The process of creating an icon on the example of the icon "Angel with Golden Hair". Tradition of painting holy faces remounts to the 9th-13th centuries.

First step
Drawing the main lines.
Laying a light undertone and emphasizing the eyes.




Second step
Preparing the background for gold-plating.




Third step
Gold-plating of the background.
Covering the holy face with the transparent coating of the golden ochre.
Colouring of hair and garments.




Fourth step
Light shadowing and drawing the eyes.
Rouge.
Gold-plating of hair and garments.




Fifth step
Soft whitening of the holy face.
Intensification of the eyebrows and eyes.
Final colors and refining.