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Egg Tempera: Underpainting
Egg tempera underpainting for
Spinolarei Grande,
2006, 59 x 44 cm. or 23 1/4" x 17 1/4"
Although this is an underpainting, the colors
are quite saturated. I knew that I wanted to come in with
layers of brown glaze to unify everything leter in oils, so I felt that it was
important to state the purity of the colors from the get go - as
in the blue of the sky and water contrasted with the orange of
the tile roofs. In retrospect, I have learned that the
underpainting should not be so strong. In the
final oil,
certain colors became too saturated which became a
problem for describing subtle ephemeral distance. |
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Techie stuff:
Practical information on the technique
of egg tempera can be found at the
Society of Tempera Painters and the
Atelier Artisanal web blog.
Recent examples:
Connecticut:
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