INTRODUCTION TO EGG TEMPERA PAINTING ONE DAY WORKSHOP
Introduction to Egg Tempera Painting
One Day workshop
26th August 2023
10am – 4pm
At East Oakley Village Hall (Green Hut)
£57.00

Materials, tea/coffee and biscuits are included.

Explore the techniques of egg tempera painting and learn how to make your own paints in this one-day workshop.

This workshop is suitable for both beginners and improvers.
Bethany will show participants how to make this unique type of paint from pigment and egg yolk and explore different painting techniques, looking at both traditional and contemporary approaches to the medium. Participants will then create their own egg tempera paintings on gesso board, using a variety of techniques and taking inspiration from beautiful reference photos.

Egg tempera dates back to the 1st century AD, it was used in early Christian and Byzantine icon painting and was popular during the early Renaissance period. Used by artists such as Duccio, Fra Angelico, Botticelli, Raphael and Verrocchio, it was the primary method of painting until around 1500. Today, egg tempera is becoming increasingly appreciated for its remarkable qualities of luminosity and durability. Egg has a unique quality of transmitting light, giving to colours a luminosity and depth of tone unattainable in other mediums.

What is included?
Materials including: a pre-prepared wood board covered in traditional size and gesso, watercolour paper, a selection of ground Pigments, eggs, printed photo references and lesson notes, other painting equipment. Tea/coffee and biscuits

Participants will need to bring their own:
Packed lunch
Sable or soft synthetic paintbrushes
Palettes (with individual deep wells)
Water pots and small pots for egg yoke (yoghurt pot size)
Kitchen roll and Clingfilm to cover palettes when not used
Apron

A rough plan of the day
9. 50 – 10am Welcome, and setting up
Short Introduction to egg tempera what is it and its history. Talk and demo on the preparation of the Panels: gesso, silverpoint and ink underdrawings.
Demo of Making the paints and Basic painting techniques. Participants to make some paint and experiment with techniques. Participants draw in pencil from a choice of reference photos – still life, animal or part of a masterpiece painting.
12.00 – 12.45 Lunch
Painting from reference using Under layers of colour, hatching, colour mixing and glazing, tone, texture. Participant activity with individual help and advice.
2.30-2.45 Afternoon break
Participant activity with individual help and advice.
Talk on Curing, polishing and caring for your painting.
3.35 Group Feedback on paintings
4.00 Session ends

Venue
East Oakley Village Hall (Green Hut)
Hill Road
Oakley
RG23 7JJ

You must pre-book this class as places are limited.

Pay Online here:
https://www.milamarts.org/section567940_385563.html