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Bookmark or Share- medieval egg tempera painting :: step-by-step technique - tempera workshopEgg tempera is a technique that uses egg yolk as an agent to bind colored pigment to the wooden panel. People often assume that the bright yellow color of the egg will affect the color of the paint.
- Tempera - WikipediaTempera (Italian:), also known as egg tempera, is a permanent, fast-drying painting medium consisting of pigments mixed with a water-soluble binder medium, usually glutinous material such as egg yolk.
- HISTORY OF EGG TEMPERA PAINTING - Koo SchadlerEgg tempera is often said to date back to ancient Egypt. Egyptian artists “tempered” pigments with a variety of water-based binders: gum arabic, animal glue, and casein.
- How to: make tempera paint - Royal Academy of ArtsEgg yolks are fast-drying and a strong binder, which makes them perfect for making paint! In fact, egg tempera is such a long-lasting paint medium that there are still well-preserved paintings from the first century AD. Artists would collect pigments from all around the world.
- Tempera painting | History, Techniques & Examples | BritannicaEgg tempera is the most-durable form of the medium, being generally unaffected by humidity and temperature. It dries quickly to form a tough film that acts as a protective skin to the support. In handling, in its diversity of transparent and opaque effects, and in the satin sheen of its finish, it resembles the modern acrylic resin emulsion paints.
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