Article · Atelier Saint Andre
Painting a face
By Atelier Saint Andre
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2008
About this lesson
Teaches icon face painting: brush-lined features over a sankir base tone, built-up highlight layers in egg tempera, soft blending, and a final red ochre glaze with fine white highlight lines.
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