March 15, 2012 · 1:35 pm
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Painted Eggs

Painting eggs is a popular activity and tradition this time of year, and there’s no shortage of styles to explore. Think of intricate and detailed designs on Ukrainian Easter eggs, experiments with marbling, speckling and layering, wonderful little characters emerging from creative minds, and of course the unexpected. Artists provide inspiration for so many things, so why not for eggs?

The American artist, Roy Lichtenstein, was born in 1923 and was well known for his work in the Pop Art style. For a number of years, he adapted images from comic books and turned them into large-scale paintings filled with thick black outlines, primary colours, and lots and lots of dots. Dots, comics, and bright colours? Sounds like a winning combination to entice children into a little egg painting.

Materials

  • hard boiled eggs
  • acrylic paint in black, yellow, red and blue
  • paint brushes

Instructions

1. Hard boil some eggs and allow them to cool overnight. Keep them at room temperature for painting.

2. In the mean time, do an internet search or browse through some books for images of Roy Lichtenstein’s work, which you will be using for inspiration. In keeping with his playful style, use the three primary colours and black as your palette for painting these eggs. When painting, focus on one side of the egg at a time, allowing it to dry before working on the other side.

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88 responses to “Painted Eggs”

  1. The Monko
    March 19, 2012 at 4:51 pm

    These look really great seem s a shame to use hard boiled eggs and have to eat them (or leave them to go stinky). Think if mine were going to look as good as yours I might use blown eggs instead. I love the pop art theme, I’m going to give this a go.

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  4. claire
    March 20, 2012 at 12:55 pm

    These are super love them.Thanks for joining us at Creative Mondays 🙂

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  5. crystal
    March 20, 2012 at 10:43 pm

    these are so cute! I love the comic book look! 🙂

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  6. Christine
    March 21, 2012 at 1:34 pm

    This is so COOL!!! I love the comic graphics on them!

    Thanks so much for sharing this at The DIY Dreamer… From Dream To Reality!

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  7. maggy, red ted art
    March 21, 2012 at 1:48 pm

    Oooh fabulous eggs! I can’t believe you broke them in the end – a real artist!!!!

    Thanks for sharing on Kids Get Crafty!

    Maggy & Alissa

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    • artclubblog
      March 22, 2012 at 8:51 am

      Your welcome, and thanks for dropping by. I’m glad your comment finally made it through. About the broken eggs, if I kept everything we made, we’d need a bigger house!

      Reply
  8. Rachel
    March 22, 2012 at 11:11 pm

    You are so talented. I love seeing the things you make each week. Thanks for sharing at Terrific Tuesdays. Rachel
    adventuresofadiymom.blogspot.com

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  9. Ana
    March 23, 2012 at 11:32 am

    These are fantastic! You did a really wonderful job incorporating the artwork.

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  10. Didi
    March 23, 2012 at 8:07 pm

    Incredible! I love the Pop Art theme. Ok, challenge: Starry Night. Will she accept?

    Thanks for sharing this beautiful example of hand-painted eggs at the Kid’s Co-op

    Reply
  11. Susan @ Oh My! Creative
    March 23, 2012 at 11:31 pm

    These really caught my eye! Pinned them!

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    • artclubblog
      March 24, 2012 at 12:46 pm

      Thanks Julie! You’ll notice I added the same thing twice on your blog hop because I put the wrong link the first time. If possible, could you remove the first one: #26 Painted Eggs. Thanks so much.

      Reply
  13. West Furniture Revival
    March 24, 2012 at 10:23 pm

    I would love to feature your eggs, i love the pop style you did them in!

    Reply
  14. Ally @momstownteach
    March 25, 2012 at 3:54 pm

    Gorgeous – they look amazing. Thank you so much for linking up to momstown arts and crafts!

    Reply
  15. MiaB
    March 25, 2012 at 5:46 pm

    This is great. So artistic and creative 🙂 Thanks so much for sharing this with us at Sharing Saturday. Hope to see you again next week.

    Reply
  16. Cathy@My1929Charmer
    March 26, 2012 at 9:32 am

    Wow, so very pretty. Too pretty to crack open and eat, gosh I’d have to make them using some other egg so I could keep. Great colors and such and inspiring project. Thanks for sharing your creative inspiration at Sunday’s Best.

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  17. The Monko
    March 29, 2012 at 5:32 pm

    You inspired me – I made some painted eggs, not pop art but actually using your cherry blossom post as inspiration. I referenced you so please help yourself to an ‘I was featured’ button from my button page if you’d like one. Here is the post http://tamingthegoblin.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/chocolate-easter-nests.html

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  19. Just Winging It
    March 30, 2012 at 6:46 pm

    Thank you for participating in Show Your Stuff Blog Hop, You are invited to come back:
    http://juliejewels1.blogspot.com/2012/03/seafood-crab-salad-show-your-stuff-17.html

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  23. Jessica
    March 12, 2013 at 12:10 am

    What a neat way to decorate eggs! Thanks for linking up to An Oldie but a Goodie! 🙂

    Reply
  24. bethany
    March 12, 2013 at 1:16 am

    Wow! These are freaking cool!

    Reply

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  26. Kari Ryerson
    March 28, 2013 at 12:31 pm

    Reblogged this on Illustration, Graphic Design & Process and commented:
    I was searching for some egg inspiration and I found this. Enjoy this holiday reblog, I did! I will be sharing my own eggs soon!

    Reply
  27. Jim Lenahan
    March 11, 2014 at 2:52 pm

    Hi, check this out project at USA WEEKEND. I would love to have you contribute.
    -Jim Lenahan, editor
    http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/weekend/2014/03/07/usa-weekend-seeks-easter-egg-masterpieces/6158565/

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  31. lorraine williamson
    March 28, 2014 at 10:43 am

    so cool love crafts and painting thanks for sharing visiting from inspire us hop have a great day

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  32. Noreen
    March 29, 2014 at 10:55 am

    Works of art! I love the comic book look!

    Reply
  33. Shelley Makes
    March 30, 2014 at 1:20 pm

    Hey! I just found this Pin on Pinterest – cracking idea! I’ll have to give this project a go at some point myself!

    Reply

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  36. Organized 31
    April 3, 2014 at 3:01 pm

    My son is a big comic book fan and would love to do this with eggs this year. Thanks for sharing at Inspire Us Thursday on Organized 31.

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  43. Joyce
    April 22, 2014 at 4:12 pm

    Amazing! I had been so busy in the weeks before Easter that I didn’t have time to come here and read the entire post. And now I see why these were chosen for the multi-million reader publication! Love them!

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