You stated that you’re using an acrylic gesso board. I’ve read that tempera can’t be painted over acrylic gesso. Seems like you don’t have a problem. Comment?
I wish the last half was included. The glazing, adjusting, texturing seems to me to be the advantage of Egg tempera. I'm only on my third so I'm feeling short on knowledge and experience. Thank you there is very little available on actually painting with Egg Tempera. I really don't need to see another person clean an egg yoke.
Great work! I love your painting. It's nice to see you paint the whole thing and hear your commentary. So the pencil didn't effect the paint? When I do watercolors I find it makes the colours a little mucky.
Wow! Beautiful, and so many layers of glace. I am practicing watercolors now, but this tickles me also. I have never tried egg-tempera, but have lots of pigments from painting kurbits, and other decorations at baskets and furnitures in the 1980-ths. It was egg/linseed oil then. Also fast drying, but it took months to harden before come into use. Do you use to grind the pigments also? I am surprised that you made the underpaintings in caput mortum. I used that also, but for details, and would have guessed any sort of umber, but I love the remaining effect. Thank you for the show. I need such in evil war-times. Hugs from a swedish old man.
Hello, I very like your videos, do you think birch plywood and MDF (HDF) are the best for egg tempera? 2- For large pictures (in. 50 x 30 in.) Do I need a thickness of 18 millimeters? I am waiting for answering, thank you.
Thank you. I enjoyed that. Love your color choices. I have painted icons in acrylics as well as in egg tempera. I find egg tempera difficult for having to grind the mineral pigments with care, otherwise I get a grainy surface. How do you prepare your pigments?
An egg tempera painting from beginning to end
waxeggoil
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I work from a drawing in silver-point on a gessoed board to a finished painting. The whole painting took 6 hours.