Seriously the best investment as we’ve had our bottles for years.Īs soon as my one year old began mixing the purple into the egg yolk, my older daughter commented on how purple and orange mix together to make brown. My favorite paint to add are Sax Liquid Watercolors. The bottles are inexpensive, last forever, and come in a huge range of colors. My 3.5 year old chose three colors to add: Purple, Sparkly Red, and Sparkly Blue. Separate the yolks from the whites, and drop one yolk into each of your bowls. Step two: Mix food coloring or liquid watercolors into the egg.Step one: Separate the yolks from the whites, and drop one yolk into each of your bowls.This project doesn’t take very long to set up, kids will enjoy making their own paint from eggs (unless they’re allergic or hate eggs, of course), and once the paint dries it has a gorgeous, shimmery patina that makes it painting-worthy. I borrowed this recipe from Kid’n’Kaboodle, and if you click over there you’ll find an enormous list of recipes that will keep your little artists busy for a long time.
Interesting, right? So this is where those big, bright bottles of kid-friendly tempera paint get their name from. And when they were tempered with eggs, they were called egg tempered paints and eventually earned the nickname Egg Tempera. To make egg tempera paint, powdered pigments culled from things such as stones, sticks, bones, and the earth were mixed with water and then tempered with a binding agent such as an egg. History of Egg Tempera Paintĭo you know the history of egg tempera paint? It’s quite interesting, actually.Įgg tempera was wildly popular amongst Early Renaissance artists (Botticelli, Giotto, Fra Angelico) and then fell out of use with the Late Renaissance artists (Leonard da Vinci, Michelangelo) when oil paint was introduced. I’ve been interested in whipping up a batch of homemade egg tempera paint for a while, and was eager to try this with my kids. This paint is beyond simple, made from eggs and food coloring, and it will last indefinitely once dry.
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Today I’m sharing how to make homemade tempera paint.
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