Hello, I’m Desislava

I paint in egg tempera, with egg yolk, ground pigments and thin layers of colour, on wooden panels I coat with gesso myself. I work in a whitewashed stone studio in a hill village, with a shelf of pigment jars and a window that gives me the same light all morning. I learned the old way, slowly, and I still mix every colour by hand.

I post a video every week that follows one step, from sanding a panel to laying the first gold. What I sell is the part you can use: a gesso recipe, a pigment chart, a gold leaf guide, checklists for preparing panels, brush and tool lists, printable prints of my paintings, a bundle of the guides and two video courses. I do not take commissions. I teach you to paint your own panels.