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[Jon Roark]

Thanks for your kind words.

[appo]

so you created the egg tempera color yourself with your students or did you bought it? i am not even sure if i ever have seen it purchaseable here in my region.

since its not rewetable i guess the same goes for the color on the pallete? so i case you want to “keep” it a stay wet palette would be needed? is it then harder on brushes too? i guess you have to take more care of em aka not let em dry like with acrylic?

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[Jon Roark]

I mix only what I paint that day. I don ‘t have several colors mixed on a palette in anticipation of using them because they will dry and that’s that. I have not experienced lifting issues because if the paint is tempered correctly it dries quickly and will allow new layers all out immediately. There’s a lot of similarity to glazing in watercolor or stained glass. Using added semi-transparent layers to create colors. I frequently mix multiple pigments before adding egg to them. I’ll make a purple for example, by mixing lighter reds with lighter blues keep it chilled and adding a little titanium white. A very workable solution to those moments when you realize you are low on a particular color. I use multiple egg yolks mixed with the same amount of distilled water and a drop of white wine or vodka and it’ll stay usable and smell okay for 2-3 weeks as long as I keep it chilled.

[Jon Roark]

Lots of suppliers online for pigments. I use Natural Pigments for most of mine but you have to research sometimes. I clean brushes every time I use them and they last very well. A stay wet palette won’t preserve the paint simply because the egg is going to dry out and/or go bad. I didn’t let my high school students do any grinding of pigments, but they were allowed to watch. The pigment supplier asked for a signed statement that students were only allowed to paint under supervision and never allowed to do any grinding. That was my plan from the beginning so it was no issue for me at all.

[laika]

Jon Roark wrote:

I didn’t let my high school students do any grinding of pigments…

The pigments from NP are already ground finer than I expected; how much more grinding do you do?

Do you prepare your own panels, or what is your preferred surface for painting?

Edit: OK, I see that you use Claybord.

Lamar

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[Jon Roark]

When I began using this method I watched a lot of videos, read several books and artists were putting their pigments on glass plates and using distilled water and a glass pestle to grind the pigments into a paste which  kept in tightly sealed bottles. I would sometimes mix two or more dry pigments and grind them to make a different color. I have somewhat moved away from that and am just mixing dry pigments with yolk to paint. I am noticing from time to time, small dots of pigment in the painting that had never dissolved and I’m beginning to think about revisiting the grinding.

[rose]

i like this.  in my opinion it has a sense of humor

thank you WC artist community for all you feedback!!

[Emily King]

Wow!  That is amazing!

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