Egg Tempera

Okay, so I haven't exactly followed up on my "one post a week" plan. At all. But I was very busy last week... working at Kate Donnelly's ART CAMP! WOOHOO! Unfortunately I don't have any pictures this time, but last week's camp was all about painting. And we even made our own tempera paint out of eggs! It's super easy to make, and you can get really pretty colors that create a shine once dry. You just can't be too squeamish.
EGG TEMPERA PAINT (for about 1/2 cup of paint, but that may not be an accurate measurement at all. It's enough for more than one small painting.):

1. Separate two eggs- make sure to take the outer membrane of the yolk off. To do this, hold the yolk over the bowl in one hand, and pinch the membrane/skin with the other hand's index finger and thumb. The yolk should start to seep out, and then you can hold it with just your two fingers until all of the yolk is in the bowl. In the meantime, you can use the other halves of the eggs to make a couple egg white omelets or a souffle.
2. Add as much water as there is yolk into the bowl.
3. Add two drops (use an eyedropper) of vinegar to the bowl.
4. Mix.
5. Now time for the pigment! You can use pigment from a store, or try to find your own things to use! Whatever you add should be crushed up very finely, like charcoal to make black paint. We also tried out paprika and cloves. Don't add just one pigment to the paint: separate the egg mixture on a palate so you can add as many different pigments as you'd like. We used these plastic deviled egg carriers for storage:

This kind of tempera paint is more like pretty water color paint with the water already added, not that gloopy stuff that you used in elementary school.