Paint making

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A short tutorial on how to identify pigment rocks. This is how I decide which ones to use for making my handmade watercolor paints.

Rocks, soil, or clay are the main ingredients. Here's my process for making incredible handmade watercolor paint.

Discover how to make brown paint with our step-by-step guide. Save money and create beautiful shades at home. Click to get started!

Watch how I mixed my own watercolor paint from natural pigments! This was such a fun process that brought intention and mindfulness...

Need to make purple? This easy step by step guide will show you how to whip up 15+ vibrant purples with these 3 paint colors.

Even if you're confined to your own backyard, hundreds of colours are waiting to be bottled.

In this blog post I’ll show you how to quickly and simply extract dye from coreopsis flowers using hot water. This makes a beautiful dye that can be used like watercolour paint. Then we’ll play with lemon juice and bicarbonate of soda (baking soda) to make a wider range of colours. The paint only takes...

Up until the discovery of petrolatum and the introduction of toxic chemicals, paints were created using natural ingredients such as: linseed oil, lime, casein from milk, turpentine, citrus oils, chalk and hemp oil. Natural pigments were also used...

It's very easy and inexpensive to make your own watercolor paints. Here's a 'how to' taken from my new book Art Spark with homemade watercolor paint recipes and links to famous art example that use paint made from natural ingredients.