Egg tempera painting

I've been working with a traditional egg-tempura technique that I was taught, but I have had some problems with the paintings later on. The recipe is essentially one egg-yolk (without the yolk's

In this Video I paint a famous portrait of a young man by Sandro Botticelli. I use egg tempera like he did and I try to explain my technique step by step. This video would be great for those of you who want to know more about the early Renaissance painting techniques when painters still used egg tempera as their medium. If you like this video please like the video and subscribe.

Step by step egg tempera painting demonstration by artist Dennis Harper.

Here are three recipes for egg tempera but there are many more. If grinding the dry pigments is not something you want to try right away, substitute gouache for the "pigment paste" in each of these recipes.

Technique - painting with egg tempera

Get to know different painting techniques, and take lessons from an iconographer working only in egg tempera.

When I first became interested in learning to paint with egg tempera I was a bit intimidated by the actual process of making the paint. Her...

She titled it To Sleep, To Dream. I'll I leave you with these words she said in a recent email to collectors. "Daniel is doing what all great artists eventually do

A 1367 tempera on wood by Niccolò Semitecolo.

Discover, learn and practice the Medieval art of egg tempera painting - history, artists, techniques and student work.

Julio Reyes New egg tempera on the easel right now. • Candice is outside with Val and Bandit...everything is green and growing. The balmy heat of summer threatens...the thrum of cicadas is soon to begin. I paint, and paint, and the world keeps turning. #eggtempera #eggtemperapainting #julioart #artefex #itsthebigandlittlethings #rublevcolours #pigmentandegg

Julio Reyes on Instagram: “M O O N L I T / egg tempera on panel, 9x9.25 inches. The song that gives us courage is the song that is eternal — for if you die while…”

Egg tempera is one of the oldest, most versatile and durable methods of painting. Here are helpful tips.

6x8 egg tempera on paper. For me, this was about trying to make that 'haze of summer' feel come across. Pointillism seemed an appropriate style and I had always wanted a chance to lay down little intense blobs of color. IMHO NC Wyeth pulled off the feeling the best in two of his paintings, which I cannot remember at the moment . . . Inspiration for this style came from Laura Vitali who can be found here.

Pigment guide and recipes for egg tempera paint for Byzantine icons; about natural pigments; how to make egg base for egg tempera paint, how to mix egg tempera paint using pigments, illustrations of color effects with egg tempera paint

A guide to egg tempera — learn about the many advantages to artists willing to embrace the challenge of working with this ancient medium.

2,761 Likes, 44 Comments - JAKIRA (@jakira_art) on Instagram: ““Monarch” - 9x7 inches, egg tempera on panel . What do you think of this spectacular piece ?…”

Learn about egg tempera painting including techniques, characteristics, and how to mix your own egg tempera paint.

Often depicting lone figures in a landscape, Reyes depicts, in his own words, “intimate dramas, revealing brief moments of unnoticed ...