Eggs Yolks and Paint Brushes

Friday, Fellows gathered in the farmhouse Castrabecco where we learned all about one of the favorite painting methods of the Renaissance... egg tempera. Egg tempera is a permanent, fast-drying painting medium that consists of mixing powdered color pigments with the yolk of a fresh chicken's egg. Some notable works that were painted using this egg tempera technique include Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus" and Piero della Francesca's "The Flagellation of Christ."

Dana instructing us on how to make these yolk-based paints... 

A "hands-on" activity...

Fellow Rasha Abbas (CRF2017) and Director's Guest Henri Cole (DG2017) using the colors they created...