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Recent Examples of tempera
The three were a match: they were all made using egg tempera and oil paint, along with two coats of gesso used as a base.
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Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Layered hues from green through shades of golden ocher down to umber—in classic tempera painting, this would be exactly the understructure for (white) skin tones.
—Moritz Scheper, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2024
Writing on a computer and MIDI just doesn’t translate the same way, like oil versus tempera versus digital painting.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Mar. 2024
Oils, temperas and charcoals will mingle to create a distinctive depiction of Southern Chile.
—Holly Jones, Variety, 30 Oct. 2023
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Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Layered hues from green through shades of golden ocher down to umber—in classic tempera painting, this would be exactly the understructure for (white) skin tones.
—Moritz Scheper, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2024
Writing on a computer and MIDI just doesn’t translate the same way, like oil versus tempera versus digital painting.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Mar. 2024
Oils, temperas and charcoals will mingle to create a distinctive depiction of Southern Chile.
—Holly Jones, Variety, 30 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tempera
Noun
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Every aspect of each design, from sketching to gouache rendering to fabrication, is a product of the human hand.—
Kyle Roderick,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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From a medieval English baptismal font with its original stucco intact (Blumka Gallery, D7) to a strangely jubilant gouache of a volcanic eruption in 1830 (Hill-Stone, D3), the fair still leans on museum-grade objects that boast enough oddity to beckon the wallets of collectors.—
Walker Mimms,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Men show up in full suits often in shades of baby blue, butter yellow, mint, and other pastels.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
29 Apr. 2025
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Studio Bosko, founded by architect Kasia Kronberger, was presented with a wish list starting with one item at the top: to create a multifunctional home with a palette that wasn’t limited to whites and pale pastels.—
Eva Morell,
Architectural Digest,
27 Apr. 2025
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As watercolor materials incorporated gum arabic, the printing industry would soon also come to rely on the substance.—
Erik Zou,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Apr. 2025
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Art is everywhere in food, from doodles on condiment packaging to watercolors on plates and tea towels.—
Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
22 Apr. 2025
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To be considered low-risk and ready for adoption, each animal must have tested negative for distemper at least once, have been in Fort Worth Animal Care for at least 21 days, have received at least two rounds of vaccinations including boosters and have been cleared by shelter staff, officials said.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Apr. 2025
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Infected female dogs can also spread distemper to their puppies via placenta.—
Olivia Munson,
USA TODAY,
28 Sep. 2024
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If your nails are naturally short, achieving almond perfection might require the help of acrylic nails or extensions.—
Ariana Yaptangco,
Glamour,
28 Apr. 2025
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Arroyo memorializes ordinary buildings at risk of being swept up in the tide of gentrification in Miami through his paintings, while Simmons creates with concrete, fabric, acrylic, found objects and construction debris to form architectural sculptures and mixed media works.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 Apr. 2025
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Fantasy 5 is a drawing game that offers tickets starting at $1.—
Simone Jasper,
Miami Herald,
25 Apr. 2025
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The Mega Millions jackpot rose to $60 million ahead of Friday’s drawing after no one matched all the winning numbers on Tuesday.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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The etchings reveal plenty of traces of European pilgrims, too, including the autograph, dating back to the 1400s, of a German pilgrim named Johannes Poloner, who later wrote a detailed account of his journey to Jerusalem.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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The etchings reflect the 13-month lunar calendars the tribes used, with a different design on each of the 13 scales on a snapping turtle’s back.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Tempera.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tempera. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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