Title:
Found and ground : a practical guide to making your own foraged paints
Author:
Ross, Caroline (Artist), author.
ISBN:
9781800920996
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
128 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Contents:
Foraging : Foraging principles ; Where to go foraging -- Making use of your finds : Refining ; Creating your first paint ; Creating artists' quality paint ; Creating your watercolour palette ; Creating your own watercolour medium -- Colour your world : Exploring your paints ; Local colour ; Beyond watercolour ; Beyond paint.
Abstract:
"Learn the secrets of creating paint from the ground beneath your feet; from the rocks, clay and soil of the earth itself. Author and artist Caroline Ross explains when, where and how to forage as she shares her sustainable and fulfilling approach to painting. Covering every aspect of making natural paints, from finding the raw materials of stones and soils, to the techniques needed to refine them into beautiful pigments and paints, this book is suitable for the complete beginner as well as those with some expertise in art" -- Page 4 of cover.
