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SYLVANA BARRETT/ an online guide to historic art materials and techniques
cennini21 HOMEGILDINGMANUSCRIPT ILLUMINATIONSILVERPOINTEGG TEMPERADISTEMPER (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)17th CENTURY OIL TECHNIQUEFRESCOHISTORIC PIGMENTSPAINT GESSO GROUNDS - SIZING - GLUES
MATERIALS FOR TEMPERA
PANEL PREPARATION
MAKING TEMPERA PAINT
THE TEMPERA TECHNIQUE
GILDING AND TEMPERA


THE TEMPERA TECHNIQUE

Egg tempera has a long and rich heritage. While materials have remained virtually unchanged across the
centuries many technical variations have developed regarding painting technique.long 

 

under drawing- An under drawing done in ink is useful when working in tempera paint. 


under painting
development of form
crosshatch techniques

 

cennini21 HOMEGILDINGMANUSCRIPT ILLUMINATIONSILVERPOINTEGG TEMPERADISTEMPER (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)17th CENTURY OIL TECHNIQUEFRESCOHISTORIC PIGMENTSPAINT GESSO GROUNDS - SIZING - GLUES