Ann Miotke Lecture about Egg Tempera painting

For more information on Ann Miotke see

• http://www.toryfolliard.com/painting/Anne-Miotke.shtml
• http://www.gracechosygallery.com/GraceChosyGallery_pages/GraceChosyGallery_artistimages_folder/GraceChosyGallery_artistimages_Miotke.htm

It was more of a lecture than a demo though at the end we could try the egg tempera.

The basic advantages to egg tempera is that it "glows". You need to build it up in layers, usually by crosshatching with a brush. It dries quickly. It appears to be very labor intensive. Generally used for small paintings done on gessoed (not acrylic gesso) wood. She said people who are good draftsman and like to draw tend to like it. Traditional method involves using a detailed under drawing. She used a blue watercolor underpainting. She recommends buying Ampersand's cradled clayboard for tempera to avoid the labor intensive process of preparing the substrate. If you want to experiment with the technique you could try blending the yolk with watercolors but may not work.

Here's a link to the Society of Tempera Painters, http://www.eggtempera.com/