Recipe: How to Make Natural Paste Papers
Looking for a playful, hands-on way to create unique patterned papers? Paste paper is part printmaking, part painting, and a whole lot of fun. It’s an intuitive, expressive process that...
I am really enjoying this medium for my collage work! Easy clean up, and I don’t have to worry about toxins in the drain. Thank you!
As a mom of a toddler who also lives a low-toxic lifestyle, I’m so grateful this company and these products exist. This set is beautiful and perfect for an activity on days where the weather stops us from going outside. I wish all the toxic children’s face paint in the world would switch to this. The colors are so vibrant and creamy and the glitters are beautiful.
I'm moving from non-toxic, plant-based watercolors to acrylics and these have been excellent to explore. Great with the medium, vivid colors, mixes and layers well. Will be my go to!
I’ve been using the pigments with epoxy and so far they have all worked out well and make some unique colors for natural earth tones. I’ve only made samples so far but I can’t wait to do a big project with these. Definitely with be ordering more.
I am overjoyed to have the eco-friendly options your company creates and offers.
I have used water miscible oil paints for over 20 years. I've tried about every brand available.
Without going into detail I have never been completely satisfied with the performance of any of them.
I've wanted to get back to using traditional oils but I won't use VOC solvents. I've tried about every alternative to solvents that've come onto the market. The majority of non-VOC cleaning products and methods I've tried work well to clean brushes and palettes and other tools of the craft. That part's easy. I needed a thinner that worked like turpentine. Something that allowed me to thin my paints, make them more "creamy," and apply a wash or thin underpainting just like turps.
When I saw that Eco-Solv was advertised as not only a cleaner but a "thinner" I bought a small container for a trial. Frankly I'd been disappointed enough times I wasn't too hopeful. I tested it in studio and it seemed promising. It pretty much instantly diluted the paint.
When I recently went plein air painting for a week I took the plunge and swapped out my water-miscible kit for traditional oils and a brush washer containing Eco-Solv. I ended up with a half-dozen 8X10 and 9X12 pieces. I used the product just as I would have done in the distant past with a container of odorless turps. The slightest amounts were used when I wanted to thin my paint mixes and when switching colors on a brush or cleaning up after a session I swirled the brush in the Eco-Solv and wiped it on a paper towel just as a would have in turps. I used the same container of product the entire week. At the end of the week my brushes would wash out at sessions end almost as clean as they did at the start of my trip. I use synthetics so I can't speak to how it performs with hog bristle.
I will pour the used product into a glass jar as a test to see how well the particles settle out. My studies are in the drying rack. I can't yet say how the paint film will hold up at this point but several are dry to the touch and there's no tackiness (those of you who use water miscible oils will appreciate that). They "feel" like a nice dry oil painting is supposed to feel. In summary I'm impressed. Not yet so much I'm going to run out and buy a 64 oz. jug but I'm hopeful.