Opening up the icon is the "ugly duckling" stage of the work of icon painting, as one begins laying in the base colors. Greenish-red faces, garish color contrasts, undefined forms etc... have to be put-up with at this point in the painting. A stage which must not be rushed through, even though the temptation is do exactly that.
Eventually (if all goes well), once the shadows, outlines, highlights, gold assist are added the ungainly gray cygnet will be transformed into a swan. But in the meantime....
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