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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...

Do you want to explore a fun and intuitive way to create art? I'm Malin, a Swedish artist who discovered Natural Acrylik Paint this past year! I'll show you how...

Natural Screen Printing Ink with Natural Earth Pigments and Wheat Starch Formulated by Ava Harper and Maggie Sullivan of Zea Mays Printmaking We love to hear when our customers formulate...

Make your own water-based Screen Printing Ink with just 2 ingredients! Ingredients: Natural Acrylik Paint Water Supplies: Silkscreen Squeegee Spatula Container Paper Step 1: Measure out 1 part Natural Acrylik...

Make Your Own Professional Quality Relief Ink with printmaker, Vanessa Jo Bahr! With just a few natural ingredients, you can create a completely non-toxic, archival and professional quality, oil-based printmaking...

Make Your Own Natural, Oil-based Intaglio Ink with Printmaker, Vanessa Jo Bahr! With just 2 simple ingredients you can make a professional quality, archival, UV resistant intaglio ink! Ingredients: Earth...

This natural, non-toxic crayon recipe featuring our Earth & Mineral Pigments comes from guest artist, lindsey marie page.  "I wanted to come up with various projects that could be made using the...

Create a student-grade, oil-based, relief print-making ink with a few simple ingredients! Note: For professional grade relief ink, follow this recipe. Supplies:  Earth & Mineral Pigments Walnut Oil Gum Arabic Powder...

Today we're sharing our tutorial on mixing and storing your own Natural Acrylic Paint with our Natural Acrylic Medium! Why should you make your own acrylic paints?  For years, we've been receiving requests for a...

There are several techniques to make natural wood stains.  Staining with Eco-Solve Materials: Eco-Solve, Natural Earth Pigment, Large soft brush Mix pigment with Eco-Solve at about a 1:4 parts ratio. Add additional...

Derived from milk, casein paint dates all the way back to ancient Asian cave paintings and is still used by professional artists today.  Casein paint is durable, fast-drying, and water-soluble....

Natural Cold Porcelain Clay is a perfect substitute for toxic polymer clay, and it allows for even finer detail and ease of sculpting. It's also incredibly inexpensive and super simple to...

Ingredients for 2 ½ pastels: 6 tablespoons white beeswax (for a vegan version, you can use soy wax and carnauba wax) 2 tablespoons Walnut Oil 2 tablespoons Earth & Mineral Pigments (adjust as...

Making your own pastels allows you to create them as soft or as hard as you like.  Commercial pastels have to be made hard enough to withstand breakage during shipment....

This recipe is based on the very ancient and little-known Japanese process called the Moku Hanga technique of making your own water-based relief inks. This ancient technique has always used...

Making your own watercolors allows you to make an incredibly archival, high quality paint that has a more brilliant luminosity than tubed pro-quality watercolors and is free of fillers, preservatives,...

“Encaustic”, meaning "to burn in", is an ancient medium using molten beeswax combined with dry pigments and natural resin. There are still Greek encaustic portraits dating as far back as 23 B.C. The...

The ancient art of sand painting among Native American tribes in the Southwest was a form of religious expression. In its original form, sand paintings were created to exist only a...

There are several natural paint options for indoor murals.  If including children in the painting process: The Natural Earth Paint Kit is a wonderful natural craft paint that is easy...

Every room in my home is painted with this natural clay paint that's easy to make, economical, and gives my home a beautiful, soft, adobe-like look. I get compliments from...

Making your own natural oil paint is not only super quick, easy and economical but it also makes the most archival, vibrant and pure paint on the planet.  Unlike tubed,...

Glair paints were popularized in the 5th century to create illuminated manuscripts and have been used for over fourteen centuries in Europe. Many of those manuscripts are still vibrant and well-preserved today. A simple blend of...

Egg Tempera painting predates oil painting as a professional painting medium. It's as old as the Egyptians, becoming most famous during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and has now...

Supplies: Earth & Mineral Pigment Gum Arabic Powder Water Step 1: Mix the Dry Ingredients In a bowl, add pigment and gum arabic, 4:1. For example, to make about 1...