Egg Tempera - Resources for Artists

Egg Tempera: Contempory Artists

See paintings in egg tempera by leading artists

Andrew Wyeth

The official website of the American artist Andrew Wyeth - a leading exponent of painting in egg tempera in the twentieth century.

All works copyright Andrew Wyeth - do not copy.

Nina Murdoch 2008

Nina Murdoch works in freerange egg tempera on gesso panel. Her urban landscape work is figurative but appears abstracted. Her work is luminous and unlike any other egg tempera I've ever seen. Nina Murdoch is the first person to win the Threadneedle Figurative prize in its inaugural year (September 2008)

All works copyright Nina Murdoch - do not copy.

Fred Wessel Egg Tempera Paintings

A gallery of egg tempera paintings with gold leaf detail by Fred Wessel. These paintings are produced using the Renaissance techniques described by Cennino Cennini in his "Libro dell'Arte"

Antony Williams

Anthony Williams is a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and works almost exclusively in egg tempera. His work is the product of direct and intense observation. it produces a heightened sense of realism, where every surface detail is given almost equal consideration.

Artist - Michael Gaskell: Portrait, Landscape, Still Life

Michael Gaskell: Portrait, Landscape, Still Life
Working primarily in egg tempera, my aim is to produce paintings of heightened realism which convey a sense of stillness and contemplation.

Michael has won 2nd Prize in the BP Portrait Awards in 2003, 2009 and 2010

Koo Schadler

An egg tempera painter

Rob Milliken - Paintings in Egg Tempera

Paintings in egg tempera

Miranda Gray: Egg Tempera Painter of Miniatures

Miranda Gray paints highly conceptual and witty photo-realistic egg tempera miniatures of dogs, people and still lifes, with intricate patterned borders in New Mexico

Altoon Sultan

Altoon Sultant recently received an art award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for egg tempera paintings exhibited in the annual awards exhibition. She is also an author of a book on painting in egg tempera

Robin-Lee Hall - egg tempera paintings

Portraits and other paintings in egg tempera by UK artist Robin Lee-Hall RP
Robin is a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters

Dennis Harper Picture Gallery

Paintings in egg tempera

Michelle Demarco

Michelle is an egg tempera painter whose work is an expression of the connection between humanity, nature, and spirit.

Maz Jackson

Maz Jackson uses egg tempera on seasoned wood

Egg Tempera Gallery - Banjies Art

Contemporary botanical art in egg tempera by Banjie Getsinger Nicholas

mavis smith egg tempera gallery

egg tempera paintings by Mavis Smith

Jeff Gola

Jeff Gola specializes in egg tempera painting and also works in oil and watercolor. His work has been included in many juried competitions. He has a strong interest in a strong interest in observing the elements that influence that environment; the cycle of the seasons, the changing skies and the weather it portends, the constant presence of the natural processes of life, decay and rebirth, and the fading remnants of distant history and past lives.

These are the paintings in egg tempera. on his website

ACA Galleries Doug Safranek - New York in Egg tempera

Safranek's intricately detailed paintings depict the diverse neighborhoods, inhabitants and cultures of New York City. Working in the painstaking medium of egg tempera his paintings are often miniature in scale but celebrate the immensity and variety of the urban landscape.

Richard W Toft, fine art: an artist in egg tempera

Presenting Richard Toft, artist. My chosen medium is egg tempera, my approach is contemporary realism. My inspiration and the focus of my art is coastal life and tradition.

Egg Tempera Artist - Alex Garcia

Alex Garcia is an award winning artist working in egg tempera.

About Egg Tempera

useful websites

EggTempera - A Resource Guide

Egg Tempera is a collection of liks to artists working in egg tempera, suppliers of dry pigments, brushes, panels, information on egg tempera and more.

The Society of Tempera Painters

Dedicated to the art of painting with egg tempera and well established in the USA and UK

Egg Tempera Fine Art

Egg Tempera Fine Art provides a gallery of paintings in egg tempera and information about techniques

Egg tempera - wikipedia

An overview of painting in tempera and in particular egg tempera.

Why Egg Tempera? Advantages and Disadvantages

Alessandra Kelley sets out why to use egg tempera, but also why not

Egg Tempera

Egg Tempera
(Excerpts from ART HARDWARE: The Definitive Guide to Artists' Materials, by Steven Saitzyk 1987)

Egg Tempera Fine Art

Egg Tempera Fine Art contributes to the international growth and knowledge of the most famous, efficient and refined traditional painting technique called Egg Tempera.

Painting & Drawing - Tempera

Painting: Tempera : Introduces egg tempera, illustrates with historical examples and explains with images how make egg tempera.

Koo Schadler: Techniques

Techniques of Egg Tempera & Silverpoint
The History of Egg Tempera Painting
Egg Tempera Technique

Art History and Egg Tempera

Milk and Eggs: The American Revival of Tempera Painting, 1930-1950

The catalogue of the 2002 exhibition at the Brandywine Museum in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.

Milk and Eggs: The American Revival of Tempera Painting, 1930-1950; Exhibition Summary by Mary Cronin,

Editor's note: The Brandywine River Museum provided source material to Resource Library Magazine for this article.

Egg tempera - what you need to know about pigments

Pigments

The Society of Tempera Painters provides technical information about pigments

Cennino Cennini - "Il Libro dell' Arte." - Section 2: Bringing you to the working of the colours

Cennino D' Andrea Cennini "Il Libro dell' Arte" / "The Craftsman's Handbook" tranlsated from Italian by Daniel V. Thompson, Jr.
New York: Dover Publications, Inc. 1933, by Yale University Press.
E-Book Notebook, 1993 www.noteaccess.com

Toxic Pigments & Pregnancy

Alessandra Kelley's paper on pigments and toxicity - link from the Society of Tempera Painters site

Ingredients for Making Artists Paint By Tony Johansen

The ingredients of paint - What makes paint paint

Pigments For Making Artist's Paint by Tony Johansen

Introduction to Pigments for paint making
This page contains the pigment lists where you can find information on
the pigments you may use. There are also guides to the various terms
and classification systems you will find in the pigment lists.

Pigment Codes - Egg Tempera Forums

Pigment Codes On Paint and Pigments

Egg tempera supports and grounds - technical advice

The choice of support is critical in egg tempera painting.

Supports for egg tempera painting

The Society of Tempera Painters discusses different types of support

Gesso Ground

The Society of tempera Painters provides information about how to prepare grounds

Egg Tempera paint - characteristics and handling

Acrylic And Tempera Artist's Paints by Tony Johansen

Acrylics and Tempera: Painting with long molecules - a comparison of their respective characteristics

Painting with egg tempera - tips and techniques

Egg Tempera Painting Tips and Advice

Alessandra Kelley provides some practical tips for painting with egg tempera.

Why Egg Tempera? Advantages and Disadvantages

Why to use egg tempera, but also why not

Preparing Pigments and Making Egg Tempera Paint

Alessandra Kelley: How to prepare pigments and make egg tempera

Demonstration of Tempera Painting

Society of Egg Tempera Painters - provides a step by step demonstration of egg tempera painting

Making Egg Tempera Paint

Society of Tempera Painters provide a step by step demonstration of how to make egg tempera paint.

Eggs For Making Egg Tempera Paint by Tony Johansen

Eggs - Nature's near perfect painting medium
No one knows when someone first used egg as a paint binder. It is easy
to imagine the accidental spilling of egg into an early paint mix, or
for someone to notice that spilled egg could harden into a strong film.

The most efficient way to start using egg tempera?

What kind of wood shall I use as a support? I have tried MDF but I heard that its longevity isn't very good because of all the glues inside and their acidity. Ply wood, on the other hand, is very sensitive to moisture when I apply some rabbit skin glue over it. Its fibres get thicker and the surface isn't smooth anymore.

Slade Knowledge Base | Egg tempera on MDF

Support - MDF.
Ground - One layer of handmade gesso: Gelatine and whitening, with titianium white pigment.
Paint - Three layers of each coloured pigment, 10 pigments in total

Shellac as an Isolating Layer Between Egg Tempera and Oil

I have read that shellac can be used as an isolating layer between egg tempera and oil when doing an over-painting with the latter (with the egg tempera having been painted over a traditional gesso ground).

Egg Tempera over Ink

I got such a useful response to my last question I have another for you. As you well know, a traditional way of painting in egg tempera is over an ink drawing.

Egg tempera painting and mould

Hi,
I have painted with egg tempera for a number of years. How do I best avoid mold issues?

masking and egg tempera

I've searched for awhile and can't seem to find any info on this. Is it OK to use masking fluid to preserve the white of the ground when painting with egg tempera? Has anyone tried it?

Brands of Egg Tempera paint

egg tempera made for you

Sennelier - Tempera

Sennelier Egg Tempera is an authentic formulation of classic egg tempera as used by artists since the Renaissance. In fact, before the rise of oil painting, egg tempera was the predominant painting medium in the 16th century. Much of the religious panel painting done between the 12th and the 15th century was done in this delicate and subtle medium, which is capable of detailed and complex effects. The Sennelier egg tempera is famous as the medium used by Marc Chagall in many of his most spectacular works.

Sennelier - pdf file tempera colour chart

Tempera colour chart - as a pdf file

Egg tempera Supplies - Europe

KREMER Pigmente: Home

25 JAHRE KREMER PIGMENTE
Aichstetten Munnchen New York Stuttgart
Produkte - Preisliste

Egg Tempera Supplies - UK

L Cornelissen & Son Home Page

Cornelissen & Son was established in 1855 and have been trading in central London as artists' colourmen since then. A leading supplier of artist pigments in the UK. Downloadable list of supplies with prices available.

A P Fitzpatrick in London - Artist & Craft Materials Wholesale in London - Touch London E1

A P Fitzpatrick in London - Artist & Craft Materials Wholesale in London - Touch London E1. London A P Fitzpatrick in London UK is one of London's Artist & Craft Materials Wholesale

KREMER pigments: International Catalogue 2005/2006

International Catalogue 2005/2006 Last update: 24/11/2005
Product guide Ordering information
Handling pigments(excerpt from AP Fitzpatrick catalogue 2000)

Daler Rowney catalogue: Egg tempera

Products available from Daler Rowney to aid egg tempera painting

Daler Rowney Product Catalogue: Egg Tempera colours

Provides details of egg tempera tube colours available from Daler Rowney - including a colour chart and a pigment analysis (pdf document)

Egg Tempera Supplies - USA

Iconofile Store: Product: Pigments

Pigments: Natural Mineral Pigments, Natural Organic Pigments and Synthetic Manmade Pigments for Fine Artists

KREMER Pigmente

25 YEARS KREMER PIGMENTS
RAW MATERIALS FOR FINE ARTS, Conservation, Woodfinishing and Design
American catalog 2006 - USA, Canada, Mexico
International catalogue 2006 - world-wide
Workshops in New York Workshops in Europe FAQ Links Stores

Tempera | Natural Pigments

Natural Pigments is a limited liability company based in Willits, California. We manufacture and distribute rare and hard-to-find materials for fine artists and decorators. We specialize in supplying artists' materials that were used in historical painting since pre-historic times up to and including the nineteenth century.

Egg Tempera - instruction and workshops

Material and Methods - The Practice of Tempera Painting

Online version of MATERIALS & METHODS
Thompson, Daniel V., Jr., Research and Technical Adviser, The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London.
The Practice of Tempera Painting. New Haven: Yale University Press. 1936. Fourth Printing, 1946.

Cennino D'Andrea Cennini "Il Libro dell' Arte."

Cennino D'Andrea Cennini "Il Libro dell' Arte."
The Craftsman's Handbook. Translated from the Italian by Daniel V. Thompson, Jr.
New York: Dover Publications, Inc. 1933, by Yale University Press.
E-Book supplied by Notebook, 1993 www.noteaccess.com

Koo Schadler: Egg Tempera Book

Egg Tempera Painting Book
"...one of the most concise and useful books on the art of egg tempera painting... should be on the bookshelf of every serious artist."
"I can’t tell you how wonderful your manual is"

Tutors In Egg Tempera

Highlighted by the Society of Tempera Painters

Tempera Workshops

Highlighted by the Society of Tempera Painters

"Breaking Eggs; Making Paint" - 70 minute Instructional Video on Tempera Painting

Brandywine River Museum (February 2006): Following its 2002 exhibition, Milk and Eggs: The American Revival of Tempera Painting, 1930-1950A this DVD provides a thorough introduction to the techniques of egg tempera featuring Hilton Brown, Professor of Art, Art History, Art Conservation, and Museum Studies . Provides advice on handling eggs to notes about rare pigments and special brushes and a brief interview with Andrew Wyeth about his techniques with egg tempera.

Society of Tempera Painters: How to make Egg Tempera

An overview with photographs of how to make egg tempera paint.

Renaissance Italian Painting Workshop - WetCanvas!

Renaissance Italian Painting Workshop in the Classical Art Forum of the Wet Canvas website for artists

e-how - How to make egg tempera paint

How to Make Egg Tempera Paint. Egg tempera paint dries quickly to a matte finish. It doesn't fade over time and is water resistant and permanent.

Forums for Egg Tempera Painters

Society of Tempera Painters - Forum

Shares knowledge and discusses Tempera Painting Issues, paint and pigments, supports and grounds

Casein/Gouache/Egg Tempera - WetCanvas!

Are you painting in alternative aqueous media, or are you interested in doing so? These media have long, distinguished histories and are now enjoying a revival. Join this Wet Canvas forum for discussions, tips, techniques, and projects exploring these ancient and versatile media.

Blogs by painters in egg tempera

The daily painted egg

A blog about egg tempera painting - but it hasn't been updated since 2007. Still worth taking a look

Dennis Harper Picture Gallery Blog

This blog follows the progress of an egg tempera painting as it moves from initial sketch to finished painting.

Jim Yarbrough's Artblog

Jim Yarbrough's Artblog
An Old Fashioned Painter, Stuck in the 21st Century, Tries to Make a Painting

Studio and Garden (Altoon Sultan's blog)

"The subject matter of my paintings--agricultural implements--is very tied to this rural area, as is my intense interest in gardening. My paintings are all produced using egg tempera, an ancient medium."

The Ruby Slippers

Mona Conner in Brooklyn, NY, United States produces miniature paintings - mainly in egg tempera

Grander Joy of Spirit

the spiritual paintings blog of Mona Conner

Nuncketest

Click the link to egg tempera to see posts

Blogging about Egg Tempera

Jennifer Letchet: Gesso and Egg Tempera Painting

Egg tempera is a permanent drying medium consisting of coloured pigments and egg yolk. Egg tempera painting was the primary method until the development of oil paints in the 1500s.

Catherine Davila - Paintings: An Ancient Medium

I decided to learn how to paint in egg tempera. Egg tempera is the medium that was used throughout the Middle Ages until oil painting was developed.

Painting the Tudors with egg tempera | Art Cabin's Blog

In this workshop the children studied some paintings of The Tudors from a range of books I managed to get from the library. Thick card was used for the base of their painting. Once they had sketched their chosen portrait, they created egg tempera paint using powder paints and gouache mixed with an egg yolk.