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Bad brushes. The video was a test of my new Rosemary sables. No way to do that kind of work with cheap synthetics. Or even slightly more expensive synthetics. I was amazed by the difference.

An icon - the word just means "image" - can be created in any medium you can think of. Of course we know about mosaics and fresco. Wood and stone carving is not uncommon. Contemporary iconographers are using any medium, including acrylic, oils, watercolour and "mixed" media. There's a group of "guerilla" iconographers in St. Petersburg doing them on the streets with cans of spray paint as graffiti. For traditional Greek and Russian icons - especially panel icons in churches, that is, liturgical icons, egg tempera is still considered the "gold standard" and when you learn iconography you will be learning egg tempera technique almost every time. But I'm not going to do icons in oils. Just regular painting, as I said in the video.

@@hilarywhite2953 Thank you for taking the time to write a detailed response. You helped clarify my confusion.

it's not camera work, just me waving my phone around

It's definitely a familiar world for me to live in the mountains. Yes, I think Narni gets a little snow in the winter. Heck, we got a dusting every February down on the flat near Perugia, so I expect we'll have some here which is 100 meters higher elevation. It doesn't get really cold here though, not like Norcia. Norcia is 640 m above sea level, much higher than us, and gets almost Canadian winters. I'm going to have to sort out getting a license to drive the Ah-pay before the winter starts. And then find out of you can get chains that size.

Hi Lynnette, yes. It's generally a more modern and secure place in terms of all that double glazing, functional blinds, a fireplace for the chilly winters, and probably way less damp (and less mould problem) in winter, because it's not an old stone farm house. The space is all but ideal (north facing windows are supposedly the best - at least according to Leonardo da Vinci, who I'm inclined to believe) and a good deal of room for expansion. I'm nervous but hopeful.

@@hilarywhite2953 You must look forward, what a beautiful and inspiring place. I'm really happy you found it, in fact I feel really excited for you. And hopefully your spiritual needs will be met, and really that's the most important thing. I hope the local people are welcoming so that you don't feel isolated, but I have a feeling their curiosity will get the better of them, and you will find a group of people you are happy with. Are all the furnishings going, they look like they were really good quality back in the day, and well cared for. Well, best of luck for your move, I hope Gertie's engine bares up, and happy days ahead for you I am sure. You can create a beautiful prayer corner somewhere in there, you know that quiet secret place...oh yes!

My section can be seen at the start, on the other side of the lower terrace, starting at the well house. All the rest of it is shared. The farmyard is just general use. The garage belongs to Franco, my neighbour and Annamaria's cousin. The orto we walked through with the olives, fruit and grapes, is Annamaria's personal orto. The farm land around the house on three sides is portioned out to various cousins. This is a family compound, and is in the third generation now.