Question

Answer the following question in 1-2 complete sentences.

Picture 1: A woman breastfeeding a baby. The woman is looking at the baby. The baby is looking at the viewer. There are two arched windows in the background. Picture 2: A painting of the left side and back of a man seated in a chair. He is looking at a newspaper. He has orange hair, green skin, and a purple jacket.
Determine from the lesson which painting media was used to create each image above. What vehicle and binder were used for each?

Answer 1

Picture 1 is egg tempera—pigment bound with egg yolk (binder) and carried/thinned with water (vehicle). Picture 2 is an oil painting—pigment bound in a drying oil (typically linseed oil as the binder) and thinned/carried with a solvent such as turpentine or mineral spirits (the vehicle).