In today's article, I suggest you consider a section of paintings titled – easel painting. Easel painting is a painting, made on a lathe or an easel. Divided by type of performance, such as tempera paintings and oil paintings. Both of these methods are characterized, above all, the basis for the difference in the pigment. Tem uses a base of water, and oil paintings are based respectively on oil and derivatives. Temperature – from the Latin temperare, which means – to mix, soften, subdue, Tempera colors at different times and have different bases for mixing pigments.

For example, in ancient times used to do this egg yolk, and in the Renaissance (Renaissance) used egg white to which was added honey or fig juice. But all of these reasons is always diluted with water, which united the ancient times to the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Technique of distemper is very complicated, you can not mix their paints to apply thin coats. In order to achieve tonal transitions necessary to impose a single layer on the other hand, the identification of a tempera achieved by shading or changing colors of pigment. All these challenges require a special mold the character of the painter of his letter.

For artists working with tempera technique is characterized by a certain rigidity, clarity and the severity of the execution of painting. The big plus of tempera painting is, of course, uniform drying, unlike oil paints, which give a crack at desiccation. Varnish used in tempera, made from resin and hemp juice, with artists seeking to strengthen its luster painting. Temperature, is as different from painting, relief of paint on the canvas where the artist wants the viewer to transmit more light colors superimposed over a thin layer and where there are shadows there are already whole Stannaries deposits paint layers, this difference provides an interesting texture and pattern.