So...the class at the Getty was the BEST! So Good! Egg Tempera, here I come! The cement pigments made no difference at all to Don's piece, so that was a bonus. We worked on top of the green face with several values of a dusky pink color made 4 or 5 steps to white. The work done with tiny cross-hatch strokes on top of each other. The darkest pink went first on the cheeks, nose, forehead, etc. for the dark tone which was then obliterated by more and more layers of succeedingly lighter layers. Mine is a little light, I think, but the overall effect is of SKIN. With the slight blush of color on cheeks, etc, glowing from underneath. I told the teacher about Beer glazes because she had never heard of or used them. She was interested. Anyway, I love the effect that I got with the Egg Tempera, and it was a wonderful day. I had fun and felt satisfied with what I accomplished. I will use the materials and technique in the future, I am sure. On Monday I attended the class that I did the blue tree in and we worked in black and white only with cut outs, chalk and paint. I was not as thrilled with the result I got, but I do feel stimulated to do more with black and white, only I like working in the Collage medium with it instead. Taking classes is stimulating me to do more work of my own, so that is a good thing...also, getting rid of Directv is helping even though I still watch the basic channels there is less of interest on so I get up and work...I am also, little by little divesting myself of excess stuff, especially books...we'll see...hope springs eternal in the human breast...Pandora wasn't all bad............