Make Your Own Flour Paint In 4 Steps Painting old wooden fence with a brown paint, renovation concept. Before and After image Fence paint is a type of paint used to protect and beautify wooden
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.
When I walk along the landscape here, I am greeted with the deep oranges and yellow oxides of our soils laden with heavy amounts of clay and iron. These colors are reflected each time I dig into the subsoil, and as I drive through the countryside where mountains were cut through for roads. In other
Learn how you can make natural dyes from fruits and vegetables. The complete stey by step guide to make natural dyes and dyeing fabrics.
Learn how to make natural plant-based watercolor paint for children. Step-by-step process and fun activity for the whole family.
A tutorial on how to make home-made Crema di Limoncello - the traditional Italian way!
Natural Earth Pigments are lush, they hold color in a unique way, not like any other. They are textural and reflect fragments of light, revealing the true beauty of iron. They are deep, full of secret beauty. They hide in earth crevices emitting energy waiting for discovery.
It is actually possible. It’s called Swedish paint or Flour paint.
I’ve been making an exciting foray into the world of natural paints and inks. It’s not so different from natural dyeing really. You can use the same dye plants but just create a really strong dye b…
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...
Todays post is on how to make incense sticks at home. The good thing is that once you do it you are set up to make more of them easier. First step is to get your supplies and decide which fragrance oils you want to use. Here are the directions. Supplies for a 20-stick batch: 20 – 11″ incense sticks 12 ml. Refresher Oil
Sustainable living advocate Rebecca Sullivan has made an art form of natural living, with books on everything from edible flowers to using herbs for health and wellbeing, as well as running a ‘Granny Skills’ program that brings communities of women together to preserve the culture, skills, knowledge and traditions of our elders. Here, she shares her very […]
Make the perfect clay paint for your newly crafted earthen structure, sure to hold color very well and give a pleasing visual element to your space.
Paint removers can be purchased from all hardware and home improvement stores, but these items are costly and can contain harmful ingredients that can hurt you and your family. With a few simple ingredients, you can easily make your own homemade paint remover.
Natural Ink Making Techniques, Getting Started with Natural Inks, Ink Recipes, Ink Making Supplies and Tools
The sea mud in sea mud soap contains elements that nourish and gently detoxify skin, while the olive oil moisturizes and softens.
Painter Stella Maria Baer shares her process and ethos for making paint from dirt and sand she responsibly sources from the earth.
If you love the beauty of antique painted furniture, you can recreate the same pigment-rich, matte finish with this simple how-to milk paint recipe.
Locating deposits of color is the first step in finding and collecting natural earth pigments. Once you find an area that lacks Earth coverage, you’ll start to see an array of colors emerge in the form of rocks and soils.