Category: Handmade Paint-Making
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Paint-making in Little Rock | Workshop
I’m excited to be holding a workshop at the Historic Arkansas Museum in Little Rock next month. Living Craft Workshop in Little Rock 10 am to 3 pm200 E. Third St., Little Rock, Arkansas, USPhone: 1-501-324-9351 | Fax: …
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Making Gray Paint from Shale
One of the pigment resources I use from the land around Wild Ozark is a dark gray shale. We’re located where a geological formation called Fayetteville Shale spreads beneath and around. Most people associate it with natural gas and oil. …
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Warm Winter Fires & Charred Bones for Pigment
The last time I made charred bones in the woodstove was when Rob was still working overseas. So, when I presented my foil-wrapped tin box to put beneath the fire he was building yesterday morning, it was a new request …
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Today is Oil Paint Making Day
Before I get started on the next art piece, I need to make some tubes of color. So today is oil paint-making day. I’ve already got the rocks crushed and pigments washed, so all I need to do is add …
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Yellow Paint from Thyme | Lake Pigment | Part 4
Today I’ll be using the pigment I made a few weeks ago to make yellow paint from thyme. It’s an oil paint. I use linseed oil to make the paints, and walnut oil while I’m working with them. While I …
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A Yellow Paint Experiment | Lake pigment from thyme
Back when I made my very first set of paints, I had a really nice yellow. I’d made several yellows from various plants and did lightfast tests on them. All failed except for the one, gorgeous yellow. Not only did …
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Limited Palette | Working with Only the Local Pigments
When I first started painting with the Ozark pigments, I wasn’t sure yet whether I would be able to make good art with a handful of colors. It’s a very limited palette of earthy tones ranging from white to black, …
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Provenance of a Paint
Most of my paints begin with a rock. Sometimes I remember to record the process it goes through from rock to paint, and sometimes the process isn’t quick. This is the story of a paint made from a reddish sandstone …
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Pigment Foraging | Late Summer Means it’s Time for the BLUE!
I’ve been watchfully waiting for this week to begin. All summer, I’ve waited. Watching. And I was beginning to get a little worried that they might not be here this year. But this week the dayflowers bloomed and the pigment …
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Paint Making Tools of the Trade
Update 2024: I have a page at my online shop with my affiliate links for the paint making tools of the trade that I use from Amazon, and hopefully soon some of the other places I use, like Dick Blick. …
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Making Smooth Paint from Rock Dust (Earth Pigment)
Since I wrote my first post on ‘how to make handmade watercolor paint‘, I’ve learned some things. That first post is still a good starting point for anyone starting out. It just doesn’t go into how to make …
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How To Identify Pigment Rocks?
There are many different sources for I can use for pigments, including plants, clay, soil, bones, and rocks. Most of the plants aren’t lightfast, so I don’t use many of those, but the main source for my Paleo Paints is …
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Sacred Art
Interacting with Flora and Fauna, Translating Messages from the Muse Pretty much all of my art is influenced and inspired by my surroundings here at Wild Ozark. Although I listed the flora and fauna in the title, it’s more than …
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Ozark Pigment Profiles | Paleo Paints
I’ve finally been making the paints long enough to see some repetition in the colors. They’ll never be exact from batch to batch, but I’m getting a sense of what to expect from the various rocks I use. Here are …
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Making Paint is Meditative
Early this morning my friend moved through the doorway of this life and into the realm of whatever lies beyond. And because making paint is meditative to me, that’s what I did for most of my time today. What comes …
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Color from Osage Root Bark
Today I experimented with Osage root bark to see if it will make paint. Ordinarily, I avoid using plant pigments because they tend to be fugitive, meaning they fade or discolor with time. Some plant pigments, like the green I …
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It All Started a Year Ago with a Smashed Rock
It all started with a smashed rock on the driveway. A smashed rock on the driveway, much like the one that sparked off my journey of a lifetime. This time last year I was in Doha, Qatar hiding out from …
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Paint-making Tips and Tools: Tiny Jars
As I reordered some supplies the other day, I thought it would make interesting blog posts to show you some of my favorite tools and paint-making hacks as I run across them. This one is tiny jars. I love these …
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How to Make Handmade Watercolor Paint from Rock or Clay | DIY
This is an old post. Click HERE to download an updated tutorial. When I get a chance, I’ll update this post, but it might be a while. Original Post: Today I’m making handmade watercolor paint from some of our native …