St David the Dendrite (part 3 of 3)
Here’s the icon of St David taking shape. It is painted on a long thin board, 25mm birch ply. This post is mostly photos but always happy to hear from you if you have any questions.
St David the Dendrite (tree dweller) of Thessaloniki
Lines transcribed in red ochre on to gessoed board (photo enhanced for clarity)
The masking tape is to protect the gesso from the compass point.
First washes of terre verte over background
Adding a wash of lapis lazuli over the terre verte
Finishing background so I can add outline to halo
underpainting the face
David and Crystal visited India and brought me back a brush from Jaipur
completed icon (in part) of St David with his open hand feeding a robin
Membrane applied in thin layers to face using yellow maimeri and a dash of english red ochre light.
Thanks for reading!
Ronnie
Icon Diploma Student 
2 Responses to “St David the Dendrite (part 3 of 3)”
Beautifull 🙂
Thank you so much Dyzia 🙂