All about EggTempera

Welcome to the atelier Sennelier. I am delighted to introduce Madeleine. Madeleine is here with me today, as we going to talk about Egg Tempera. In the Middle Age and the Renaissance, artists who do not know to use of dry oils. Use Tempera that why now their works are very well preserved. Egg Tempera is the perfect technique and the prefer technique for achieving the icons, but not only. Egg Tempera has many benefits, we going to see that. It is an artist grade, no yellowing, permanent, water dilutable paint, which dries quickly and with a satin-matt finished aspect. Contrast to gouache it is a water resistant paint, it is a great alternative to acrylic or oil solvent paint. Colours are luminous and most of them are made with only one pigment. Sennelier’s range contains 23 single pigment colours and also many cadmiums. Chagall use to paint with Egg Tempera and Rothko use to buy big quantity of Egg Tempera at the Sennelier shop in Paris. Egg Tempera is perfect for Plein Air activities, you can do the first sketch with it or you can do the full artwork