A Tale of Two Icons

                                                           I call this one "iconoclasm"

I can only start over. A revisit to my tempera recipe and the comment of a reader made me realize something was wrong.  My tempera SHOULD be drying quickly, not slowly....aaaaaahhhhhh.  What else to do, but start over.

The upper icon with the sanded face and wings is my original tempera icon.  Sometimes it it just best to start over.  So I've sanded the worst parts and will readjust my tempera and see how it goes.  It just can't be any worse. Right?

the bottom is my second, acrylic icon in process.  I'm working on them at the same time.