Forum: The Forum for Tempera Painting Issues
12-05-15, 06:13 PM
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Kolinsky sable brushes in the US
Just a note to John and all of you that yes, there was some importing issue of a certain kind going on for years with a number of the suppliers of some of the best sable brushes available out there,...
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Forum: The Forum for Tempera Painting Issues
03-08-13, 06:01 PM
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Forum: The Forum for Tempera Painting Issues
01-08-13, 10:50 PM
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Replies: 12
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Forum: The Forum for Tempera Painting Issues
07-07-13, 09:18 PM
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Forum: Other Art Related Issues
01-07-13, 05:32 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 7,008
Mona
Awww, Eric, thank you, I just saw this tonite! Doing better, thanks for your good words.
God bless, Mona
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Forum: The Forum for Tempera Painting Issues
02-03-13, 09:12 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 28,636
Animal Glue
Koo, I hope you know that as a working professional artist I care deeply about conservation issues, and yet you are the most scrutinizing of us out there except perhaps for Bron, but now I tease just...
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Forum: The Forum for Tempera Painting Issues
27-02-13, 08:30 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 28,636
Animal Glue
Koo, thank you so much for going over all of this, it's fascinating!! It's great to have everyone's input as well, including George's.
Mona
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Forum: The Forum for Tempera Painting Issues
27-02-13, 08:06 PM
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Replies: 11
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Painting on New Surfaces with Egg Tempera
Perhaps starting a new thread is worthwhile stemming from Koo's questions about painting in egg tempera on copper, or on true gesso on copper. At least I am personally finding the topic fascinating....
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Forum: The Forum for Tempera Painting Issues
10-12-12, 06:45 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 44,219
Tempera, Shellac, Oil
Thanks Ramesh, it's very interesting to see the before and after of your non-isolated oil-glazed egg tempera, plus it's a beautiful portrait! At least one other person has told me she is not...
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Forum: The Forum for Tempera Painting Issues
09-12-12, 07:20 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 44,219
Tempera Shellac, Oil
Hi Ramesh (VK), and thanks for your reply. It was a water-based varnish that I used, and yet when I tried it I was not aware that MSA varnish existed. Since you brought it up, I'm reading up on...
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Forum: The Forum for Tempera Painting Issues
06-12-12, 05:08 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 44,219
Tempera, Shellac, Oil
db, thanks for weighing in on my question, and to clarify, I'm asking the question about the isolating layer because my aim is to paint in oil on top of an isolated egg tempera for a mixed media...
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Forum: The Forum for Tempera Painting Issues
01-12-12, 05:24 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 44,219
Tempera, Shellac, Oil
I've been re-reading this informative thread lately, and I wanted to add a few things and ask a question of the varnish experts on the forum.
First, I must say that I feel the same as Koo about...
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Forum: Introduce Yourself
05-10-12, 02:45 AM
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problems joining the forum
Hi All,
Do any of our moderators know if there is currently any problem for a new person trying to join the forum, and whether or not we are officially still open to new members? Over the past...
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Forum: The Forum for Tempera Painting Issues
29-07-12, 06:37 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 20,436
Tempera Grassa
VK,
A little off-topic, and I've mentioned this before on the Forum, so forgive me if it's a repeat. I agree that the chemistry is different when using tube pigments with egg yolk, and perhaps...
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Forum: The Forum for Tempera Painting Issues
29-07-12, 06:18 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 44,219
Tempera, Shellac, Oil
What a great thread! I'm enjoying the interchanges & info, thanks everyone. I don't have much to add right now, except that I sympathize with and feel the same as Koo about the importance of having...
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Forum: The Forum for Tempera Painting Issues
29-07-12, 06:09 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 12,433
working with lapis lazuli
P.S., John, I goofed in my most recent previous post in one respect, the lapis you bought was from Cornelissen, and I did in fact look it up on Cornelissen in order to respond, so that's what I...
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Forum: The Forum for Tempera Painting Issues
29-07-12, 06:05 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 12,433
working with lapis lazuli
Hi John, sorry so slow, I only make it onto the Forum about once a month or so. To some extent questions about color mixing are too tough to securely answer online with everyone's monitor indicating...
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Forum: The Forum for Tempera Painting Issues
18-05-12, 07:13 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 20,436
Tempera Grassa
Koo, thanks for these links. That Ghent Altarpiece website is AWESOME! That is one of my all-time favorite masterworks. Around 1980 I bought a monochromatic print of the singing angels portion...
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Forum: The Forum for Tempera Painting Issues
10-05-12, 10:50 PM
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Replies: 9
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Help! Why does the paint flake off?
Hi Elizabeth,
I have two more thoughts for you. One is, you mentioned diluting the egg with a small amount of water, and normally the ratio is about 1 to 1, or 50% yolk to 50% water. Sometimes...
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Forum: The Forum for Tempera Painting Issues
08-05-12, 06:21 AM
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Replies: 2
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Processing Earth Pigments
Koo, what an interesting find! There was an egg tempera painter I mentioned in a lecture (but do I still have those notes??) who I read about because she was excavating her own pigment for all her...
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Forum: The Forum for Tempera Painting Issues
08-05-12, 06:12 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 12,433
working with lapis lazuli
Thanks to Koo and everyone who shared info. about lapis lazuli. Koo, you make some very practical points about whether it is really worth using compared to modern blues. My feeling is, the pigment...
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Forum: The Forum for Tempera Painting Issues
26-03-12, 11:04 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 6,605
True Gesso on Ceramic
Koo, you might try asking Elizabeth Berdann. When I asked her about her surface on some of the pieces in the show you two shared (last yr.?), she mentioned that she was working on ceramic disks that...
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Forum: The Forum for Tempera Painting Issues
21-02-12, 07:58 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 12,433
working with lapis lazuli
Since my last post on this topic, I have tried mixing lapis lazuli with Kremer Ultramarine Blue Very Dark and with Kremer Cobalt Cerulean Blue, and mixing seemed to go fairly well.
I would still...
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Forum: The Forum for Tempera Painting Issues
21-02-12, 07:55 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 12,402
how to make a thin thin glaze
I would agree with all that Bron is saying being factors too, but erring on the side of caution, too much water is not a good thing, irrespective of the thinness of the glaze. My glazes are usually...
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Forum: The Forum for Tempera Painting Issues
29-01-12, 08:29 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 12,433
working with lapis lazuli
Gainor, I don't have many comparisons to base this on either, but I paid just $28 for 50 grams, which sounds consistent with the prices on naturalpigments.com Here is a link to the Natural Pigments...
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