Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

  • 2

    Tracing the image

    • Ep 1 - The border and the ark

    • Icon pattern- full icon

    • Icon pattern- bust icon

    • Ep 2 - Knowing what to trace

  • 3

    Removing the background

  • 4

    Halo and final background

    • Ep 9- Basic bowl shape for halo

    • Ep 10- Smoothing the Halo

    • Ep 11- Hand detail in background.

  • 5

    Rounding the figure and first levels

    • Ep 12- Figuring out levels, cutting and rounding

    • Ep 13- Levels for hands (full icon)

    • Ep 14- Levels in the outer veil

    • Ep 15- Face, veil and inner veil (bust)

    • Ep 16- Face, veil and inner veil (full icon)

    • Ep 17- Veil over the shoulder (full icon)

  • 6

    Zig-zag folds on the veil

    • 18- Zig-zag folds

  • 7

    Soulder, arms and hands

    • Ep 19- Rounding off hands to shoulders

    • Ep 20- Carving the hands

  • 8

    Clothing

    • Ep 21- Basic levels for folds (full icon)

    • Ep 22- Basic levels for folds (bust icon)

    • Ep 23- Clothing detail (full icon)

    • Ep 23-b - Clothing detail pt.2 (full icon)

    • Ep 24- Clothing detail (bust icon)

    • Ep 25- Criss-cross folds in garment (full icon)

    • Ep 26- Folds on the arms (full icon)

    • Ep 27- Finishing the head coverings

  • 9

    The face

    • Ep 28- Basic shapes of the face

    • Ep 29- Eyelid and eye socket (bust)

    • Ep 30- Eyelid and eye socket (full icon)

    • Ep 31- Lips (bust)

    • Ep 32- Lips (full icon)

    • Ep 33- Notch under then nose

    • Ep 34- Nose (bust)

    • Ep 35- Nose (full icon)

  • 10

    Some details

    • Ep 36- Using a burnisher

    • Ep 37- Band around the veil (bust)

    • Ep 38- Band around the veil (full icon)

  • 11

    Eyes

    • Ep 39- Iris (bust icon)

    • Ep 40- Pupil (bust icon)

    • Ep 41- Full eye (full icon)

    • Ep 42- Eyebrows

  • 12

    Chip carvings star and letters

    • Ep 43- Carving the Star

    • Ep 44- Ornaments on inner veil (bust icon)

    • Ep 45- Ornaments on inner veil and band on shoulder (full icon)

    • Ep 46- Letters

  • 13

    Finishing

    • Ep 47- Sanding

    • Ep 48- carving the ear

    • Ep 49- First coat of lacquer

    • Ep 50- Final cuts and more sanding

    • Ep 51- Final sanding and

    • Ep 52- Pastewax

    • Ep 53- Final polishing and conclusion

    • Ep 54- Sanding

  • 14

    EXTRA: Adapting a painted icon to carving

    • EXTRA: Adapting a painted icon to carving