Diy pigments

This nature activity is a great way to teach kids about making their own natural paint from Earth pigment!

With Natural Earth Paint you can make many kind of recipes for many creative painting ideas!

This is part 2 of a three-part series tutorial. In this video, I demonstrate how to make natural pigment from a piece of rock. There are 5 basic steps: 1. Washing the collected sample 2. Drying 3. Grinding and sifting the rock 4. Washing the pigment 5. Drying and storing the pigment I hope this […] The post How to make natural pigments from rocks! is shared on PaintingTube.

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

A step by step guide to making your own artist-grade natural pigments from flowers, plants etc. for watercolor paints.

I get a lot of questions about making watercolor paints. The most common question being, how do I make the binder? You know what? I totally understand why you would ask a watercolor maker this question. First off, good on you for asking. It's okay to ask. Hopefully the person you have asked is happy to share their knowledge with you. I've come to know a lot of watercolor makers personally and I have to say that a majority of them are more than happy to share their wisdom. They, like me, are…

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.

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

So here's the bottom line: If you can process your colored rocks or soil into tiny, consistently sized particles, you can make paint from them. Pastels or drawing sticks too (but...