tempera
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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
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
He preferred tempera, a medium he loved because it dried quickly and enabled him to achieve a feeling of decay.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2022
Or I paint in egg tempera, the technique of monks.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
Vocabulary lists containing tempera
Visual Arts - High School
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Art History
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Visual Arts - Middle School
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