Sharing my preparatory work an icon for St Michael of the Apocalypse - a relatively modern type mostly found in Russian iconography of the 19th century. I use an iPad and procreate app to do initial sketching when it’s a composition i can make some adjustments to - like here, sometimes the icons have a figure of Satan in the water at the bottom but I didn’t think it would look good at this size and I want to keep the focus on the joy of Christ coming again and bringing us all to His holy Altar.