A Crash Course on How to Paint with Egg Tempera

Learn everything on egg tempera painting in this 10 minute video!

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Antonis Kosmadakis

[Bebeuspagurapass]

Δεν είναι η πληροφορία μόνο, είναι η αγάπη για την τέχνη σου που "ταξιδεύει" με τρόπο μαγικό! Ευχαριστούμε, Δάσκαλε και χαιρόμαστε που πια είσαι τόσο συχνά κοντά μας. Ώρα καλή!

[trondsi]

I think egg tempera is one of the most under-appreciated mediums. Your method is the best and easiest I have seen. Thanks! BTW, I sometimes paint egg tempera on tempera ground. I basically prepare the wood with glue size, then scumble a thin layer of egg tempera white (egg plus pigment which is actually a mix of titanium and marble dust). Let it dry for a while then paint my painting over this.

[novianovioTV]

Excellent. So whichever chicken laid the egg is immortalised in the Mona Lisa.
Came here after seeing Ashmolean In Oxford secured a Fra Angelica in tempura

[serenapopowich]

I appreciate the video! I am researching medieval armour painting and learned that gesso and tempera were used for decorating plate armour. I plan on trying it out on my own armour sometime soon. This was very helpful!

[isabellastellini]

Thank you for your patience and help Master Antonis. This is a wonderful tutorial. God bless you

[timeanica]

Ευχαριστώ πολύ! Τώρα μαθαίνω εικονογραφία και ανακαλύπτω καταπληκτικά πράγματα!

[Κωνσταντίνα_Αναστασίου]

Ευχαριστώ πολύ για όλες αυτές τις χρήσιμες πληροφορίες. 😊❤😊

[prolificF]

Thank you for the video. My hesitation with egg tempera is that I find it wasteful. At the end it feels wrong to throw away my pigment and egg yolk mixes. Any recommendations? I guess I just have to really plan and make very small mixes so I don't have a lot leftover. It may be difficult since what I would like to achieve is realism. Again, thanks so much for taking the time to share your knowledge.

[arcuda]

such a fascinating medium . thank you for your videos ευχάριστο !!

[juanaparicio]

Muy bien explicado, gracias por el conocimiento que das de la técnica, saludos desde México

[jaiquanfayson]

You can use acrylic gesso, you can also just use heavy watercolor paper, the egg tempera will stick just as well

[francinebotton]

Thank you for this video! I am an amateur iconographer and was taught to use holy water and vinegar. What do you think?

[graythistle]

Thank you for the video! This is one of my favorite mediums.. I love the naturally luminous quality it has. Now I'm curious, how do you stop bugs from eating the paint while it's curing? That was the one problem I had.. I would let it dry before varnishing and come back a day or two later to find tiny little grooves in the paint layer where it had been eaten away.

[sanayavg]

Heloo! Just subscribed to your wonderful channel. Unable to source rabbit glue where I live or online....kindly advice the alternative...

[parleymanderson]

Please be careful with dry pigment powder, especially cadmium and heavy metals. Wear mask and work in ventilated area when you use powered pigments.

[Olhamo]

so interesting to hear you say the egg mix becomes best after 3-4 days. I wonder what that means exactly, maybe thicker, more perfectly emulsified? It looks like your vinegar was dark, & I thought a first maybe it was brandy. I will try it out and see. ( not the brandy, the 3-4 days. ) Also curious about putting myrrh in the agg mix, which just makes such intuitive sense to me, being a perfect preservative, and also part of an incense mix I really love called Basilica. ( and of course, one of the three wise men's gifts) :) I've not tried egg tempera painting yet, but was inspired by several of your videos! Years back, maybe 10-15 years ago, I felt an urging to try it after always pretty much painting in acrylic, and bought the pigments. I had to leave so much behind in a big life change... so, have just newly received some mineral pigments, and a new kolinsky brush. Thank you so much for your inspiring and generous work, and your videos.

[Bonita.ch]

Wow!!! Meaning art will last for centuries!!

Can we mix little olive oil to stop it from drying????

[aksxli]

how many days can i use this medium? i am beginner in iconography, i used to paint with acrylics but now with egg tempera

[akosor]

Thanks for sharing this:) Do you add some extra water later or you just mix pigments with this mixture of egg with same amount of water and some dropsmof vinegar?

[time]

Do you ever, in one painting use casein, with certain pigments like azure to seperate from egg ?