tempera

Example Sentences

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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

The large tempera painting shows a group of colorfully clad people on a lawn, some eating or playing music, while others seem to be dancing.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 13, 2023

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

Egg tempera is difficult and messy, painstaking and, at first, heartbreaking.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood