Monday, February 10, 2020

Painting with Tempera

Painting with tempera is very exciting and challenging!

Artists need to think carefully about their idea, to see if tempera is the right choice.
If your idea is small or has lots of details, drawing might be a better choice.

If your idea is a single image, and it's a simple shape, then tempera might be the perfect choice.

Lets look at some examples.








Landscapes are very interesting in tempera, just keep the parts of your landscape simple.



The colors of tempera always look exciting and vibrant, but not very realistic.
What if you used different colors like pink trees, yellow mountains and black rivers?






Sometimes artists like to fill their paper with colors, instead of making a picture.
That can be a good idea, as long as you have a plan for adding details later.

Maybe white brush strokes to create patterns and shapes?




Or take your painted paper to collage as a background?



 "Drawing" with a brush on top of colorful paper.













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