Egg Tempera - Burnt Umber 21ML

Manufacturer	Sennelier
Model Number	ETS202

Sennelier 202 egg tempera is a transparent paint with excellent lightfastness and opacity. The paint is made with premium quality pigments and is bound with an centuries old egg emulsion recipe. The paint has working qualities and a finish that are only found in authentic egg tempera made in this traditional manner. The delicate colors hold their brush strokes, and do not change when dry. The paint can be worked with a brush or a palette knife (diluted with water) on non-greasy supports like acrylic primed canvas or paper. Preliminary sketches can be drawn on canvases, followed by oil paints. Pronounced impasto techniques are not recommended for egg tempera.

Sennelier uses the same premium quality pigments in this line of egg tempera as they do in their oil paints, assuring the same unequaled vibrancy and brilliance as in the Sennelier oils. It is bound with an centuries old egg emulsion recipe, giving a satin-matt finish that is water resistant when dry. Sennelier egg tempera have working qualities and a finish that are only found in authentic egg tempera made in this traditional manner. These delicate colours hold their brush strokes, and do not change when dry. They can be worked with a brush or a palette knife (diluted with water) on non-greasy supports like acrylic primed canvas or paper. Preliminary sketches can be drawn on canvases, followed by oil paints. Pronounced impasto techniques are not recommended for egg tempera.

Varnished egg tempera paintings look like oil paintings when varnished. It is recommended to give a finished egg tempera painting a coating of charcoal or pastel fixative before applying a final oil paint picture varnish.

Number: 202Lightfastness: ExcellentOpacity: TransparentPigments: PB35