This is a lesson I did with kids from 6 to 10, and it has worked every time. They asked to did it several times. I call it "feeling just like a painter" because I invented it with that objective in mind: make them experience the sensations of being a painter.
Egg tempera is a fast drying medium that is fluid by nature and must be applied thinly in semi-opaque and transparent layers. The binding qualities of the egg does not allow for impasto painting.
Painting executed with pigment ground in a water-miscible medium. The word tempera originally came from the verb temper, ''to bring to a desired consistency.''
Tempera painting is the earliest type of painting known, decorating the walls of ancient Egypt and Babylon. Based on exhaustive study, this work provides a wealth of historical background, as well as a lucid, careful exposition of all aspects of authentic technique, a guide to materials, and more. 85 illustrations.
This is a lesson I did with kids from 6 to 10, and it has worked every time. They asked to did it several times. I call it "feeling just like a painter" because I invented it with that objective in mind: make them experience the sensations of being a painter.
Egg tempera is a fast drying medium that is fluid by nature and must be applied thinly in semi-opaque and transparent layers. The binding qualities of the egg does not allow for impasto painting.
Painting executed with pigment ground in a water-miscible medium. The word tempera originally came from the verb temper, ''to bring to a desired consistency.''
Tempera painting is the earliest type of painting known, decorating the walls of ancient Egypt and Babylon. Based on exhaustive study, this work provides a wealth of historical background, as well as a lucid, careful exposition of all aspects of authentic technique, a guide to materials, and more. 85 illustrations.
