Why The Egg Tempera Painting Technique is Amazing

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In this video I answer some of your most asked question about the Egg Tempera Technique. I hope this will be helpful for you!
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Thank you all so much,
Antonis Kosmadakis

[@mariacarnibella6603]

Thank you soo much…..🙏 I’m in Australia and your videos make me happy to learn and receive inspiration 🫶

[@isabs8616]

I love egg tempera, it is fantastic, beautiful result very fast. I think I am going to adopt it for all my paintings.

[@Bebeuspagurapass]

Μαγικό μάθημα, όπως πάντα! Ευχαριστούμε πολύ, Δάσκαλε! 🙏🙏🙏 Ώρα καλή

[@johnmcg8232]

nice to see you friend

[@leonidasCorfu]

Thank you again for everything you do! It is truly appreciated!

[@markcornelius8802]

Another excellent video. Thank you!

[@boris75723]

Beatufil work👍

[@oOIYvYIOo]

mr Antonis this is a beautiful icon. I would like to ask if you use spray lascaux varnish over all the icon painting and gold leaf?

[@bahumdinger8361]

thank you

[@maricarmenestrada2292]

I love your videos...thanks...from mexico

[@Shcreamingreen]

Sir, I would very much enjoy watching you paint Rublev's Holy Trinity and the Sinai Pantocrator. These two are the Holy Grail of iconography and I'm very curious of how you would approach it.

[@YeslynArts]

Enjoyed your video. I use kolinsky brushes for oil painting. They are especially important when doing glazing & impasto. I keep my brushes separate. Meaning oils for oils, Acrylic for acrylics and so on.

[@janzawadzki132]

on canvas we can use tempera grassa too

[@user-sn5cs]

Hi! Thank you so much for the videos there all amazing! You know very well the techniques and its obvious!OK I don t want to be boring! I have a question and i believe you know the answer and i will thankful if you answer me! YOU SAID TO A VIDEO THAT THE EGG TEMPERA MUST BE OVER A NATURAL BASE LIKE RABBIT SKIN GLOU and that is correct! IF I TAKE A READY WOOD FROM A STORE WITH THE PREPARATION ON IT - CAN I PUT RABBIT SKIN GLOU OVER? HOW MANY LAYERS? AND I CAN PUT THE GOMALAKA TO MAKE THE GOLD BACKGROUND! THANK YOU! I HOPE YOU WILL ANSWER ME !THANK YOU!

[@DanaSpremo]

Absolutely beautiful ❤️

[@dimitrispleronakis3941]

Πολύ καλή δουλειά στην τεχνική κρητικής τεχνοτροπίας μπράβο...

[@TheHyphema]

Great video again! You inspired me to try egg tempera, thank you for that. Lots of love from Finland ☺️

[@Fasaiemaryam]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@tiffanyemarkovich7490]

❤

[@BetinaLundkaerJensenartist]

Thank you, it is hard finding good info on egg tempera. I have a question, as I do not want to make my own gesso, I was wondering if anyone has tried egg tempera on watercolorground. Would it work as it is absorbant? I'm going to try Daniel Smith watercolorground on a sealed and gessoed mdf panel! I will be using Sennelier Egg tempera. Thanks, cheers

[@eleftheriasidera4838]

Αν κατάλαβα καλά εφόσον τα υλικά πρέπει να είναι συμβατά μεταξύ τους, είναι εντελώς λάθος η αυγοτεμπερα σε στοκαρισμενη με ακρυλικό στόκο επιφάνεια; Πρακτικά αυτό τί σημαίνει; Ότι δεν στρώνει σωστά το χρώμα ή τί άλλο;

[@shuvoDhar.5537]

Very nice 👍

[@leonardsiebeneicher5550]

Thank you for sharing your videos. It is fascinating to see that you use fingers to do hatching. I love painting with caseine tempera. But acrylic paints I tried were much more viscose. Assuming, viscosity helps to keeps the paint together. We can put it aside for one year and it could still be used. But viscosity changes how the paint behaves. If we drop ink on a kittchen paper, it soaks the ink immediately. We can see how color spreads in the paper. Now, if we put a portion of viscose paint on the kittchen paper, we can observe that the paper cannot soak the paint. We need to thin the paint to enable capilarity. Same happens in a brush. It cannot soak the paint if it is too viscose. To me the brush feels like I am using a soft-flexible palette knive. If I start to dilute the paint to get capillarity working, it seems to me that too much water is needed to get some acrylics fluid. The brush could soak it, but the color lost too much of its strength. Shopping for acrylic paints, often I cannot find information about how much water is needed to get it fluid. So I end up try different brands and test the colors. This month I try low viscosity acrylic paints. It seems to be the best match. They are fluid, and the brush can soak them like watercolor or tempera paint. Please keep it up. Thank you for your inspiring videos.

[@cindylemarier4102]

I thoroughly enjoyed you tutorial! I was amazed to see St. John come to life

[@ThomiBMcIntyre]

I had the privilege to visit several orthodox churches in Russia in 1995 on a school trip. The first time I stood in front of an icon wall was an incredibly intense experience. At that time I was not a spiritual person, but my path since has been influenced by those powerful images. I have painted in all the media you mention as well as watercolor. I really can’t imagine using acrylic and creating powerful and sacred images, it just… has no soul.

[@tanjastanko9127]

Το κοκκινο πλαισιο που βαλατε γηρο γηρο και στα πλα'ι'να της εικονας ειναι με αυγοτεμπερα;

[@myhandlehasbeenmishandled]

I've looked up online but I could not find what is "proplesmos"

[@vasylynatsaryk4712]

Please, tell more about where you studied. Are foreign students able to study there? Thank you

[@theresetannous2454]

Thanks a lot for every video you post ❤️. What kind of red do you use for lips please?

[@paulpamisa7841]

With the help of this video now I have some info on how to paint using egg tempera. The paint was quite amazing and the artist was so pro in using the brushes and the paint. keep up the good work and thank you for giving some great idea and techniques for me to use in my painting project.

[@StephenS-2024]

Incredible work. Really love it.

[@nadanaccouzi2143]

Draw a lamb in the icon thank you

[@kyrilloselgallab5299]

you are always our master thank you very very much.❤❤❤ could I use egg mixed colors for long time by putting them in the refrigerator? is there recommendation about egg emulsion amount to pigment so the painting could live without problem? what is the best varnish for egg tempera icons?

[@njmccormackgmail]

Refrigerator, 5-7 days ( depends on temperature and bacteria where you live)

[@ΔιονύσιοςΓιαννίκης]

Καλημέρα !!! Πώς θα μπορούσα να επικοινωνήσω μαζί σας ; Ευχαριστώ πολύ εκ των προτέρων

[@PaintingtheLight]

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[@lingfeng2940]

Thank you very much !😆

[@iamshaman]

I'm just stuck on the supplies needed to even start something like this. I'd love to paint a large wooden wardrobe. I think it would serve as a good base, but all the supplies required to paint in this fashion are totally outside of my experience level

[@markcornelius8802]

I think that creating the traditional gesso surface would be a big hurdle on a project such as you describe. If there's a shortcut for that, I haven't heard Antonis mention it 🙂

[@fevronija]

Gret tips, as always!🙏

[@MP-uz5ks]

Πολύ ωραίο βίντεο. Έχω μια ερώτηση, κρατάει αυγοτέμπερα πάνω στο χρυσό;;; Σ'ένα μάθημα αγιογραφίας που πήγα μας έμαθαν οτι μπορούμε να ζωγραφίζουμε μόνο με ακρυλικά στο χρυσό, αλλιώς θα ξεφλουδίζει με τον καιρό. Βλέπω στο βίντεο όμως το αντίθετο.

[@pericleskormas9906]

Η απάντηση είναι ότι μπορεί.

[@harmaseleduard8238]

Όταν χρησιμοποιώ αυγό, εγώ βάζω χολή βοδιού στο χρυσό, στα σημεία που θα μπει ύστερα το χρώμα (π.χ. στα γράμματα). Βοηθάει αυτό ή είναι μύθος?

[@pericleskormas9906]

@@harmaseleduard8238 Βέβαια, πολύ σωστά. Αρκεί να έχει μονιμοποιηθει προηγουμένως με λούστρο η χρυσωμενη επιφάνεια.

[@kikkuca]

Where i must put color on gold like the write of Saint or to the edges of the Saint i use garlic

[@encu1670]

❤️❤️❤️ μπορείτε να κάνετε μια εικόνα με τον άγιο Νικηφόρο?...

[@YMeDoyElLujazo]

What saint is this

[@pericleskormas9906]

Saint John the Baptist.

[@YMeDoyElLujazo]

@@pericleskormas9906 thanks alot