A Christmas Icon - JP3339

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Icon studies will be of particular interest to those of you who love Russian Fairy Tale painting. The styles of three villages have a foundation of icon painting in their tradition.  This plate design is in an icon style. It is very easy to adapt this design to a smaller plate, of various shape.  The angel border can easily go on any rim, convex or concave, and the central design in the center area. 

Mediums
Painting medium of choice
Retarder Medium
Flow Medium (optional)

Paints
Jo Sonja’s Artist’s Colors:
Indian Red Oxide (IRO)
Napthol Red Light (NRL)
Vermillion
Gold Oxide (GO)
Raw Sienna (RS)
Yellow Oxide (YO)
Storm Blue (SB)
Sapphire
Aqua
Teal Green (TG)
Green Oxide
Provincial Beige (PB)
Carbon Black (CB)
Smoked Pearl (SP)
Warm White (optional)
Rich Gold (RG)

Brushes:
#3-#4 round brush was used for most painting
#2 Liner for thin lines and fine details 
#8 filbert for clothes on people in center of plate
Old #8 flat or filbert for a “Retarder brush”