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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

The present tense is moving forward, discarding concept after concept, and I am off to the side somewhere, fiddling with egg tempera and flat surfaces, as if the twentieth century has never happened.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood




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