Friday Feature

Today I'm taking a break from the "heart" features. I decided today to feature my new team, Catholic Etsy Artist Guild.  I was poking around one day on Etsy and found them. I'm tickled pink to be a part of TeamCatholic on Etsy.  For me being Catholic is not just a religion but a way of life. It's in the pores. I could never leave my faith so it's nice to find others with the same mind set.


Pictured below is a treasury I put together for TeamCatholic entitled "Hail Mary Full of Grace"  Not all of the artisans on TeamCatholic make religious themed articles.  So the next time you are on Etsy, search for "TeamCatholic" in the Tags & Title search for some awesome art and craftsmanship.

'Hail Mary, Full of Grace' by ArtfulPurpose

Featuring TeamCatholic .

Hail Mary Art Print... AutumnDaisy $7.00	Our Lady of Lourdes... TheRecycledCat... $14.99	FREE SHIPPING Rosar... LaudeArts $84.99
Framed Print Religi... ArtfulPurpose $19.95	Yellow Rose May Cro... CherubinoCraft... $5.00	Vintage Image of Ma... thevelvetheart $
Keys to Mass for Ch... juniperplum $15.00	Riverstone Rosary B... GracefulRosari... $	Our Lady of Perpetu... AxisMundiDesig... $14.00
Rhodonite Gemstone ... AngelosTreasur... $24.00	Madonna and Christ ... AxisMundiDesig... $9.50	Handmade Croatian P... prayerbedes $15.00
Mary Mother of God,... Art4thesoul $20.00	Our Lady of Guadalu... janallisfinede... $40.00	Madonna and Child B... LadyinBlueShop $10.00

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Nynet Nynet Nynet.....

...that's what my Russian Icon teacher said today. She didn't like my lines on Mary....not symmetrical, all icons are symmetrical...so I redid parts of it. Then I began laying in the first layer of colors

The paints are pigments mixed with egg tempera. The first layer is very dark. Each subsequent layer is smaller (coming up like a pyramid) and lighter, until the last layer is the whitest.

I know that this doesn't look like much but trust me, that's the way Jesus started out too!

Icons are painted on prepared board. There are many layers of gesso and also a layer of fine linen underneath. We pray before starting any work on an icon. After it is finished they they need to be blessed by a priest on the altar.

So here is what I did today in class. She says do not worry about the drip of color (red) as we will cover it with blue the next time.

Class is every other week. The next one I will be in Italy so I won't go back for a month! :( Be patient all good things take time.