https://thevirtualinstructor.com/blog/painting-with-egg-tempera Tue, 22 Feb 2022 00:24:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://thevirtualinstructor.com/blog/painting-with-egg-tempera/comment-page-1#comment-20851 Mon, 25 Feb 2019 14:34:21 +0000 https://thevirtualinstructor.com/blog/?p=7034#comment-20851 I enjoyed this post on egg tempera but it left me with a number of questions. I’ve been researching and gather materials to paint religious icons. Some of what I have learned: natural gesso is better than acrylic gesso as the latter doesn’t absorb the egg tempera as well; in preparing a wood surface, a layer of linen or muslin should be laid (using rabbit glue) with many layers of the natural gesso on top (I’ve been wondering how necessary this is as it doesn’t sound like an easy step!); one can “preserve” the egg tempera up to a week by adding some white vinegar and storing it in the refrigerator; a varnish called Olifa is good for preserving the painting but it is complicated to apply. I’d appreciate any comments on these points if you have experience with them. Thanks.

]]> https://thevirtualinstructor.com/blog/painting-with-egg-tempera/comment-page-1#comment-20837 Sun, 24 Feb 2019 21:27:37 +0000 https://thevirtualinstructor.com/blog/?p=7034#comment-20837 Very interesting. Thank you.

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