Half Way: St Katherine of Alexandria
More than half way around the cycle of miniature icons: I adore this way of telling the stories of our saints.
Catherine
St Katherine: a life. Day 3 & 4.
I am getting used to the new scale. I’m astonished at how long it takes, how much expression can be captured in a tiny face. It is the first time I had to paint a Saint being tortured. I deliberately chose not to show pain because what I’m doing isn’t illustration, or art. It’s iconography, …
St Katherine: a life 2
Day 2: Saint Katherine is ordered to worship idols. I’m not convinced this scene is quite finished yet but my eyes were broken so I had to stop. Tomorrow I will try using the ‘loup’ or magnifying glasses my dad has let me (very carefully) borrow. Again, trying to get an expression into faces this …
Saint Katherine: a life.
The first of the miniature icons on the life of Saint Katherine: she is blessed with the vision of an Angel. I can hear myself thinking ‘that’s a bit below par… I wouldn’t be sharing that picture’ and then I remembered. It’s this size: And I don’t feel so bad. The technique for painting this …