Sennelier Artists Egg Tempera

Comments about Sennelier Artists Egg Tempera:

I have always used Daler Rowney egg tempera paints, but they apear to be no longer available in the US.

I ordered Sennelier Cobalt blue and this is not Cobalt - it is more like Ultramarine - unsubtle and harsh!

Please bring back Daler Rowney!

Comments about Sennelier Artists Egg Tempera:

Paint with it

Comments about Sennelier Artists Egg Tempera:

few provide tempera in a tube.

Comments about Sennelier Artists Egg Tempera:

Sennelier Egg Tempera is an excellent paint. great pigment density, consistent from batch to batch. I use egg tempera as an alternative to either oil or acrylic paint, and this is the superior brand on the market. This brand is generally superior in all its products, and I would trust anything they produce.

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Super excellent

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This is a follow-up to my previous review regarding the problem with the tube caps getting stuck with hardened paint around it resulting in split tubes. Solution: soak the tube cap-side down in just enough warm water to submerge the cap. Wait until the hardened paint around the cap softens. It will take several minutes and occasionally try gently twisting the cap until it gives -- and it will, eventually. This will save you from twisting a stuck cap too forcefully and save you the tube. Hope this tip helps.

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I bought about 20 different colors of Sennelier's egg tempera and 2 tubes hardened while another 2 tubes had their caps stuck, and one leaked. The tubes are very soft and pliable, so once a cap is stuck, twisting the cap will also twist the tube at which point the tube will split. When this happened, I had to cut the bottom of the tube and squeeze out the remaining paint into a small airtight plastic container. I did the same for the paint that had hardened in the tubes, but the paint I managed to squeeze out was very gritty. The one tube that leaked stunk so bad I had to lyzolize my paintbox! This brand of egg tempera emulsion is convenient but won't replace traditional egg tempera. I also wish Sennelier would package these differently to minimize the problems that I experienced.

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I've been painting with tempera for several years now, and, while I make the majority of my own paints from pigment now, I always keep certain selections from the Sennelier palette on hand. The advantage of these pre-mixed tempera paints is that they are pretty much perfectly tempered (and that's the trick for tempera artists) so that they make an excellent way for beginners to learn what properly mixed tempera paint looks and acts like. It's a much more forgiving way to learn a tough technique. The advantage lies chiefly in the fact that this paint does not require the fuss of a binding emulsion. It's already in there and stabilized. Just thin with a little water, or perhaps a little white wine. Even for experienced tempera painters these paints are an excellent tool, especially for glazing. All the colors are really excellent, but my favorites by far are the ochres and the reds, the saturation of which is almost hypnotic.

And the Sennelier name is synonymous with a tradition of excellence. This brand has been the paint of choice for more than one great artist. Buy them. Use them. They're worth the money.