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tempera

[tem-per-uh] / ˈtɛm pər ə /


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For those, however, who take their painting with a dash of the occult, the tempera panels of Bu Shi at Sarahcrown will delight.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Once the primer dried, she painted over it with metallic silver tempera paint.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 14, 2022

The colorized works are made of contemporary materials, including plaster casts, synthetic marble, marble, cast bronze, and 3D-printed polymethyl methacrylate, covered with marble plaster and painted in tempera with pigments based on original formulations.

From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2022

One of them, a tiny prayer book from the 15th century, is leather-bound with egg-based tempera paint and touches of gold leaf on parchment.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2022

Or I paint in egg tempera, the technique of monks.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood




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