Progress on the icon today means laying on large swaths of colour. This is a nice change of pace from painting fiddly details for hours.
First, though, I had to erase a number of mistakes. I used Medieval Liquid Paper™, which is just layers of translucent white pigment. Using thick paint would result in a bump, so like most anything else in the icon, I have to use multiple thin layers until I achieve coverage. At the outset, thin layers look streaky, but as they accumulate, the colour will become rich and deep.
The next step is undercoats, paint primers to dull the glow of the white. The yellow primer will make for a yellow background. The ochre undercoat will help Mary's maroon-hued garment stand out. Jesus' garments will be pale blue and gold. The final step will be gold resist, which is a method of painting with gold.
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