I’m really enjoying Aiden Hart’s book about ikon and fresco painting. He is incredibly knowledgeable, and deeply immersed in the cultural and theological background to it all. On occasions I do wonder what arcane secret I’m going to discover next. Readers are encouraged to make our own rabbit-skin glue, and I have to confess I … Read more
I’m enjoying immensely reading Aiden Hart’s book about ikon painting. It has been a real eye-opener in several respects I never anticipated. The thing that really made me sit up and take notice this afternoon was his section on perspective. I had never noticed before the fact that in ikon painting it is possible to … Read more
Last night I was feeling very low. I was not particularly pleased with my last picture and no new project was in view. Life seemed to have run into a brick wall. This morning I collected Aiden Hart’s classic reference work on ikon painting, and although I’ve had only the chance of a brief glance … Read more