Paint grows on plants; here's how to prepare it.
Making your own watercolours with plants is a fascinating way to work with the world around you and invite the beautiful craziness of nature into your artwork. There are several ways to obtain colours from plants, but below is my tried and tested method – a simple 'lake pigment' recipe.of some sort, we have to weigh 5g/10g- Disposable paper plates or a dehydrator- Small containers, half pansYou can use the colours from plants in a lot of ways.
You can also use that concentrated colour and pour it onto a neutral colour medium or filler, like a clay or chalk, and let it dry till you get a powder you can use as pigment. There's also a third solution and this is the one we’ll cover here: In brief, we'll extract the pigment via an acid/alkali reaction. The pigment will be adsorbed into a crystal and once ground, you’ll get a dry pigment to work with . The process is always the same: infusion, concentration, precipitation.
Beware: This is the acid/alkali reaction you probably studied in school. Acid+alkali creates salt+water+C02, meaning, there will be bubbles! Sometimes, a tad too many! So, be ready to clean afterwards or work with your saucepan in the sink to avoid overflowing on the stove.Transfer the bubbly liquid into your glass jar. You will have a murky liquid with bubbles on top and you will begin to see the pigment, adsorbed by the salt created, depositing to the bottom of the jar.
If it is a tad too liquid to your taste, you can either add arabic gum powder, more pigment or even a mini amount of a filler of some sort You can add many other additives but the more you will add, the farther away you’ll move from the true colour. It’s a matter of balance and personal taste. Pour your mulled paint into half pans or other mini containers. Keep them closed and if possible in the fridge when you don’t use them. They will last several months.You can wait for your paint to dry and reactivate it with lukewarm water, or keep it smooth in an airtight jar. In any case, transfer a small quantity, just add water and paint. In this case, I have a gorgeous Yellow Dandelion paint.
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