A Brush With God: An Icon Workbook

For more than a thousand years, Eastern Christians have used their hands and hearts to create icons, proclaiming God's reality in a visible-and breathtakingly beautiful-way. This ancient art is enjoying a renewed interest in the West, as people of faith create icons and use them to meditate on mysteries for which there are no words.

A Brush With God is a guide to painting icons and using them in prayer. Written with warmth and energy, it describes the history of icons and examines why they've been a spiritual tool for so many centuries. Written from a uniquely Western perspective, the book guides artists-from novices to professionals-through the process of icon painting, using traditional techniques but employing contemporary materials. Included are eight full-color plates of the artist's icons. more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: May-28-2009; Review of icon workbook; This is an outstanding book. I am new to iconography and found the instructions easy to understand and follow. The author not only provides clear and concise instructions on how to "write" an icon, but also explains the methodology...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-29-2009; Embroidery and Icons; I am an embroiderer, not a painter, nor icon writer, so I will avoid the egg wars. This book has vital information for a start into the understanding of iconography, spirituality and tradition that I can learn to use in embroidery. Fr...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-04-2009; a brush with god:an icon workbook; This is a small book and an amazing one at the same time. It manages to squeeze a lot of information in a small space. Yet the images are large enough to really examine and enjoy. There is good explanation of icon writingas well as...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-22-2007; Nicely done; I love this book! I created the icon of St. Nicholas using the books instructions, and got positive feed back on it from my "extremely honest" family and friends. The materials required are readily available and the directions are...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: May-28-2009; Review of icon workbook; This is an outstanding book. I am new to iconography and found the instructions easy to understand and follow. The author not only provides clear and concise instructions on how to "write" an icon, but also explains the methodology...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-17-2007; Modernist catholic using acrylic; I own this book but this book is not that good.The first thing I have to say is that the author is not Orthodox christian, but catholic of the latin rite born and former benedictine monk. The book suggest you to use Acrylic paint and say...; read full review | report as inappropriate