Looking Ahead to August: Korsun Mother of God

The first week of August we will hold an iconography workshop at St. Peter's in Del Mar, and will write this icon of the Korsun Mother of God. Stay tuned for process and pictures!

Christ Pantocrator 2011, realized

What an amazing week, and what lovely work our newest iconographers offered with God's help. Thanks be to God!

More pictures from Pantocrator 2011

With apologies for lagging behind!

It's been a great week so far, and it's hard to believe today is our last day!

Pantocrator, 2011 Day 1

St. Peter's newest iconographers have begun their Pantocrator icons, starting by painting in the basic color blocks that make up the "shadows" of the icon.

Christ Pantocrator, 2012

From August 8-12, new iconographers will be meeting at St. Peter's in Del Mar, California, to write this icon of the Christ Pantocrator.

The Nativity: Blessing the icons and other fun pictures

Our class wrapped on Friday, after a great week writing icons together. Here are some pictures from the last days, and the St. Mary's iconographers with their icons in church on Sunday. Thank you to iconographer Jim Fox for these great pictures!

Nativity Day 4: Faces and hands...

Today the icons became ever more themselves. as we worked with lighter and lighter paint, in thin coats, the faces emerged.


This rather odd image is the dry erase board used to show brush stroke directions and placement...