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Natural watercolor paint making : create beautiful pigments at home using botanicals, vegetables and other foraged materials
Green, Joanne, (Artist)2025
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Make all-natural paints with materials from your backyard. Create your own botanical pigments and build a supply of colorful, non-toxic watercolor paints with the help of this comprehensive guide. Through simple tutorials, you'll learn to extract pigments from natural materials, such as leaves, vegetables and flowers, and turn them into vibrant watercolors--no harsh chemicals or specialty tools needed! With a few mason jars, plants from your backyard and a handful of ingredients, you can build a palette of natural hues that gives your art a distinctive, gorgeous look. Every tutorial includes step-by-step directions and a host of pictures that guide you through the process. Discover the joy of transforming onion skins into a golden yellow paint, or sunflower seeds into a deep rose pigment. Extract a range of blues from red cabbage, and earth tones like coffee brown from orange pekoe tea. With additional information on storing your paints so they stay fresh, using them in fun activities and connecting to the environment as you go, this special book provides everything you need to make watercolor paints with success.
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Author:
Green, Joanne, (Artist), author
Imprint:
Salem, MA : Page Street Publishing Co, 2025.©2025
Collation:
160 pages : colour illustrations ; 23 cm.
Variant title:
Natural watercolour paint making
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
IntroductionPart 1: Gathering essentials. Getting startedCapturing colorMaster lake pigment recipePart 2: The paint recipes. The kitchenThe gardenThe wildFrom the storePart 3: Using your paints. Modifying and mixing your color paletteActivitiesThe creative potential of botanical watercolorsAcknowledgments and special thank-yousAbout the authorIndex.
ISBN:
9798890032454 (paperback)
Dewey class:
667.26751.422
Language:
English
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BRN:
669590