Fundamentals of Egg Tempera Painting: An Exploration of Traditional Painting Techniques Using Egg Tempera

Dormant for hundreds of years, replaced by oil paint, Egg Tempera is a flexible medium capable of depicting any illusionistic effect. Unknown to many, its naturalistic capabilities are sufficiently extensive to replace, or work in concert with oil paint, as a representational painter’s main medium. Many technique’s painters use today have their beginnings in the Egg Tempera methods of the early Renaissance. Fundamentals of Egg Tempera provides detailed directions for both beginners and experienced painters to explore this ancient and fascinating medium. This extensively illustrated volume includes various topics, both technical and conceptual: • The preparation of the Egg Tempera medium • Combine use of the medium with oil • Preparing the best ground and support for painting • Pigments and color • Paint application tools, sanding and final varnish • Painting strategies and concepts, including plein air painting and studio methods Illustrated with the author’s work, the book assays three fundamental aesthetics philosophies Classicism, Naturalism and Realism and how they integrate with Egg Tempera. An extensive glossary expands on important concepts introduced in the text. Two appendixes further elaborate the topics of color and paint application. Fundamentals of Egg Tempera will equip the serious student of painting with the technical and conceptual foundation to further investigate the Egg Tempera medium.