Pigments For Paints - A Deep Dive
An Online Class With Caroline Ross
Two 2 hour recordings of live video demonstrations
Working with rocks, clays, semi precious stones and (pre-made) plant lakes. Sourcing, finding, foraging and selecting sources and materials. Then testing, smashing, grinding, washing (levigation), sieving, drying, braying, mulling of pigments. Calcining (cooking) ochres to obtain a larger range of colours.
Sharing kitchen and household tools only simple methods so you do not need to buy lots of specialist equipment, as well as sharing refined tools methods.
Learning Resources will be provided including a reading list, basic instructions of what was covered as well as a glossary of any unfamiliar terms. This will be supplied during the week after the second session, so that it can be tailored to what people asked.
PDF Handout Included
Access the resources for one year
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Session One & Resources
2 hour video: Introduction To Earth Pigments. Pigments from rock, clay, rubble and earth: raw and repurposed, refining and levigation, calcining
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Session Two
2 hour video: Processing Pigments. Pigments from semi-precious stones, preparing pigments for paints, plus the drying, grading and storage of washed pigments. Including a method for making pastels.
With Caroline Ross/Found And Ground
Caroline Ross, (also known by Instagram handle Foundandground), I am a natural materials artist and maker from Dorset, England. I forage for earth colour and wild materials, refine pigments, make paints and as well as making my art from paints I make, and teaching people how to make them, too. It is important to me that people rediscover their place in the wild and reconnect to the land where they live. By ethically sourcing and using materials of earth, as well as discarded, reused and repurposed things, we foster a sense of place, leave a lighter footprint, and we can make our art where earth matters. My forthcoming book ‘Found and Ground, a practical guide to making natural watercolours’ will come out with Search Press in June 2023. I am a regular contributor to the Wild Pigment Project, a member of the Wilderness Art Collective, and am part of the Dark Mountain Collective, regularly contributing to their books and events since 2015.
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