Learn How to Gild a Byzantine Icon with Mixtion Glue

Learn the art of egg tempera icon painting with this comprehensive course! Discover the best boards for egg tempera and master the techniques for transferring your drawing onto the surface.

This course dives deep into icon gilding, teaching you a traditional and professional method for creating stunning gold backgrounds. I break down the entire process step-by-step, making it easy to understand, even for beginners.

You'll learn to gild gold decorations on colored areas and gain valuable tips for writing or painting on gilded surfaces. We'll also cover how to create the distinctive borders of Byzantine icons around the gold background.

This course focuses on gilding with mixtion glue, wax, shellac, and turpentine oil – a method favored by professional iconographers for its speed, ease, and exceptional stability against time and humidity. While not water gilding, this technique produces a beautiful, matte finish that's both subtle and charming.

For those looking to practice before using precious metals, the techniques taught in this lesson can be easily adapted to imitation gold. Create breathtaking icons with this proven and astonishing method!