Exploring Pigments
I have always loved the idea of making my own art materials, and at the same time have always been interested in their history. For me, pigments represent art materials in their purest form, and have a beauty all of their own. Nowadays, most people buy ready made art materials, with a vast array of pre-mixed paints available, but the basic pigments have always been available for artists to purchase and mix their own paints, while if you really want to take it even further and source your own pigments and colours from nature, it can be an entire voyage of discovery! Unlike many ready-mixed paints which will dry out…
Further Adventures with Spray Inks
Disclosure: This page includes affiliate links, which I will earn a small commission from if you make a purchase. For those of you who are familiar with this blog, you will know that spray inks are one of my all time favourite mediums – I get huge enjoyment from their use and love the effects you can create with them. It’s been a while since I’ve used these inks, but having lent them to my son for his art homework, I was inspired by some of the accidental effects he had created, to dig them out again. This time I have used the medium rather differently, so I thought it…
