| In Luc-Peter Crombé’s first period, irony is very common. In this painting also with tempera technique, the figure, presumably a carnival reveller, is the main motif. Very primitive, fleetingly painted with a few strokes in a vertical composition in warm brown tones. Tempera is made by rubbing dry powdered dyes into a mortar, mixed with eggwhites and water, by hand or with a pestle. eggwhites is itself an emulsion of oily substances and water, in which proteins are dissolved. Once the tempera dries, the water first evaporates, after which the denaturation of the proteins occurs and no longer soluble in water. The oil does not change chemically during the drying process, but keeps the paint layer smooth. |
