are non-refundable. Students are accepted on first come - first served basis.
1.Paper: A4 or Letter format
2.Pencils: 2H and 2B (or 4B)
4.Compass with two needles (caliper)
5.Thick paper or cardboard rectangular templates
BLOCK I: 26 August - 14 October 2021
BLOCK II: 21 October - 2 December Please put about 30 - 60 minutes to watch the video tutorials per assignment
& at least 1 hour per assignment for homework.
Each of the weekly assignments includes one or more video tutorials and reference images. All videos and images remain available to the students after the end of the Course.
Learners are expected to continuously share photographs of their drawings with the instructor during the course (as often as possible). The instructor responds with comments / recommendations within 48 hours (weekends excluded).
We tried to make this program as extensive as we could, splitting complex tasks into little manageable parts, and making the assignments squeezable between work and family duties. We hope it will allow everybody to study with own pace.
The total cost of two blocks of assignments, constituting this Online Iconography Drawing Course IV is 440 USD. It is up to you, whether to register just for the first block of 7 assignments ($220), leaving the second payment for later time, or to make the full payment right away. Select the appropriate option on Paypal button on the right.
Students are accepted on first come - first served basis. The group size is limited.
The first assignment of the Course is scheduled for publishing the 26th of August 2021 at midnight (Moscow time GMT +3).
We only plan to have 4 zoom sessions at this course: two during the first block and two during the second.
While making the reigistration payment, please provide a valid email address. It will be used to send you a personal invitation to Google Classroom and all the further communications. The Assignments will be emailed on Thursdays at 00:00 AM Moscow time (GMT+3).
Iconography Drawing Course Half-Figure of Christ Pantocrator is the fourth of a series and it is mostly recommended for those who have accomplished our previous Onlince courses. We may also accept other students, seriously practicing (or willing to seriously practice) iconography drawing, although, we need to inform our potential students, that at this course we are not going to learn drawing faces as we have special courses for this subject. Please, let us know if you have any further questions.
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Philip holds an M.A. in State Fine Art from the Academy of Saint Petersburg, faculty of Theory and History of Art. He is a professional, second-generation iconographer with more than 15 years of teaching experience. He is also a professor at the Institute of Theology and Sacred Arts and the head of The Sacred Murals Studio in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Olga Shalamova holds an M.A. in State Fine Art from the Academy of Saint Petersburg, faculty of Theory and History of Art. She is a member of the Union of Artists of Russia and is chief artist of the embroidery workshop at Feodorovsky Cathedral in Saint Petersburg. She is also an active participant in exhibitions of contemporary ecclesiastical art.
We taught more then 100 iconography workshops in off-line classrooms. You can see what they were like on our main website: www.sacredmurals.com. You can also see icons, mosaics, frescoes, fabric prints and illustrations and complex church interior solutions.