Orthodox Icon Patterns: Patterns & Sketches for Iconographers

These patterns work really well for iconography. I was hesitant to buy this because of the price, but I'm glad I did. I just wish there were additional volumes with more saints. The "look inside" feature only features 1 page of the table of contents. This is what is on the other page: Righteous Ruth, Saint Walburga, Saint Xenia of Saint Petersburg, Rounded Wall Cross, Vologda Cross, Fabric/ Background Patterns, Pattern-Grid, Fabric Square Cross, Floral, Floral-Royal, Buildings for Background 1 and 2, Borders, Nativity Icon and Border, Dragoni Border, Que Border, Clover Border, Halos, Deco Halo, Fushia Halo, Jewels Halo, Juve Halo, Vine Halo, Wave Halo.

Several lesser known saints are included in this book. Good quality paper.

I love a few of the designs.... all a matter of preference. They were all nice

These are beautiful icon patterns and I love the prayerful descriptions provided for each one.

I found the icons to just be so-so. There wasn't any that I liked enough to justify paying the cost of this book. They were certainly ok enough, but there was not a single icon that I would have wanted to take the time to paint on something. I ended up returning it for a full refund. The internet has far better patterns out there if you take 10 minutes to look

Ok

This is such a find! Beautifully drawn quality patterns of saints, together with other valuable patterns which our iconographer will be using soon.

This is a really excellent resource book for anyone who wants to start painting/writing icons. It is a collection of patterns (ie: outlines which you can trace and use to create finished pieces). There is an info page included with each pattern, which shows prayers or information relating to the subject, plus a guide for what colours to use. At the back there are also some background/fabric designs which can be used with the outlines. It's simple to use and is ideal for those who don't feel confident drafting their own outline.The price is definitely an issue that needs mentioning. It's a LOT of money for a slim paperback book. However, I understand why it is so expensive (small target audience and must have taken a lot of work to produce it - it's very well laid out). After a lot of thought, I am therefore not dropping a star for the price - the purchaser is paying for the work that went into this book and the resources it offers, not for the mere paper and ink of the book itself. Personally I'm on a tight budget so this was a big spend for me, but I'm pleased enough with the book to feel OK about the spend.

I bought this book “Orthodox Icon Patterns” as a birthday present for my Dad who likes to create them.What a disappointment!He found that the printed type is faulty through a corrupted font and almost impossible to read. A number of the pages are also damaged through ridges or folds from the assembly process. The drawings are childlike and unlikely to inspire any reasonably competent iconographer. They lack the detail needed and it would be hard to trace any of the patterns back to their originals. [ As I understand it, that’s what iconographers do, they attempt faithful copying that respects the original but allows some interpretation by the iconographer.]Anyway given the poor quality of the product I have returned this item to Amazon and am posting this review on Amazon to warn off anyone attracted by the Amazon product write up. It certainly isn’t worth the £25.50 charged

I am ver happy with this as it has the prayers to go with iconagraphy. The drawings also have colour guides. Brilliant.

The printed words almost indecipherable.Very bad print qualityFor what it costBad value

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