 HIGHLAND ICON SUMMER SCHOOL: August 14th-25th 2007
This course gives in-depth tuition to a small group. Applicants will need previous
experience of writing icons or of some other form of artwork. Each week can be
taken separately. After completing both weeks students can return for extra
guidance, working on their own choice of icon. The lectures in the first week are
open to visitors interested in the subject.
£200.00 per week includes simple lunch, accommodation extra. Bring most of
your own materials, but gesso & pigments provided. 9.30am-5pm Monday-
Saturday. Gesso and pigments supplied, but all other materials supplied by student.
Week 1: Design, Gesso & Brush: August 14th-18th.
Week 2: Writing (Painting) the Icon: August 21st-25th.
Individual sessions. (Online Icon students only) can be arranged in the evening
and over the weekend, as time permits. £10 per hour special rate.
Lectures only.
(9.30am-10.15am) during first week. £5.00.
GILDING COURSE: 29th October-2nd November 2007
Water and oil gilding with gold leaf. This course is largely for iconographers and
artists with previous experience of working on gessoed board, If you wish to learn
to gild, but have no previous experience, enquire about evening sessions to learn
gesso technique.
£250.00 includes simple lunch. Boles and stamping materials supplied, but all
other materials supplied by student. Supplement to learn gesso £10 per hour
special rate.
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