Today we painted faces, using thin layers of paint to gradually add light to the icon. The movement of darkness into light is part of the powerful symbolism in icon writing.
The first highlight in "Second Flesh"
The second highlight in slightly shorter strokes, nearer the eyes and center of the face, in Second Flesh and a small amount of yellow light-warm white mix.
The third highlight in shorter strokes still, building cheek bones and facial structure.
And then the "enliveners" that place points of light at the brightest places on the face: above the eyebrows, eyelashes and the corners of the eyes, the cheekbones, down the center of the nose and nostrils, the filtrum (aka sniffle ridge) and chin.
Then the eyes are outlined and highlighted, and the face is outlined in the olive green Sankir (first flesh) plus a small amount of a dark brown paint called "Hair."
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