You need to have some patience to get the most out of this video, but then you will be able to extract ideas of how the process of preparing the egg tempera and the possibilities of how to make big wonderfull panels with tempera. Its very interesting and beautifull paintings in a phantastic style and technique
I have a quick question for you. first of all Im new to all this adding egg to paint pigments thing, Ive always just used linseed oil with my oil paints or gouache from the tube, etc.. But recently I decided to take the egg tempera challenge! I did an ok job with the rabbit skin glue and marble dust panel gesso (was a bit on the thin side of the RSG but I gave it about 8 coats with intermediate lite sanding), well once I got my panels ready to paint, I used pigments and egg/water mix ratio pretty much like what I see on You Tube... a consistency of a good water color blend for washes. I didn't go on too thick ever and I was careful not to get grease of anything on my surface. Well, after I had completed a portion of the painting I wanted to go over the whole thing with a lite wash and the areas that I had painted where basically coming up and washing away :( do you have any idea why it would not had been permanent, or is a fresh coat of egg tempera a workable, smudgeable surface that needs to be sealed? I really though egg tempera was a permanent bond once it dries in a few minutes. thanks for your help in advance!
it reactivates back if you make the tempera to liquid and insist to much ..you might have added to much egg, that makes the paint wash off really easily, plus you might want to add allso a bit of vinegar, keeps the paint from rotting and works as a sealant to that stops the paint from being washed away
