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October 6, 2015 by princigal_admin

What is it? Last week, we took a look at oil paints and acrylic paints, but this week's topic is a painting medium that predates both of them--egg tempera. Egg tempera is an ancient type of paint that is made by mixing powdered dry pigments with egg ...

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Filed Under: Fine Art Tagged With: ancient art, Andrew Wyeth, Art, Colin Fraser, Egg Tempera, Egyptian art, Events, exhibitions, figurative painting, fine art, landscape, live painting, michelangelo, Painting, Renaissance, Sandro Botticelli, still life, technique, Technique Tuesdays

February 17, 2015 by princigal_admin

  What is it? This week we're taking a look at a technique called "sfumato" (pronounced sfoo-mah-toh). This is also a word with its origin in -you guessed it!- the Italian language. The word is derived from the verb "fumare", which means "to ...

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: da Vinci, figures, fine art, landscapes, Lisa Gloria, Martin Poole, oil paint, Painting, Paula Rubino, portrait, Renaissance, Sandro Botticelli, sfumato, smoke, technique, Technique Tuesdays

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