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Our first shot at earth pigments

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WhistlingBadger:
The Badgerling has been experimenting with natural pigments and home-made paint brushes (made by chewing twigs until the fibers separate). Today we mixed up some tempera paint with egg yolks and earth pigments (colorful rocks ground into fine powder in a mortar and pestle) and did some painting with some of her twig paintbrushes. See if you can guess which ones are hers and which are mine!









Tried some out on a shoot shaft, too.


We've got a lot to learn, especially that we need a finer strainer to sort out the gritty pieces.  But this is pretty cool stuff!

Pat B:
You can put the finely ground pigment in a jar with water and shake it well and pour off the colored water. After the silt has settled pour off the water and very fine pigment will remain. Dry it out to store it and use it as before.

WhistlingBadger:

--- Quote from: Pat B on August 11, 2022, 04:20:14 pm ---You can put the finely ground pigment in a jar with water and shake it well and pour off the colored water. After the silt has settled pour off the water and very fine pigment will remain. Dry it out to store it and use it as before.

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Thanks for the tip, Pat.  That worked like a charm.  I sanded the grit off the arrow shaft and I'm going to try mixing the fine pigment with some hide glue for round two.  We also had a long talk with my geologist friend yesterday about where to find other colors.  Stay tuned...

Pat B:
Please share the info from the geologist about other color pigment.

M2A:
Good stuff there. Don't forget you might be able to heat some rock and get a different color from it. Iron in the rock can turn it more red after being in a fire.
Mike

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