Neither is painting with egg tempera learned within a week! One of the primary reasons you have not heard from me for a few days has been my preoccupation with learning to use a new medium. For some idiotic reason I had developed the totally unreasonable expectation that, having been on a one-week course, I … Read more
Today, finally, I got down to experimenting with egg tempera, having spent the best part of a week putting off the need to actually commit to it. There is, however, just so much time you can pass preparing the gesso surface before taking the plunge. The task turned out to be more difficult than I … Read more
As I circle warily around this new-found technique of painting in egg tempera, I am coming to realise that there is going to be a lot to learn. For a start, I am far from clear about the range of supports that might be best suited to it. While we confined our attention to ikons, … Read more