Book Description
This important resource is essential to any artist who is interested in using the time-honored medium of egg tempera to achieve the luminous effects that can't be duplicated by any other medium. Complete with step-by-step photography, the book elucidates all stages of preparation, development, and completion of egg tempera paintings. Formal issues such as the depiction of light, color, form, and detail are discussed. Altoon Sultan's paintings are in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and other fine institutions. Represented by the Marlborough Gallery, she lives in Groton, Vermont.
Luminous Brush: Painting with Egg Tempera FROM THE PUBLISHER
Egg tempera, an ancient painting technique that uses the egg yolk and water as the painting medium, is experiencing a renaissance. Today many people are attracted by traditional painting methods and natural products, and egg tempera is the perfect "natural" way to paint. This technique was used by the 15th-century Italian panel painters, such as Botticelli and Fra Angelico, and by 20th-century luminaries, such as Paul Cadmus and Andrew Wyeth. Author and renowned contemporary artist Altoon Sultan loves the fast-drying technique of egg tempera that results in clear form, crisp details, and luminous layering of color.
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