I was inspired to try Egg Tempera paints after seeing the incredible works created by a friend of mine, Brian Hendrickson. While I have yet to create anything I feel holds a candle to his work, I find egg tempera to be an interesting medium and have been pretty happy with the results so far.

Egg Tempera is the oldest medium in existence, next to encaustic. I am currently using The Earth Pigments Company  natural pigments. These are transferred in small amounts onto a palette or mixing cup, and mixed with a tiny amount of water to make a paste, then egg yolk is added as a binder. A drop of clove oil is added as a preservative, which I think makes the paintings smell nice! I then add water to the pigment mixture as desired for washes and paint layers. I have only done a few so far, but watch for more to come.