Egg tempera for an ancient, homemade painting look!
I'm not sure how many people will enjoy a set like this, but I decided it would be fun to put out for people who enjoy historical painting like me. First, a mini-lesson on painting history:
TEMPERA paint (the delicious fried food is tempura) is a mixture of a dry pigment and a wet binding agent, traditionally egg yolks. It's one of the world's first types of paints, used by ancient Egypt, Greece, India, & China, and is surprisingly long lasting, with samples dating back to 1st century CE. Tempera paint was the main painting medium of choice in the western world until linseed oil paints began to overtake it in the 1500s.
Tempera paint is a funny thing to paint with: it dries quickly so it cannot be blended on canvas. It is transparent and leaves brush strokes behind. The best way to mix and add interesting spots to your painting is to hatch! It is a challenge, but it is a fun one that can help teach you patience and new ways to look at things.
With that out of the way, this set is based on tempera. It is meant to get that old fashioned look, from tomb paintings to illuminated manuscripts and bestiaries. Here's something I painted below:
(A medieval goth... it's a bad pun ;w; )
Let's talk about the brushes themselves. As usual, feel free to adjust these to your liking. I like having "random color each stroke" on so the streaks are more obvious, but I'll turn it off or readjust it to suit the color.
Clover: A flat brush with a curved tip, like a clover.
Big Bunch: Good at covering a lot of area, shows a bit of bristle, but not much.
Organic Bunch: The same tip as the previous brush, but with a different texture & different pressure. Great for hatching & hair strokes.
Fine: The itsy bitsy detail brush!
Wood Primer - A wood texture in brush form. You can lay down thin sheets of color to paint on top of for an underpainting, or use it to add in extra texture. A lot of temperas were wood panel paintings, so I decided a wood texture would be good.
Wood Lines - A paint brush with both a grain texture & wooden lines. A mix between the flat brush & the primer. Dual Brush.
Solid Flat - A very solid but grainy flat brush. Great for blocking in color.
Hollow Stroke - For a stroke that spreads out unevenly. Great for texture building & bold marks. Dual brush.
Line Bunch - Good for fake hatching and blending. Harder to use at small sizes.
Flat Lines - A line brush with a transparent flat overlay. Another good brush for texturing & information adding. Dual brush.
Good Rake - I like this rake the best, does a good job at most sizes. Texture, hair, fur, hatching, shading, etc..
If you want the streaky look, you're going to have to hatch by hand. Even the bristle brushes can't save you. Personally, I don't mind, but I am certifiably insane and like hatching by hand. I do suggest trying it if you have the time, but I understand a lot of Clip Studio users use the program to streamline their process.
You also get a few extra crack textures to add some oldness to your painting:
Thanks for having a look, hope you enjoy using these!
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