Iconography Courses

with Philip Davydov and Olga Shalamova


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Corsi in presenza a Seriate (BG)

Il corso è pensato sia per i principianti che per coloro che, pur essendo già iconografi, si sentono insicuri nel disegnare il volto.

Volti asimmetrici e a tre quarti

Seriate (BG) Italia
19-27 Luglio 2025
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Il corso è pensato per quegli iconografi che già disegnano con sicurezza figure e volti, ma desiderano maggiore libertà nel loro lavoro

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Dallo schizzo all’ icona finita

Corso professionale (in due fasi).
Seriate (BG) Italia
07 - 13 Luglio 2025
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In-Person courses in Melbourne (Australia)

This five-day foundational icon painting workshop is for iconographers who want to develop professional-level skills in freehand drawing and traditional painting.

Frontal Faces. Theotokos

Icon Painting Workshop for Beginners
ACU Art Space Melbourne
13–17 January 2026.
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This 5-day advanced icon painting workshop focuses on drawing the traditional garments of Christ. You'll gain a detailed understanding of how tunics and togas were worn historically and how to accurately depict them in iconography. We've organized the many ways a toga could be wrapped into several recognizable types that appear frequently in icons. This course is ideal for students who have completed at least one of our previous workshops (including Online Courses)), and who wish to draw and paint icons freehand—without relying on tracing.

Half Figure. Garments
Advanced in-Person Icon Drawing Workshop

Melbourne (Australia)
January 19 - 23 2026
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Our Team

Philip Davydov and Olga Shalamova. Sacred Murals Studio (originally: Saint Petersburg, Russia, since March 2022: Tbilisi, Georgia).
Icon Painting & Drawing Courses Online & Offline.

Philip Davydov

Iconographer, iconography instructor and web-site administrator

Second-generation iconographer with M.A. from State Fine Art Academy of Saint Petersburg (faculty of Theory and History of Art).
2001 co-founder of Sacred Murals Studio (St. Petersburg, Russia).
2005 - present: iconography instructor in the USA, Italy, Australia and other countries.
2006 - present: member of Union of Artists of Russia
2009 - 2022: professor at Institute of Theology and Sacred Arts (Saint Petersburg).
2021 November - December: head of Iconography School of St Petersburg Seminary. 2022 March - present: Iconographer, iconography instructor working in Tbilisi (Georgia).

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Icon Painting & Drawing Courses Online & Offline.

Olga Shalamova

Iconographer and iconography instructor

M.A. from State Fine Art Academy of Saint Petersburg (faculty of Theory and History of Art).
2009 - present: ember of the Union of Artists of Russia
2015 - 2021: chief artist of the embroidery workshop at Feodorovsky Cathedral in Saint Petersburg. 2022 March - present: Iconographer, iconography instructor working in Tbilisi (Georgia).

Author of the majority of our offline and online courses.
Actively participates in exhibitions of contemporary ecclesiastical art in Russia and abroad.

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