Byzantine Iconography Tutorial. How to Paint the Icon of Saint Anthony

[@PaintingtheLight]

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[@bufboston1]

"I did something pretty unorthodox." That was quite funny. Great video.

[@julzmgrforll7278]

I'm not a Christian but my heart is still drawn to icons. I love that they are still made. Your work is inspirational.

[@PaintingtheLight]

Thank you so much.... That's very nice of you....

[@corex72]

Not yet😊

[@Pixelhewn]

you must be orthodox christian! thats the Lord who is calling you! LIFE IS PURPOSELESS WITHOUT BEING CHRISTIAN !

[@pohkimcheng59]

Strangely me too ❤ I'm Buddhist but I have always found the iconography of orthodox church soooo beautiful 😍😍😍

[@fabiocutaia249]

God bless you, for your work and your generosity in teaching!

[@PaintingtheLight]

Thank you for you kind comment!!! God Bless you!

[@colinschoeman1424]

This is astonishingly beautiful! I used to paint 'icons' when I was still at school. They are of course not real icons, but my parents still have them. This is the first time I see how it's really done.

[@spyrosdemetriades5216]

Άξιος και κάλλιστος! Με την μαστοριά σας τα κάνετε όλα να φαίνονται πανεύκολα! Εύγε!!!

[@joannam1446]

This is truly beautiful! How the Saint’s face emerges with the photismata and how you have captured his ascetic expression. I’m so glad I found your channel! I’m writing my second icon after 20+ years. You make it look easy and I know it is not. Blessed be your artist’s hands.

[@rogodoy100]

Thank you Anthony for your work and teaching

[@issaavedra]

I'm trying to learn iconography, and your videos are so helpful. I just finished my third icon, and while it nowhere near something even decent, your tutorials are incredible helpful. Viewing your work and recognize what I'm lacking and what I should practice. Thank you!

[@aeltgroth10]

I have always wanted to learn how to write icons with egg tempura. I have mostly done mosaics and poetry. Painting is new to me but you are a very good and clear teacher. You give just the right amount of information and instruction and great clarity of demonstrating. I could never afford in my life at this moment to study but you are making my study a reality. I find your videos so helpful. God bless you!

[@1XZQ771]

In the library I go to, there is exactly this icon of Saint Anthony the Great, and it is so beautiful I longed to learn how to paint one like it. Thanks be to God, you have this published this video oh how to paint him! I'm so grateful for your work, I learn a lot from this tutorial, and will be learning from your other videos too. Thank you so much and keep up the good work!

[@PaintingtheLight]

Thank you truly for sharing this with me...

[@paulharvdub]

Very fascinated by the technique and the underlying meaning of all the aspects of this icon

[@PriestPhotios]

If the saliva works, then it works! I will try that soon! I’ll be honest saying that fighting with the egg tempera on the gold leaf has kept me from using it more often. These videos are really great!

[@PaintingtheLight]

Thank you so much!!! I'm glad you find it helpful!!!

[@emmawold7083]

My iconography instructor found that mixing a drop of dish soap in the egg tempera also allows the paint to sit on top of the gold foil very easily. I’ve had success with that.

[@Angel-k1c9o]

Beautiful Icon !

[@joycetheroux879]

Beautiful work. Thank you.!❤️❤️❤️

[@jovanabexi9763]

Παρακαλώ κ στα ελληνικά, θα βοηθούσε πολύ! Εκπληκτικά βίντεο ! Εκπληκτικές δουλειές! Συγχαρητήρια!

[@leonn54]

amazing video. very clear and inspirational. subscribed.

[@joaovitor9673]

God bless you Antonis, amazing work 🇧🇷

[@maryannewolter-pryke2450]

Thank you very much for showing us how you do your work and explaining what you are doing. I LOVE iconography, What you do is very beautiful. Thank you.

[@Juliajustjoined]

Thank you for this video I’m going to start doing iconography, Glory to our Lord

[@eirinikalaitzaki]

Καταπληκτικός ο Άγιος Αντώνιος !!!!!!.....Η Χάρη Του να μας προστατεύει !!!!!!ΣΥΓΧΑΡΗΤΗΡΙΑ ΠΟΛΛΑ Αντώνη για την τόσο όμορφη εικονογραφία σου !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@PaintingtheLight]

Ειρήνη χίλια ευχαριστώ!!!! Να εισαι και εσύ πάντα υγιης και χαρούμενη και να αγιογραφεις τόσο ομορφα.

[@mariocatanese1011]

Beautiful work! Thank you for sharing your knowledge on your great skill. God bless

[@philippeattal3696]

Beautiful job antonis thanks for teaching.❤️🙏🏼

[@PaintingtheLight]

Thank you for commenting Philippe! I am so glad you find this helpful!

[@maryburke8004]

This is a great video. Many thanks. I liked you talking about beginner's mistakes... this is very helpful. I look forward to your next video.

[@PaintingtheLight]

Thank you so much!!

[@Michelle-s8c8p]

merci, j'aime beaucoup ce Saint Antoine le grand.

[@scillyautomatic]

Beautiful! And fun to watch as you work.

[@katherinenoggle6407]

Very beautiful work! I recently subscribed to your channel, and am very happy to have found it. I'm trying to learn to paint icons by myself, so i appreciate your tutorials. I prefer this style of painting more than the smooth style. I liked your comment about it being more painterly- i completely agree! There's no texture/visual interest in the smooth style to me. Very enjoyable to watch!

[@PaintingtheLight]

Thank you so much for subscribing and commenting! Feel free to share your progress!

[@PeteV80]

This is beautiful. What a gift.

[@PaintingtheLight]

Thank you so much ❤️❤️

[@philippeattal3696]

This icouna of St.Anthony your patron master antonis is extremely beautiful and full of love divine and strength from him and of our religion godbless you my friend this icon you painted is my favorite!!☦️❤️💗💗🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@PaintingtheLight]

Philippe thank you soo much for your beautiful comments always!

[@gideonros2705]

Even though the video is speed up you can still see how smoothly the paint flows. I appreciated your explanations. I also agree the beard should be stylised and not overdone.

[@PaintingtheLight]

Thank you!!!

[@joycetheroux879]

Beautiful work Antonio

[@JoannaZD]

Thank you very much for these tutorial, God bless you

[@levmyshkin5990]

Dear Anthony, thank you for all your videos. They are very inspiring and explain the technique of writing, and better help to understand the shape of the body in the icon. I am a monk of the monastery of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra in Russia and now I am learning to paint icons, I am studying at an Icon Painting school. Your videos have helped me a lot, thank you. I wish you strength, health, patience, inspiration, God's mercy and help. Your icons are really beautiful, they are very attuned to prayer and help you feel the closeness of God and His saints better. thank you.

[@PaintingtheLight]

Thank you lev! I have heard of your Monastery! My greetings and pray for me.

[@levmyshkin5990]

I'm glad to meet you! We will pray for you at the Liturgy and at St. Sergius'.

[@jesuschrist32971]

Best wishes and prayer from my bottom of heart for ur monastic life i am jibin from kerala india and iam a seminarian now i am doing theology i am also very intrested in the iconography but there is only less facilities for learn it as student of iconography can please suggest the name of the painting that are using for writing 🙏🏻

[@wanda263]

Thank you so much! I find how you paint icons the most powerful! I would be very interested in seeing how you would paint Panteleimon in this style. We all need healing and I think it would give many of us so much to witness you painting this saint.

[@PaintingtheLight]

Thank you Wanda so much! That is a great idea...

[@kyle.horton]

A tutorial from a fellow leftie no less. God bless. Thank you.

[@PaintingtheLight]

Thank you so much! We lefties should unite!!!! 😁😁

[@d0g_0f_Christ0s]

What a beautiful piece of art, thank you for sharing. As a non artist I had next to no comprehension of your art/iconography language, however I do understand putting St. Anthony's struggle in his expression (a picture speaks a thousand words). I'm a black sheep Protestant trying to find his roots in church history, understanding that we are God's icons is imperative to understanding that icons are not idol worship, as many of us Protestants presume, they are a 'thanksgiving (so to speak, and probably so much more)' back to God for 'all (creation)' He has given us using 'what (redeemed matter)' He has given us. Speaking the truth not only in word but in deed, painting an icon is worship, the art being worship from the heart, the heart Christ redeemed. Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.

[@PaintingtheLight]

Thank you so much Mathew!! You seem an amazing guy!!

[@d0g_0f_Christ0s]

@@PaintingtheLight just a guy with an amazing Lord.

[@imatrOlda]

I love this one maybe the most. Love the texture of proplasmos shining through the grapsimata .... it’s „perfect“ if it’s not perfect

[@PaintingtheLight]

That's a great comment!!! Thank you so much! If you liked Saint Antonio's, stay tuned. Saint Nikolas comes tomorrow in my channel! :) paint well!

[@oldrichsimek8707]

@@PaintingtheLight Great! I am about to paint St. Nikolas just now! Made the drawing already ... so looking forward to see some inspiration :)

[@jedamianova]

When I have problems painting on the border of the gilded area I use soap. Just apply it with semi wet brush and wait for it to dry.

[@elizabethbogoni5757]

Thankyou for this wonderful video! I've been watching it slowly all week and just finished an Icon of St Anthony tonight. I love the explanations you give along the way.

[@PaintingtheLight]

Thank you Elizabeth!!!! I appreciate your comment!!!

[@cadeaucadeau2181]

Amazing, thank you for sharing your work ☦️☦️☦️🙏

[@amalialiapis850]

I also felt the same the very first time I tried egg tempera! It was magical and was surprised and saddened that it had taken me so long to try this!! It will be impossible for me to go back to acrylic and oil.

[@stomanotanya-ianakova7844]

Για στα χέρια σας! Καταφέρνετε και μεταδίδετε το πάθος της ζωγραφικής. Η έκφραση των εικόνων σας είναι πολύ ήρεμη, οικεία. Η τεχνικές σας είναι "wow"! Ο Θεός να σας έχει καλά!

[@fl7210]

Very beautiful

[@ZZmsz]

I love to pain religions con, i am very graetfull for your generosity .

[@leonmelinti1102]

Keep the good work God bless you

[@RallyTheTally]

Very very classy, well done!

[@PaintingtheLight]

Thank you so much!!❤️❤️❤️

[@bou5525]

Thank you for the knowledge!!

[@leonidasCorfu]

Like always, amazing work! Keep the videos coming ! 👍🏻

[@PaintingtheLight]

Thank you soo much for the support Leonida!!!

[@marytepes8437]

Very nice !

[@myrnagemayel3060]

Thank you for sharing your work, I’m writing Saint Anthony ’s icône it helped me a lot

[@PaintingtheLight]

Thank you for telling me this!! Please send me photo of your progress!

[@WillThorpe73]

Again, a fantastic tutorial Antonis, thank you. I think I'm hooked, W

[@PaintingtheLight]

Thank you Will!!

[@makaroniaxwriatika6016]

Please I want to learn how to mix the colors because now I start to learn Iconography .Thank you very much.

[@thomassymonds6308]

That's a really cool style, thanks for making and sharing the video!

[@PaintingtheLight]

Thank you Thomas! I'm glad if this was of some help to you.

[@maryannewolter-pryke2450]

Very Beautiful! I wish I could blend and shade like you.

[@PaintingtheLight]

Thank you Maryanne... Stay tuned though, a blending tutorial comes in the next videos and might help you a lot

[@SidiVici]

Beautifull!! Love your work. Keep on doing this videos! God bless you

[@PaintingtheLight]

Thank you soo much!!! I'm glad if the videos are useful to you..!

[@vasilijapavlovic7625]

Thank you!

[@DarkaniaWorks]

Hi! Nice! I'm also an iconographer (and game developer). I like to burnish my gold leaf so it looks almost like a mirror and thus the paint won't stick. When this happens I usually clean the gold leaf with a cotton swab and a bit of alcohol. It removes the oils on the surface and then the paint sticks really nice. Lovely videos, keep doing it!

[@PaintingtheLight]

Alcohol should work great! Thanks for taking time to comment and subscribe!

[@karenzold5812]

Absolutely beautiful thankyou.

[@PaintingtheLight]

Thank YOU!

[@corex72]

It’s interesting, the process seems to follow a saints path. The outline of a man appears, his face becomes covered, then through slow creation, he becomes sanctified and sainted. But his inheritance is present from the beginning in the gilding work.

[@ritaberberisarkis6070]

God bless you

[@nien621]

Love your videos! Keep up the good work!

[@PaintingtheLight]

Thank you so much!! I'm glad!

[@TheDanda1988]

Wonderful work what you are doing Antoni. After following a course on the Prosopon russian technique, where the "movement" is created through rough pigment and multiple layers, I find it very inspiring to see also how the Cretan way of icon painting creates movement: through many many small lines :). Beautiful. I also like your background voice and hints and stories. Keep doing the wonderful work...

[@PaintingtheLight]

Thank you so much Ruxandra for sharing this.... It really makes me happy you find my videos useful... And thank you for saying you like the voice.... Hehe

[@tanianally2285]

Thank you very inspirational 🙏

[@PaintingtheLight]

Tania Tha k you for sharing this! 😊😊😊

[@65cquintero]

Thank you for this

[@wisewomanhealing]

Beautiful!

[@იადათუნაშვილი]

დიდი მადლობა, ბევრი რამ ვისწავლე თქვენი გაკვეთილებიდან.

[@serenasztein5065]

amazing

[@makaroniaxwriatika6016]

Very nice thank you.

[@elainapoochie2734]

Beautiful

[@PaintingtheLight]

Τhank yoy

[@antoninapsennikova5129]

Dear Antonios please can you give the video about varnishing icon after painting? Antonina.

[@marybenton8223]

Beautiful work. Could you increase the volume a bit on future tutorials? Very hard to hear you -and I want to hear what you are saying!

[@Gabriel-cz7oe]

Garlic works with egg tempera on gildings.

[@Christos_x_Art]

Hello I love this painting! What paints do you use for this amazing piece?

[@Jesper-z6o]

It’s beautiful 😊 is there any place to download stencils? I suck at drawing but i want to paint 😅

[@amaliacocan337]

Hi there,really great work! Can i ask where do you buy egg Paint and how do you mix colours? Ehat If May hands Hurt and i cant keep that Stick...?! I know It s not Easy answer but maybe once i would try..how else can i do not to dirti the icon without the Stick? And least,how and when You put Gold colour of aura? Thank you in Advance for Ur time

[@tasteoftroy113]

Beautiful work! How much time do you need to wait between the layers of color on the robe and face?

[@djfunkychicken]

I’m interested to know how much different is the egg tempera to gouache which uses gum Arabic

[@pezequilibradohace5anos538]

May I ask how you made the background? What material or paint is it?

[@anoviello1]

Fantastic,......are you painting flat on the surface or the board is standing?

[@leonmelinti1102]

I don't know but by accent I think you are romanian so am I and am happy that we have that nici iconographers here Sper că mi-ai înțeles mesajul și sunt foarte fericit că îți împărtășești cu mine aceste minunății deoarece eu sunt deasemenea pasionat de iconografie și sper ca mesajul meu va ajunge unde trebuie!

[@BlancaDeanHHIndia]

Very nice. What do you use as surface for the painting? Thanks so much

[@alisauzemljicuda6307]

Υπέροχος!

[@apollyon8741]

What kind of brushes are you using ?

[@ajbocdesigns]

You mix your egg tempra with oil paint?

[@jesuschrist32971]

Can u please tell me that which are the colors that u are using for an icon painting

[@marklangston3250]

How to start painting icon? I have no idea where to start? What attributes should be important to shaw respected love to God? How not to make mistakes?

[@JoAnnGalsing]

Im from philippines😊

[@ritaberberisarkis6070]

Please kan i have the name of material. Because I like to learn thank you .

[@BlackKnight-th8ml]

Antony how did you felt that you draw your saint of your name i like the fact that you try to speak in English and also your great job

[@PaintingtheLight]

Thank you so much for the nice questions!! I love and admire Saint Anthony... Always feel good to paint him.... Wish I was a bit like him though....What is your favorite Saint?

[@BlackKnight-th8ml]

Listen i also have a channel that i create things that you would like to check tell me your opinion you will be surprised

[@BlackKnight-th8ml]

Antony check my work please you will be surprised i swear

[@MrChucke711]

In Wikipedia there are many Saint Anthony lives. One from the 12th century is holding a baby that is said to be the baby Jesus. When did your Saint Anthony live?

[@nidaljabarin4743]

Hello, I very like your videos, do you think birch plywood and MDF (HDF) are the best for egg tempera? 2- For large pictures (in. 50 x 30 in.) Do I need a thickness of 18 millimeters? I am waiting for answering, thank you.

[@PaintingtheLight]

Hi Nidal. Mdf is not a great board as it deteriorates with humidity. I don't know what birch is, but a non warping plywood is the best. Thickness is up to you

[@nidaljabarin4743]

@@PaintingtheLight Thank you very much, but before I paint much better to stick very fine linen on plywood, and make gesso on the canvas when stuck on the plywood?

[@JosephDeLosSantos-t3m]

Can I paint using this kind of material on a cement wall?

[@benedictuspratamaokypagala6089]

What paint do you use?

[@kittyclements7128]

do you have a supply list?

[@1pgfwabf]

Hi Antonis - Could you post your reference images - or links to them? I appreciate your videos but it would help me work with you if I had the reference image too. Thanks.

[@PaintingtheLight]

Thank you... As soon as I figure out how to share files on KZbin I will share the reference

[@1pgfwabf]

@@PaintingtheLight If you found your image online, I think you could put a link to it in your description section. If not, you might simply focus your camera on the reference image at the beginning of the recording for a couple of seconds. That way, we could do a screen shot and get a decent replica. Thanks.

[@minakouvara7484]

Ευχαριστώ πολύ για την προσφορά σας,στην αγιογραφία..Μόνο ήθελα να πω εάν γινόταν,να μιλούσατε Ελληνικά με Αγγλικούς υπότιτλους... ευχαριστώ.

[@hadeelawad7773]

❤

[@fph2060]

Is it ok for a non iconographer to draw icons for there own home?

[@zlatko6846]

preubavo,HRISTOSpomegju nas

[@PaintingtheLight]

Thank you!! I cannot understand but I read the word Christ and that is enough! :)

[@cheryllkinsleypotter2307]

Garlic Juice is also very good

[@PaintingtheLight]

Nice!! Thank you so much!!