In Egg Tempera on Wooden Panels by Fleur Kelly

Techniques used by Byzantine Icon Painters.
Medieval and Italian Renaissance Painters

• Preparing wooden panels.
• Stretching linen
• Making and laying gesso
• Bole
• Laying of gold leaf
• Painting in egg tempera
• Impressed decoration by stamping
• Glazes
• Specialist suppliers
• Basic equipment

Useful background reading on technique

• The book of the Art of Cennino Cennini - Dover
• Vasani on Techniques - Dover
• The Artists Handbook of Materials and Techniques, Ralph Mayer - Faber and Faber