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Found and Ground: A Practical Guide to Making Your Own Foraged Paints

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Everything you need to learn how to make your own natural watercolour paints, oak gall ink and the brushes and pens with which to use them. You'll find out how to forage for natural materials in your locale and pick up all the principles and skills you need for making your own paints.
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Product ID:9781800920996
Product Form:Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:GB
Title:Found and Ground
Subtitle:A Practical Guide to Making Your Own Foraged Paints
Authors:Author: Caroline Ross
Page Count:128
Subjects:Paintings and painting in watercolours or pastels, Watercolours, Dyestuffs, pigments and paint technology, Pigments, dyestuffs & paint technology
Description:Everything you need to learn how to make your own natural watercolour paints, oak gall ink and the brushes and pens with which to use them. You'll find out how to forage for natural materials in your locale and pick up all the principles and skills you need for making your own paints.
Everything you need to learn how to make your own natural watercolor paints, oak gall ink and the brushes and pens to use them with. You’ll find out how to forage for the materials you need in your locale and grasp the principles of simple, natural paint-making.

Natural’, ‘no waste’ and ‘plastic-free’. If this is how you want to live your creative life, you will find a greener, more natural path with this book. It details a more sustainable and fulfilling approach to painting. Covering every aspect of making natural paints, from finding raw materials to the techniques needed to refine it, this book is suitable for the complete beginner as well as those with some experience in art. Found and Ground will also appeal to those with plenty of experience drawing and painting, but who until now have only used shop-bought materials to make their work.

Found and Ground is the ideal reference book for artists and crafters wishing to moves away from plastics, such as those found in acrylic paints, as the natural paints can be used in their place. The book covers how to make a series of simple natural paints such as watercolor, gouache, tempera, and glair. It also includes innovative vegan ‘egg paint’ alternatives. 

Aimed at a general readership, all specialist art terminology is clearly and simply explained, and all the techniques demonstrated through step-by-step instructions. The book will also give fresh ideas to those stuck in a rut with their use of watercolors, and introduce readers to try new ''old ideas''. Most importantly, it will teach readers how to forage and gather successfully and safely.
Imprint Name:Search Press Ltd
Publisher Name:Search Press Ltd
Country of Publication:GB
Publishing Date:2023-06-30