Introduction to the medium and the subject for high school Art 1 students

1. Still Life Painting
With Tempera

2. Still life is a traditional
subject in painting and
drawing
 They can show off an artist’s skill in realism
 Romans painted them in fresco on the walls
of their homes, often as background
 Netherlands artists in 1600s created a fashion
for them as a stand-alone subject

3. Paint
• Ground: receiving surface
• Pigment: coloring agent
• Binder: the “glue” that determines paint
type
Acrylic: liquid plastic
Oil: linseed (flax) or other veg oil
Casein: milk
Watercolor: agar gum
Fresco: water and plaster
Tempera: egg yolk

4. Did you say Egg Yolk?!!
http://www.bieduo.com/tag/egg-yolk/

5. Well, yes, but…
our school
tempera
paint is
REALLY an
opaque (not
see through)
watercolor
http://www.demco.com/goto?BLK6076

6. And now some examples of
tempera still life paintings
No, not by one of our
students…
Groundhog Day
by Andrew Wyeth
Posted on Leah Waichulis Fine Art
blog. That’s how these things
get around.
• http://www.leahwaichulis.com/2010/01/groundhog-day-by-andrew-
wyeth.html

7. Still Life Paintings by Ms. Henson’s 8th grade
http://karenhensonart.blogspot.com/

8. Karen Henson
Is a K-8
Art teacher
In Longmont,
Colorado
http://artatcva.blogspot.com/

9. Still Life with Apples, Jame Hayes
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/still-life-with-apples-jame-hayes.html

10. Jame C. Hayes was born in
Keokuk, Iowa.
He was educated at the
University of Iowa, earning a
B.F.A. in painting and
drawing and a M.A. in Art
Education.
Jame primarily works on
medium to large scale
paintings and drawings.
Jame works in various media
with drawing and primarily
acrylics for painting.
James' works are held in
many private collections.
Jame does custom works
upon request.
Jame works in many themes
with baseball mitts and
Jame C. Hayes
tornadoes being his current
long term themes.
Jame currently teaches
Junior High art and resides http://jame-hayes.fineartamerica.com/
in Muscatine, Iowa.

11. Little Peasant
Ioana Prisacariu, Oslo Area, Norway
graphic designer (multimedia and web publishing)
http://www.angeloti.info/arts_and_crafts/paintings/LittlePeasant.jpg

12. Requirements for Tempera
Still Life Painting
•Use 18 x 24” white bond paper and tempera paint: r, y, blu, bla, wh only
•Start with an underpainting in water-thinned tempera working out shapes,
colors, placement of shapes from observation. Do not pencil start with
pencil.
•Develop the painting by mixing colors on both palette and ground and
applying background to foreground, large to small shapes, thin to thick paint
consistency, large to small brushes, details and linework last.
•More mixed colors are better than unmixed colors; keep colors clean not
muddy (accidental blends of 3)
•Look every few seconds at the still life set up in order to adjust
composition for value, proportion, placement and details. Pay as much
attention to background as foreground or zero in on the set up.
•Remember: changes in a painting demand more changes, depending on what
your eyes see at this stage.

13. Still Life Tempera
Painting
Presentation
by
Sandra Whitmore
October, 2011