Guillem Ramos-Poquí

STAGES OF PAINTING THE ICON OF CALVARY
London 2009

Stage 3:
DRAWING, ENLARGING, TRACING, INCISING

The drawing of the Calvary compositin to scale.

The drawing has been enlarged and it is ready to be traced onto the panel
Various prototypes of the 14th and early
15th Centuries "Greek" and "Latin" "Sacred Tradition" are used, as visual reference. These include
reproductions of Byzantine and Greek icons of Calvaries, and works by Giotto, Cimabue, Duccio
and Fra Angelico. For Sacred Tradition See page:
13th - 14th Centuries: Byzantine and Italian Sacred Traditons Chart

Tracing the drawing onto the panel.
After this, the drawing will need to be incised into the gesso ground, using an awl

Lifting the drawing to reveal the tacing on the panel

Incising the drawing, and incising the halos using a very fine pointed metal compas

PLANNING THE DESIGN OF THE RAYS

The draft design of the rays
The final, very accurate design and mesurements,
will take some time to produce

Testing part of the design of the rays using a piece of cardboard
(image partly digitally reconstructed)
Here the gilding of the panel is not yet completed
( it needs 2nd layer of gold, and then the final burnishing)

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NOW GO TO STAGE 4:
THE BOLE AND THE WATERGILDING PROCESS