NEW ~ FALL SEMESTER CLASS STARTING SEPTEMBER 9th!

Drawing Foundations with Maria Panou

At the beginning of each semester, we offer this class as a special introduction to Drawing in the Byzantine system.  We always have a handful of new independent students who may wish to get a head start on building an understanding of the language of the Byzantine system in iconography.  This is a perfect class for getting started in the visual language and is also good as a refresher course to simply reinforce the basics.  This class goes at a slower pace for beginners and for those who are not ready to enter the  Essential Drawing class with George Kordis (also offered in Fall 2025 which has more advanced compositions, intended for those who already have a grasp of the basics).

This foundational course will follow weekly lessons in a variety of practical lessons to include:

1. Drawing Heads. ( a. Dynamic frontally, 3/4 heads). 
2. Hands, Feet, 
3. Garments, 
4. The standing figure. 
5. The seated figure, 
6. Moving figures 
7. Other 

Throughout the lessons, students will strengthen their overall drawing skills, learn familiarity with the Byzantine system, and gain their own readiness to begin to compose more complex subjects and small compositions, and work on practice.

Students will submit their drawings online through email, with corrections and critique individually via email with Maria Panou.  The LIVE Zoom is for the live lessons – students usually can watch and practice a first attempt at home during the class, or simply watch and practice their assignments separately.  

All classes and lessons are recorded in case students cannot attend the live sessions — it is fine to watch on-demand when it is convenient for you, and all are encouraged to attend live to be able to ask questions and engage in each session when possible.

Time: TUESDAYS, 7:30 to 8:30pm (Athens, Greece) time = 12:30 to 1:30pm Eastern Standard (EST) in the US & Canada, approximately every other week – meets 2x per month.

FALL SEMESTER DATES:

• NEW FOUNDATIONS OF BYZANTINE DRAWING I ~ Independent Students

2x per month – 8 classes total

Class duration 1 – 1.15hour (sometimes it runs over)

TUESDAYS, 7:30 to to 8:30pm Athens time

Held on the following dates:

September 9 & 23

October 7 & 21

November 4 & 18

December 2 & 16 

Duration: 2 lessons per month (2+ hours total) plus private online corrections via email.

Semester Tuition Cost (4 months) = 220 Euros

Each registered student will receive instructions of how to submit their drawings and once the class is underway, will also receive a Dropbox link to their private folder where all drawings are stored.

Recorded classes are sent out later in the day usually within a few hours of each class occurrence.

We hope to have your participation!

Please contact us at info.writingthelight@gmail.com if there are any questions.