PORTRAIT IN EGG TEMPERA MASTERCLASS- WITH ARTIST ROBIN-LEE HALL – 11 APRIL 2026

Join artist Robin-Lee Hall for a masterclass in how to paint in the ancient medium of egg tempera.

Egg tempera is a beautifully delicate medium, allowing you to build luminescent layers and fine detail. The medium was used by artists such as Sandro Botticelli and Leonardo da Vinci, and helped to define their painting and drawing styles.

The process of creating an egg tempera painting is unlike any other painting medium. There are no harmful solvents involved, just powdered pigment mixed with egg and water. It feels at first like watercolour and dries just as quickly. However, successive layers of paint create a luminous colour saturated finish. The medium also allows you to create intricate detail and layering of mark making to create volumous surfaces.

Join us to draw with pure colour!

Outline of the day
Participants will learn how to make their own paint, learn about raw pigments, mix colour and handle the medium. This will then be applied to developing a small work, either from still life or a reference image. All materials are provided.

Your Tutor
Robin-Lee Hall is a prize-winning artist and Past President of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. She works primarily in egg tempera, but also uses other mediums including digital drawing on an iPad. Robin lectures and delivers workshops at the National Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery and the Royal Academy of Arts.

Her work has been exhibited widely, in and around London, including the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and in the National Portrait Gallery’s Portrait Award.

Portrait in Egg Tempera with Robin-Lee Hall
Saturday 11 April
10-4.30pm
£110 All materials included

VENUE:
Artizan Street Library & Community Centre 1 Artizan Street London E1 7AF