Natural Paint Pigment workshops
Specialism in soil pigment gouache and watercolour production.
Workshops also available with microscopy for viewing tiny microarthropods; small insect like creatures that live in the soil.
Artist Natalie Taylor is offering natural paint pigment workshops in the Edinburgh area for your group or classroom.
You will learn:
- How to identify urban and rural natural materials suitable for making paint pigments.
- How to make inks and paints from Scottish soils, hand made charcoal, spices, plants and roots.
- What cheap household substances can be used as binders.
- Other materials include Woad, charcoal, Turmeric
Duration: 2.5 hours – 3 hours
No of people: up to 12
Cost: £250 per workshop according to duration and participant numbers.
Please email me for more info and a tailored price. artforalluk@gmail.com
Detail of a painting made from soil pigments, The Intelligence of the Mycorrhizosphere
Various paint pigments including soil
