Tempera Notebook

Painting—gilded ladybug timelapse

Watch my process as a paint a ladybug from several photo references. I used a drybrush technique to paint from light to dark.

Process of painting a ladybug on a 3 x 3 in birch panel prepared with absorbent acrylic ground. Materials: Handmade egg tempera binder with pigments Red Ochr...

Technical Note

Support: Da Vinci Pro Birch Panel (3 x 3 in)
Ground: Golden Absorbent Ground
Pigments:
  • Red Ochre
  • Burnt Umber
  • Sap Green
  • French Vermilion
  • Alizarin Scarlet
  • Ivory Black
  • Titanium White
  • ProcessKatie Toepp