Intensive Icon Course

If you would like to bring your own tools & materials, what you need to bring:

All those can be purchased from the Icon Centre itself. Hence, kindly let us know in advance if you intend to bring your own, so our stock is properly replenished.

  1. Pigments – Natural pigments​
      • BASIC PIGMENT SET (sold at the BIC for £12)
        • Ivory Black
        • Titanium White
        • Raw Umber
        • Red Ochre
        • Yellow Ochre
        • Avanna Ochre
        • Terre Verte
        • UltraMarine
        • Vermillion (substitute if necessary)
        • Havanne Ochre
        • Caput Mortem
        • Burnt Sienna
        • + Brush Soap

  2. Good quality ​watercolour brushes​ (good quality sable rather than synthetic if possible).
    • For example: https://www.rosemaryandco.com/watercolour-brushes/pure-kolinsky-sable or http://www.artdiscount.co.uk/brushes/sable-brushes/winsor-newton-artists-water-colour-sable-brush-set.html
  3. Protective clothing – we will be preparing boards as well as painting, and this can be very messy and dusty. You may want to bring a face mask if dust is a problem for you.
  4. Ruler, compass, a set​ of drawing pencils.
  5. Notebook.
  6. An old cloth and an old brush for mixing the pigments.
  7. If you wish to oil gild your icon then you will need to bring a book of genuine ​transfer gold leaf (for those who wish to gild their icon – this cannot be bought from the Centre and you will need to bring your own supply. One book of extra thick gold leaf should be plenty) For example: https://www.stonehouses.co.uk/gold-imitation-leaf/gold-leaf/gold-leaf-transfer/23-5ct-transfer.html
  8. If you wish to water gild your icon then you will need to bring a book of genuine gold loose leaf (for those who wish to gild their icon – this cannot be bought from the Centre and you will need to bring your own supply. One book of extra thick gold leaf should be plenty) For example: https://www.stonehouses.co.uk/23-5ct-triple-thick-loose-gold-leaf.html

We will supply mixing palettes, bottles for the egg solution and jars for water.

Resources for students and iconographers:

At the BIC, we encourage the use of only the very best tools and materials. These are not always easy to obtain and we have a small supply in our shop.

 


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