Masterclass med Theodoros

Masterclass med Theodoros

Jeg er lige kommet hjem efter 3 herlige uger i Larissa, Grækenland, hvor jeg har deltaget i et kursus i ikonmaling hos Theodoros Papadopoulos.

Det har været meget lærerigt og inspirerende.

Under samtaler med Theodoros kom ideen om at forsøge at lave et kursus med ham her i Danmark.

Tanken er at samle 6-8 kursister som deltagere i et 9 dages kursus.  Theodoros måde at male på er ganske unik, det som karakteriserer hans arbejde er den smukke måde hvorpå de forskellige farvenuancer og også forskellige farver, toner ind i hinanden, de smukke overgange fra mørke til lys.

Tanken er et kursus som løber over 9 dage, en mulig dato kunne være f.eks. 9. til 17. februar 2013.

Selve maleprocessen foregår på staffeli, med temperafarver.

Prisen på kurset vil ligge på 8000 kr.  Det vil blive et kursus som er beregnet på ikonmalere med erfaring, som har malet ikoner i nogle år.
Kurset er endnu kun i støbeskeen, jeg undersøger om der er interesse for et sådant kursus.

Hvis du kunne være interesseret i at deltage, vil jeg meget gerne høre fra dig.

Vil du vide mere om Theodoros kan du besøge hans hjemmeside her: www.theodoreicons.com

Wings that can fly!

The last two days we have been paining this wing.  It is part of an angel with six wings. 
Might look simple, but I can assure you, it was not...
Tomorrow is our day off, and I then have only two days left before I return to Denmark.

A little bit sad; I will miss the lessons with Theodore - but I will not miss the heat...

From darkness to light...

The day started with talks about iconpainting - especially in Scandinavia.  It would be such a delight to have Theodore come to Scandinavia! And the best thing about this - is that he is not unwilling to do that.  So now I will have to start making some connections... What a joy!

Today, after we finished the garment of blue and beige colours, Theodore decided we should paint the Book...  Seems so easy, just a book - a little darker in the middle, fading lighter towards the edges.
Now I am beginning to learn - alert when Theodore says something is easy...

With this book, we start with a proplasmos, and make it a bit darker in the middle.  Fading is softly out to the edges. Seems easy!  Theodore tells me I am working too fast.  I thought he meant the strokes were too fast, so moved the brush more slowly.  But he still said I was moving too fast...
Finally I understood - I was moving too fast from the darkness to the light!
I have to move slowly from the dark to the light...

Hm  Reminds me of my life, I have to be patient.  I want the light, I want it now.... but I must move slowly - step by step.  It says so in a Course oin Miracles, every step can only be taken when I am prepared to do it,.
Like my brush - I cannot go further until the work is done where the brush is - not moving too fast forward.
When I learn to be patient, finishing each step before I go on, I will succed.

Dear God, thank you for this blessed day.