EGG TEMPERA - Set - SENNELIER - 21ml Tubes - STARTER SET - 5 assorted

A non-yellowing and water dilutable artist grade paint, its creamy consistency gives a fluid touch, drying quickly with a satin-matt finish. A great alternative to acrylic or oil paints.

Generally applied in thin layers that can be superimposed, but texture can be painted in while keeping brushstrokes.

If lightly applied, Tempera facilitates layering, its covering power is remarkable.

The Tempera colour can be applied to canvas, wood, cardboard and many other prepared supports.

• Cardboard outer containing five 21ml tubes, 1 each Titanium White, Lemon Yellow, Alizarin Crimson, Ultramarine Blue and Ivory Black.

Use for under-painting for oil Paints, perfect for Plein Air painting, for the sketch or the full artwork.

In the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, artists who did not use oils, used the Egg Tempera, with their artworks very well preserved.

Luminous colours and many made with only one pigment.

Tempera formulated by Gustave Sennelier in 1895 is an emulsion of natural products, based on the recipes of the masters of the 16th century and consists of egg yolk, pure non-yellowing vegetable oil, Gum Arabic, natural balms for the binder and selected pigments (mainly mineral pigments).

The artist Marc Chagall used Egg Tempera and Mark Rothko bought a lot of Egg Tempera at the Sennelier shop in Paris.

These colours are ground in the "old-fashioned" way with stone millstones in accordance with tradition. This ancient recipe gives the tones an exceptional freshness and a great luminosity.

After drying for a few months, the work can be varnished either with a watercolour varnish to preserve it in its initial state or with an oil paint varnish to give the Tempera the appearance of oil.