Intermediate Icon Painting Course – Session Recordings
Lifetime access to session recordings for the Nativity Icon now available!
Part 1 – 8 sessions from Term 1
Part 2 – 9 sessions from Term 2
Deepen your icon painting practice and paint a sacred Nativity Icon at your own pace with session recordings guided by Basia Mindewicz. Following the demonstrations in each recording, you’ll create a beautiful icon of the Nativity, learning traditional egg tempera techniques while exploring a more personal, spiritual approach to sacred art. Suitable for those with previous painting or iconography experience.
Price range: £270.00 through £550.00
Taught by Basia Mindewicz
A creative and contemplative journey into sacred art
Get lifetime access to the recordings of this immersive icon painting course designed for intermediate students ready to deepen their skills and personal connection to the sacred art of iconography.
Whether you’ve already painted an icon or have a background in fine art, this course offers space to grow your confidence, refine your technique, and develop a more intuitive, expressive approach to icon painting.
In this course, we will focus on painting the icon of Nativity, an image rich in symbolism and spiritual depth.
Suggested panel size: 26 x 36 cm
Working with traditional egg tempera and the Russian method, you’ll be guided through each stage of the icon – from the underdrawing to the final highlights. The course balances structure and creativity, inviting you to follow Basia’s demonstrations closely or take a more interpretive path.
Colour mixing and palette selection
Facial and hand structure in iconography
Texture, gesture, and personal expression
Work through each session at your own pace and revisit key moments.
This course is ideal for those who have painted at least one icon or have prior experience in painting. If you’re looking to develop your technique while exploring a more expressive, spiritual approach to iconography, this course will support and inspire you.
Basia Mindewicz is an experienced iconographer and teacher known for her warm, intuitive guidance and deep knowledge of the icon tradition. Her approach blends classical technique with space for personal reflection, helping each student find their own creative voice within the iconographic form.
In this course, we will be painting the icon of The Nativity, a powerful image that expresses both the mystery and the humility of Christ’s birth. This particular composition focuses on the tender intimacy between Mary and the newborn Christ, cradled within the dark cave of the world – a visual reminder of divine light entering into human vulnerability.
At the heart of the icon, the Theotokos rests near the Christ Child, whose swaddling clothes foreshadow both burial cloths and the Incarnation’s deep humility. The ox and the donkey look on, silent witnesses to the miracle foretold by the prophets. The mountains above, stylized and radiant in red, serve as both a symbolic threshold between heaven and earth and a framing of divine intervention. A single ray descends from the heavens, signifying the presence of the Holy Spirit.
This version of the Nativity invites the painter not only into technical learning, but also into a space of inner contemplation – an invitation to dwell with mystery, silence, and awe.
You can either use the materials that you already have. Or acquire materials from the list below. Please contact us if you need any advice.
Materials needed for the Course:
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