Egg yolk is used for making ink because it is permanent. Egg yolk is also used to create tempera paint because it allows for a glossy look when it dries.
You may be referring to portraits made in "egg tempera." Egg Tempera was a European method of painting that used ground pigments mixed with egg and applied in fine thin layers. Egg Tempera portraits are most always small in size and rendered in fine and delicate detail. Many will crack over time.
no tempera is a water based washable paint
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Egg yolk. Tempera is a type of paint that uses egg yolk as a binding agent to hold together the color pigments.
honey, glue, water, milk, and egg
Its true. It is because the word "tempera" means, a process of painting in which an albuminous. Such as an egg yolk.
Egg tempera is a terrific medium with many advantages. It is safe, non-toxic, and permanent. Unlike oil paint, it will not yellow, change in color, or grow transparent over time. Unlike acrylic, it has a proven track record going back hundreds of years. Egg tempera shows the beauty of pigments off to great advantage. Colors are clear, bright, and pure. This is a terrific site that explains what-why-and how to make your own: * http://www.alessandrakelley.com/eggmedium.html
300lb watercolor paper, gessoed hardboard panels (preferred)
Not too much anymore. Tempera used to be made with an egg base to help bind the pgment. Poster paint is a water-based synthetic. However, I would say that today most tempera is probably synthetic as well.
Egg Tempera is the oldest paint known. A mixture of powdered pigmentation and egg yolk.
It's painted with "tempera", water and egg based paint.