Seems I lost my mojo for a while, but I’m back with some painted eggs, and looking forward to sharing all sorts of projects with you. Artist Gustav Klimt provided inspiration for this year’s batch of eggs, as did Aesop’s fable, The Goose That Laid The Golden Egg. Klimt was an Austrian painter (1862-1918), who was probably best know for his golden phase, which included incredible paintings like The Kiss and Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I. Aesop’s fable provides a classic lesson about greed, with plenty of versions online to share with your little ones. Grab your gold and happy painting!
Materials
- hard boiled or blown out eggs
- pencil and eraser
- acrylic paint
- paint brushes
- if blowing out eggs: bowl and sharp tool eg. awl or nail
Instructions
1. With hard boiled eggs, make sure you allow them to cool overnight before using, and keep them at room temperature for painting. If you prefer to blow out the eggs, which will allow you to keep them long term, make a hole at one end using a sharp, pointy tool like an awl or a nail. Then carefully make a hole at the other end, using the tool to also pierce and mix the yolk inside. If your tool isn’t long enough, you can use a skewer for this part.
Hold the egg over a bowl, place your mouth over one of the holes, and blow the contents out. If you have difficulty, you may need to shake the egg to mix the yolk with the white. If that, fails, make the hole slightly larger. Finally, once the contents have been removed, add a little water to the inside, shake it around, and blow it out. Wash and dry the eggs.
2. Now for the inspiration part. Have a look at images of Klimt’s work on the internet and/or books. You can also explore versions of Aesop’s fable The Goose That Laid The Golden Egg, as well as cartoons of it on YouTube. Decide on the colours you’ll be using, and begin by painting a base coat. Allow to dry.
3. Begin adding details to the eggs, either in pencil or directly with paint. Keep in mind blown out eggs will be more delicate to handle than hard boiled eggs, so take care when painting.
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Love the eggs. Very exotic! They look like something that might have been found in King Tut’s tomb!
So nice to hear from you, Joyce! I’m glad to be back. It’s amazing how those little breaks can suddenly turn into months. Life!
Beautiful….thanks for the inspiration!
Thank you!
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Beautiful eggs. Great you are back. Thank you for inspiration.
Thanks Deirdre!
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Hi! I just stopped by from the Whatever Goes Wednesdays Link Party. These eggs are stunning!
Why thank you Kathleen!
My Mum and I painted eggs when I was younger for Easter, but never anything like that! I tried to be very intricate, painting volcanoes and people and God knows what and because I was five I thought they looked great 😛 These look MUCH (I can’t stress the word ‘much’ enough), especially the one with all those circles!
cool
Thanks for visiting 🙂
I would love to buy a couple of the Klimt eggs, depending upon price. ThANKS
Thanks for visiting! Unfortunately, I don’t make anything to sell. It’s just an ideas blog 🙂