Egg Tempera Painting
Egg tempera is a painting technique that’s been around for hundreds of years. Today, we mainly know two types of painting: acrylic and oil paintings. Acrylic paint is water-based. Oil paint is, well, oil based (hence the long drying time – oil takes more time to evaporate than water). Egg tempera is, like acrylic paint, water based, but the medium isn’t a synthetic chemical: it’s egg yolk! Egg yolk is actually an excellent medium for preserving pigment, and it dries clear (completely clear after a few weeks).
Egg tempera produces high quality results, as you can see with the portrait shown above. Durable too: that painting dates back to the XIV
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Good post. I am looking into these issues on my own blog/…
I think I remember something about painting with yolks when I was in art school years back. Going to have to try it as paints are expensive. Wonder though if it would smell at all and how long for it to cure. After all you would be painting with food :)
Ill try it and let you know. Any idea on pigments?