A Brush With God: An Icon Workbook

By Peter Pearson

Step-by-step instructions for painting icons, from original drawings through finished product.

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819222038
• ISBN13: 9780819222039
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Morehouse Publishing
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.3" x 8.4"