Art Retreats & Gatherings

Panel Preparation and Gesso making for Egg Tempera and Icon Painters

With Marek Czarnecki

October 17, 2026
Enders Island
In this hands-on, one-day workshop, iconographer Marek Czarnecki will guide you through the traditional process of making true artist’s gesso. Learn to apply linen and build up multiple layers of gesso on a Baltic birch panel, preparing it for egg tempera painting.