Icon Painting: Our Lady of Lourdes
Join us for a hands-on workshop where you'll learn traditional icon painting techniques while creating an icon of Our Lady of Lourdes. Depicted in a white robe and blue sash, with a rosary in her hands and roses at her feet, the Virgin Mary appears in the Grotto of Massabielle as she did to a young peasant girl in Lourdes.
Like the pilgrims who journey each year to Lourdes, the icon painting will offer students the opportunity to contemplate this image with a sense of renewal and hope.
Using the traditional egg tempera technique alongside the Russian dry‑brush method, you will create a piece that radiates serenity and spiritual grace. This approach uses minimal pigment on the brush and builds the image through fine, delicate layers. As these layers accumulate, a soft, luminous quality emerges, giving the icon its characteristic sense of ethereal light.
By the end of the session, you will have both a deeper understanding of this ancient spiritual art form and an icon created using traditional methods.
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Join us for a hands-on workshop where you'll learn traditional icon painting techniques while creating an icon of Our Lady of Lourdes. Depicted in a white robe and blue sash, with a rosary in her hands and roses at her feet, the Virgin Mary appears in the Grotto of Massabielle as she did to a young peasant girl in Lourdes.
Like the pilgrims who journey each year to Lourdes, the icon painting will offer students the opportunity to contemplate this image with a sense of renewal and hope.
Using the traditional egg tempera technique alongside the Russian dry‑brush method, you will create a piece that radiates serenity and spiritual grace. This approach uses minimal pigment on the brush and builds the image through fine, delicate layers. As these layers accumulate, a soft, luminous quality emerges, giving the icon its characteristic sense of ethereal light.
By the end of the session, you will have both a deeper understanding of this ancient spiritual art form and an icon created using traditional methods.
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