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1. Introduction: Hello everybody. My name is psychedelia, and I'm a better artist. I welcome you to this small but they're
meaningful journey. The reddest covered the
art of creating with the focus on every step, starting from how to collect the right types of
soil and minerals, how to process them and
make your own air pigments. And finally, we'll
obtain with them. I will also teach you my
two favorite techniques to improve your final product so you can get the
results like this. When I say I discovered
this technique, I really mean it because
before the 18th century, most pigments used by artists
were from natural origin, made off of mixtures
of organic dyes, resins, waxes, and minerals. But for this class, we will
only focus on creating inorganic pigments
named dirt and rocks. So I'm here to motivate you, whether you are a beginner
or unexperienced artists, to step out of your
comfort each night. That spark of inspiration
that drives you as an artist. As we get hands on ancient technique and experiment with your own natural pigment. As the end of this class, you will have a rating,
your intuitive creativity, learned statement,
that new perspective and how to see pigment's
color and texture. Joining me.
2. What are Earth Pigments: Now before we start
with the steps, I would like to share with
you a bit of knowledge and history related to
earth pigments. So if you are not interested or already know a lot about
them, skip this lesson. Air pigments have been part
of history since forever. From cave paintings to pigments produced on a larger scale by the Egyptians
and the Chinese. They have been used by ancient civilizations
from all over the world. Now, before diving in, I would like to clarify a common confusion when
it comes to our pigments, which is to think that
these payments come from plants and will be either
greater or compost. When in reality, air pavements
are actually non-organic. They don't come from
plants or insects. These are known
organic pigments that are archival and
don't biodegrade, which is the beauty of
their amazing permanent. So what are exactly
air pigments? Pigments are crushed
up or structured material that contain
a predominant color. We can extract air
pigments from soil, rocks, clay, mud, or other earth and lumps
of geological material. They are a powder
land or ground dust. Let's talk about
their composition. Air pigments typically
consist of three components. Number one, mineral, iron oxide, which is the principal
color producing component. Number two, a secondary
coloring agent. And number three, a clay base
or carrier of the color. Iron oxide is found all
over the earth's surface, and it occurs in many
forms and colors. It is a principle coloring
agent for most air pigments. And these minerals
are composed of varying degrees of
iron and oxygen. The secondary coloring agent can also be present like calcium, manganese oxide, carbon silica, limestone, or roof tile, which is the titanium dioxide. For example, roof tile, common in most clays, will make colors
brighter or more yellow. Almost all earth pigments
have clay as surveys, because clays vary wildly
in composition and they can have a wide range of effects on the pigment
color as well. The colors of the world. The colors of the
pain gametes trade from the soils, geological past. Bright reds and oranges
mean the soils were exposed to the oxidizing
effects of intense climates. Brighter hues resolve from minerals with a
specific elements. The presence of copper lends
minerals blue green colors. Sulfur grades by
orange, yellows, and manganese presents
as faded purple. Whatever you are right now, the ground around you, It's full of colors. I use that you can
use the paint. You only need to
know how to convert the soil into our pigments. In the next lesson, we will review all the materials that you will need
for this process. And no worries, I bet you
have all done it at home.
3. Tools & Materials: Welcome back. Now, let's review all
the tools you will require for every
step of the process. Let's start with the ones you will need for the first step, which is to collect
your raw material. Three or more containers
with a good seal. And always take extra ziplock
bags. It just in case. Any tool to dig into
Scratch like a spoon, a small knife, or a little show. For the next step after you
have the material collected. This is where you will need to convert the soil into pavements. Storm water. If you don't have one, you
can use one or two stones. And I recommend that the piece, you will use this much the material fits
well in your hand. So he doesn't hurt you when you use it for an extended
period of time. Using a blender can
be useful to get a more refined pigment after it's been
crushed with a martyr. But consider that it
may damage the plates. A strainer to separate
the soil from the stones and other pieces
of organic material, you may find a cloth, a strainer, or any
other thing, fabric. This tool will allow us to
extract the finest material. Many bowls to work with all soil samples at each
step of the process. Face mask to prevent inhaling or pigments
at the finalist stage, when they are very dusty. Small glass containers to
store the final payments. The tools for your
painting process. Blank canvas, brushes
of your preference. Painting medium. We
will talk specifically about this in the lesson on how to paint with our pigments. Other tools to paint like a specialized
spreaders for paper, whatever you feel like using
to create your artwork. And how that do we have review the general process and
all you need to start. In the next lesson, I'll
teach you how to identify the proper soil and geological materials that will
work best for our purpose.
4. Identify and Collect: Hello everybody. This is where things get
really fun and fascinating. Now, chances are you live near a forest or
some nature spot. Well, others probably live in
the very core of the city. So no matter what is your case, don't let limiting thoughts influence your decision on this. If this is the opportunity
to go for a full day outside of the city to
find your pigments. Go for it. You won't regret it. But before a few
recommendations to choose a good place
to collect your soil. Follow the water. Water is one of the most
essential pigment developers, and it often leads
to the exposure of minerals that produce
beautiful pigments. For example, coastal
areas, riverbeds, drainage ditches, swamps,
and even sewage plants. Search for all mini-maps in your area or tracked down
lost and abandoned places. Talked to people that may know all stories about these places. Or villagers who
worked with the land, the coals are farm. Ask them if they have seen any particular place or came across with outcroppings
of red soil. Or okra's. Talking to Keith is
also a very good idea. Sometimes they know better. For this first time. I will recommend to select at least two places
to collect your soil. This will give you
more chances to find a wider range of colors. Now let's graph our tools. Shall we? Welcome back. I decided to come here. This is one of my
favorite places feeding Eddie and I love it. The waterfall over there. There is a lot of
paths that I can walk to find what I need. There is plenty of
rocks everywhere. And it's a beautiful day. Got it? Right before I started
to collect my soil. Like to communicate
my intention to nature and ask permission
to take rainy. And this is such a
beautiful mix of colors and I would like to get the whole block so I can
separate a little bit of yellow here and the very
wide white over here. So we just kind of
take that whole piece. Hopefully doesn't bring much beautiful. Here we have like a, a different tonal och-re, which is a little
bit more yellowish. Kinda like a mustard color. Here we have a little bit
more, even more dark. This is just beautiful. This is the most amazing
yellow or orange again, I ever found so
far. It's amazing. I'm gonna get another back
so I can store it more. Normally it's best to select the soil that
doesn't have much rocks. So these spot, for example, it's better than D over here. This is definitely one of
the most luckiest day. I never I had never
fallen such a rich place. I think. They dig this area for
some particular reason, probably for
construction for stones. So I never came this far. I actually never had the
idea to come by this path. And I don't know. I think it was a
connection that I have at the beginning because I was
asking to the mountains. I was asking to the
apples to guide me, to guide me to find what I need. Now, I didn't ask for any color in particular at
DNS for anything specific. I just ask for what I needed. And so grateful to have found this beautiful colors like you're going to see like
how amazing they are. But all of these colors
over here are very fine. So it's going to be
very easy to work with. And now I'm going to, I'm going to look for rocks
that are ready to be crushed. So we're gonna go to the river, we're gonna get closer to
this really nice place. I know. Hopefully we can find some rocks
that we can crush. So that is another really cool
way to a struck pigments. And I find out that
sometimes in this big rocks, there is a lot of color and a lot of pigments
attached in different parts. For example, this color right
now, it's very beautiful. It's like a very light pink, almost Salmonella,
very light, one color. And all you have to
do is get your tool. It's best to work with a knife. This is not too big because
you're going to have to be digging and scratching the
rock in a very gentle way. Very slow. Know what is rushing you. You can, you don't get much pigment out of
this proceeding, but you can get enough For
a small piece of our work. So I just recommend to take your time and try to get as much pigment as you want. So I'd see you in a minute. The next technique, or the next way on how to
extract the pigments from these geological materials is from these little rocks. So for example, these drugs are very easily find from here. So that's why I kinda tell
that it's ready to be, to be extracted,
to be crushed into the process in order to get
the pigments out of it. So how we can tell when
a rock is ready to be crushed and it has already the pigment
easily coming out of it. So we just get another, another rock like
this one for example. And we're just going
to paint on it. And as you can tell, is leaving this mark
is not that scratching the rock is leaving the Fichman because now with your finger, you can try to clean it up. So these rocks are ready. On the other hand, if we
find rocks that are not leaving any mark when it's
scratching another rock. It is simply because they
are too hard to work with. And sometimes you can
tell that they are ready just by breaking the
stone with your fingers. I loved when this happened. They fixtures for inspiration. The trees, the
leaves, or any other. And if you don't own an order, this is your chance to find some good rocks
to use this tool. Also, don't worry about
collecting wet soil. We can let it dry berry easily. But consider that the same soil may look different
when wet or dry. So keep an eye to
make sure you are collecting very
distinct samples. So I think I'm done. But depending on the
place that you chose, this process will
take a long time or you can get done
within an hour. So plan your walk for at least four hours
before it gets dark. So you have plenty of
time to find what you need and enjoy the moment, enjoy the day, like I did today. You have collected wet soil. Remember that you have to let it dry for at least one day. And also watch the stones are rocks that you have
collected as well. In the next lesson,
we're going to convert all the material
that we have collected today into pure pigments and explore how they
reveal themselves. I'll see you there.
5. Extracting the Pigments: Welcome back. This is the step
where alchemy takes place. We have all our tools ready. So let's begin processing
our soil, the dirt, and then we'll continue
to process the rocks and kinda see the differences
in each process. Let's start with this
very rocky sample. Now. To get the most
pigment out of our soil, Let's remove the
bigger stones by hand. Don't worry too much about
the medium or low ones. Make sure to smash the chunks of there to help the
grinding process. And only discard the rocks that don't contain any pigments. When the soil is very soft, you won't need the motor
at the beginning to separate the lumps of soil that that
attached to the rocks. That's why I'm using
the colander right away to filter our first batch. But if one of your samples is
very hard to break by hand, you will have to use
your motor before. When you are using the colander. Tried to sort only the pigment. Sometimes there is a lot of
sand or other little rocks in the same sample that will alter the color
if you keep them. So it's best if you don't
press the mixture too much against the colander to prevent this fine
material to pass. Now, we put our soil
in the mortar and crush it the best we can to
get the finest material. If you notice that you're
still has many rocks, repeat the last step once again until you
get this resolved. Then we take our closed strainer and poor are mixed onto it. You will have to secure the
Cloud to the container. And you can use a rubber
band or anything else. And use your fingers to see
if the soil very slowly. This act of oxygenation, it's called mineral breeding. Take the remaining
soil and put it back in the mortar
to keep grinding. Here we can see how the
finest sample should look. This step can take some time. It will want to extract the
most pigment out of our soil. And if you prefer, you can use your motor to grind your last result even more. When pulling the pigment
from bowl to ball, it is best to put
on your mask so you don't inhale
any dust particles. Believe me, sometimes
it gets a really nasty. Let me show you more samples. This jello soil was
very easy process, but it contained a lot of tiny rugs and only a
few lumps of pigment. So I carefully
smashed does to pass the first filter because
the remaining soil was full of tiny
pieces of rocks and black soil that they were not
going to serve the purpose. Same with this
beautiful white color. I enjoy breaking this lungs by hand since the soil was
very soft to the touch. And because of this, instead of using the mortar
with circular movements, it was best to
smash the soul from the outside to the inside to prevent overflowing and applying more pressure to the
brake and process. The final result is our pigment. And we can start
working with this. But if you want to get picky and filter your
pigments to the core. Here's how to do it. Let's take one of our
pigments and put it in a glass container at water. Astaire, and let it sit
for at least two minutes. You will find little pieces
of organic material floating on the surface and you can remove them
with a paper towel. The reason we're not
getting rid of the water yet is because it contains the finest particles
of our pigment, which are the best quality. So we are going to start
again the best we can, allowing the finest
particles to move around. And we're going to let it sit for less than a
minute this time. Then we will pour
all the water into a different glass
container and let it sit again for at least five
hours or overnight. It is possible. This way, the pure pigment will have enough time to separate
from the water. Now, the remaining soil
is the one containing the heavier particles
like sand and tiny rocks. But we're not going to waste it, will put it in a coffee filter until it gets fully
dry overnight as well. As you can see, this
pigment is mixed with black sand on the
button of the container. So by letting it dry, it will be easier to
remove the sand when the pigment has formed
a little block. Just make sure to put
the paper on top of a colander or use a funnel
for the water to drip out. Now, let's wait for our finest
pigment to set up down. Some pigments will do it fast. Others may take longer. I let both of these
samples overnight. And now they're ready
to be transferred to a paper filter to
dry completely. Dependent on your wetter, the duration of the drying
process may change, but you will know
when it's time. Here are the results. These are the finest pigments. These are the heavier
of the same color. Now, I'm going to
take this block of pigment out of the paper very carefully and use a paintbrush to remove the sand
the best I can. We can still use this to paint. The reason why the sand is
not found at the barn of this block is because when the mixture was poured
into the paper filter, the heaviest particles
that were at the barn of their
container that up on top. Now, let's look at the differences between
our three results. This is the one that
contains the least amount of pigment in the greatest
amount of residue. This is the one of
medium quality and contains more pigment
than the previous one. And finally, the sample
is or purest pigments. And we can see that it leaves a more noticeable mark of color. Sometimes, depending
on the pigment. I prefer to not
add water and keep the texture of the sand or any other mini particles in the pigment to get my
painting a more natural look. Now, let's review the process. When we have the
adequate soft stones ready to return into payments. The process is very similar, but I would like to give
you some recommendations. Make it a bit easier. Smash you rugs the best you can before putting
them in your model. You can use a big rug to help the model to work faster
on a smaller pieces. Crashing rocks takes more time and effort than crushing soil. So this is a good practice
to develop patients and presents your pieces of rock into your motor
and get started. Once you have a fine
mix of crushed rocks, passage through the
clouds, trainer. In grind what is left one more
time until it is all gone. I use a paintbrush to help
remove the dust pigments from the surface of my murder and
keep every bit of pigment. One more thing you need
to know about rocks. It's how the color may fade a little bit when the
rocks are being crushed. This is an example. As you can see, the
more heat we create, the pigment loses its intensity. So how can we keep the original
color the best we can? This is possible by straining the material before grinding
or processing anything. Of course, this will only
work with very soft rocks, are those that are falling
apart into dust particles. Here you can see
the result after I filtered the dust through
a close a strainer. This is another example of the different color
results you may get. The color of the
rock is this one. But the pigment with track
that looks like this. Now, for experimental purposes, let's see the color
of the pigment on paper after it has been
prepared with a proper meal. As we can see,
every color sample will behave in its own way. Some colors will fade out, others will get stronger, and others who will
stay the same. Your pigments in
glass containers. And I suggest writing down
the name of the color, the place where you
collect it from, and the date, if you wish. Now, depending on how hard the soil is or how many
rocks you're working with. It may take you up to a day to get all your payments done. And about one more
day if you decide to filter some of your
pigments using water. In the next lesson, we're going to review all
the options that we have to convert these pigments
into painting material.
6. Painting with Earth Pigments: Now that we have
all our pavements ready, less propeller paint, if you're using a canvas, is completely necessary to
use an effective pouring. Are painting medium
to help improve the consistency of the
pigments that we have created. The purpose of this medium
to allow our paint to pour more fluidly and make it easier
to adhere to our Canvas. There are many reasons why our payments can be
used without a medium. And the most important is that the paint won't adhere
to the surfaces. Once it's dry. This applies to
paper, canvas, wood, etc, or pavements and
water are not enough. If you're painting on paper, I recommend extracting
your pigments using the water method to
get the final result. This way, you will obtain a more uniform
appearance of the color. Even if you're planning to use your air payments
as watercolors, you will have to prepare them
first with the meaning of your choice and then work
with water as usual. Let's talk about all the
options you have for mediums. So you can choose
egg tempera method. The first painting
medium will be using is the classic
egg tempera. For centuries. Artists prefer to use egg yolk as medium
for panel paintings. In fact, many of the
medieval and renaissance masterpieces found
in museums and art galleries were
executed in egg tempera. It's proved to be
more durable than oil and to create a nice
glossy texture. The egg yolk serve as a binder that holds
the pigment together. Acrylic medium. Using an acrylic medium
works very well to slow down the drying process of conventional
acrylic paintings. But when working
with air pigments, it helps more as a binder. And to preserve clear
and white colors. I recommend to mix a little
bit at a time to see how you're a specific pigment
is reacting to the medium. If you can find acrylic medium, you can substitute
this for white blue. Mix with water. Here in Cusco was very difficult to find this
kind of supplies. So I bought the best
quality glue I could find. And it works fine for me. Refined walnut oil medium. If you have access to
refine walnut oil, this one is very
easy to work with. All you need is a small
amount of any pigment. Create an indentation in
the center like a volcano. And it slowly, at a small
amount of refined walnut oil, mix it well until you
get a thick paste. And that's all you
have to do now, is adjust the amount of oil
or the amount of pigment. And third, you get a
desired consistent or their natural
painting mediums. You can find many natural
mediums available. For example, using
gum arabic powder is a great option as well. But it's a bit difficult to find depending on where you are. Another natural option
that has been used here in the Andes for
centuries is the cactus. By cutting them
into small pieces and soaking them in water, you will get a
slightly pick sort of gummy consistency that will
work perfect as a medium. For this class, we
will be executing the egg tempera method in
the white glue substitute. To demonstrate the process of
painting with air payments. You can either choose
to use both or only one of them to make your process easier,
but it's up to you. Let's start with
the egg tempera. We're going to need a
needle, two egg yolks. Small glass of purify
water in one container. Carefully, we need to separate
the joke from the white. But if we break it, we need to start over. The reason for this is that the protein found
in the egg white, the albumen, prevents the pain from adhering well to
the palate surface. So be careful with now that
we have our jokes ready. We're going to take our
needle and gently peers, they joke and allow it to
drain in our container. This way, we ensure
that only pure joke is mixed with a pigment and the
stack is discarded as well. Next, we add approximately 1.5
to two teaspoons of purify water to that
container and steer it so the egg yolk is
thin out uniformly. Okay? Once we have
this mixture ready, we can combine it
with the pigment. It's best to add a
little bit at a time until you get the
consistency that you prefer. I recommend to a store your egg medium into
a steel container. This will prevent it
from drying too quickly. Using joke powder
can also reduce waste and make the process
a bit easier for you. Another aspect to
consider is this mail. If you are very sensitive
to the other of the yolk, I would recommend adding some drops of clove essential
oil into the mixture, but it's totally optional. I have some
good-quality club oil, so I'm going to add
some to our mixture. This tape will do two things. One, it will take
all the other away immediately without
creating a weird smell. And two, it will prevent
the painting from developing any
bacteria depending on the type of
environment you are. The last aspect to talk about is painting
with white pigments. Since the egg yolk
may alter the color, I recommend to use
an acrylic medium instead for the lighter
colors and proceed as usual. But if you don't have
an acrylic medium, less propellers Institute now, we only need white glue, the best quality you can find. Then we're going to add some room temperature
water and mix well, and they would get
this consistency. Now, let's mix it
with our pigment. Let's start with a
small sample to get the right consistency and also to see how each sample is
reacting to the media. Now that we have
our paint ready, it's time to get hands
on with the Canvas. Even though I don't
have anything specific to paint today, I do have an intention. And I'm getting inspired by the clips from last
night that it also triggered a lot of
reflection in a lot of knowledge and
growth into myself. So I'm going to tap into this energy to be able to
manifested here on the canvas. One of the tools that I
use normally to relax and to come back to myself and to come back to
this present moment. It's reading. I like to take
some deep breaths. Excel slowly. The next sound, very slowly. Once I'm completely relaxed and in tune with myself and
with the present moment, I am ready to paint. So I'm going to start
with my first layer. And I would love to use this dark colors
that I have in here. So let's see how it goes. We're working with air payments. There is a risk of removing the paint when applying
multiple layers of color. This is a common issue. So it's necessary to allow your first layer to dry well before continuing
your process. I will let it dry now. And I will apply the next layer, which is going to be
a bit of the moon. And continued to the
rest of the painting. Sometimes we'll rethink
what we're doing. Or our mind tries to make
sense of our strokes. But I prefer to paint
in an intuitive. Remember that we are
painting with the earth. So allow the color to
express her as well. Explore using your fingers to soft and certain areas
and blur colors. This is more efficient
when painting with their pigments than other
conventional paints. Than be afraid of
using your hands, are trying new techniques. So remember that you also
can mix different colors. And if you can find
black for any reason, you can make an
assumption and use charcoal instead like I did in this case,
bad for charcoal. You have to make sure to use
Act emperor like egg medium. Otherwise, with a
normal acrylic medium, it will mix well together and
you will have this result. After this, I let it dry for a day and give it
the final touches. I present to you the result of my painting after
a week of drawing. Another thing I love
about painting with air fisherman's is that you can easily clean all
your working area without the need to inhale
a bunch of chemicals. In the next lesson, I
would like to talk about your project for this
class is a bit special.
7. Your Class Project: Your project for this class will be based in
pure creativity. Let's imagine that
you are no longer human or that you don't
even have a body. But the Jews still exist. How would you picture
yourself on this planet? Maybe the way that you feel
about nature or yourself. We'll help you to give
life to this painting. So these are the considerations
to have in mind. The representation
of yourself can be abstract or realistic. It doesn't matter. Don't get limited by shapes. Channel any message that's
coming from the Earth. To me. It doesn't matter. If you couldn't find the
colors that you want it. The goal is pass
those limitations. And it's still express
yourself on the Canvas. Remember to use the texture of the pigments so you can add, deft, and expand
your creativity. Avoid using synthetic pigments because they may not mix
well with the ones you made. And they may end up a striping the earth pigments
from the canvas. If you feel like using
other natural pavements, you're welcome, but
don't overuse them. The goal of this
project is to pain mostly with the natural pigments
that you made yourself. I recommend to get a large canvas so you can have more freedom to
express and compose. When you're done, please
take some pictures of your final hardware in another picture of the
pigments that you mate. Share them in the project
section of this class. And tell me how the
whole experience was for you and express what
this painting means. Do you also don't forget to put the location from where you
collected your air pigments. I would love it if you
share your pictures on Instagram and tag me as well. One of the purposes
of this class is to bring back all
the benefits and knowledge of making
n painting with our pigments and inspiring
more people to join as well. Let's co-create the
magic of this class by immortalized in the colors from so many different
places on Earth. Now, go have some fun
and let's get creative. In the next lesson,
I would like to share with you some inspiration and a bit of my own experience finding my style when painting.
8. Finding your Style: When it comes to earth pigments, I love to create
abstract paintings. I enjoy getting
inspired by nature. For example. I like to observe the colors of the organic matter
when it gets decomposed. The colors of the
sky after sunset, the layers on the stones
and the textures in the trees is just
pure our tummy. But a painting,
portraits or landscapes are also amazing ways to
use your air payments. If you're an experienced artist, you've probably already found
your style a long time ago. But if you are a beginner, painting with our pigments is
a great opportunity to find what makes your heart beat in excitement when you are
in front of the Canvas. In my experience,
finding your style is related to how much
you know of yourself. And most importantly,
accepting and embracing your whole. Why? Because this allows you to
be free of your fears of failing or doing something
that your mind calls ugly. Without these limitations
and limiting beliefs, you will feel more
confident in yourself, in your expressability
as a human being. There in that sweet spot. You're going to
start to cultivate your style and connect more of your personality
into your arm. Let's talk about the three art
styles that in my opinion, are the most preferred
for artist when creating. Number one, abstract art. It is also known
as intuitive art. Science. It often
represents an emotion. It encourages the audience to focus on how the
Earth makes them feel. A stimulus, a reflection,
and contemplation. And that is a great
tool to explore the elements and to
express a bit of chaos. If you feel like it. For both artists and viewers, it offers a distinct sense
of freedom and expression. Number two, expressionists arc. This art style. It's also focused on the artist, mood and expression, but using more elements
of the real-world. In other words, the sense of reality is distorted
with the purpose of expressing the most
profound feelings and ideas of the artist. So if you're looking
forward to send a message with your
art, this is it. Unlike abstract art, where the interpretations of the
world can vary greatly. In expressionism,
it is easier to identify the emotions that
the artist wants to convey. Number three, realism. It is a more precise
representation of certain characters, episodes of life,
the natural world. These are only three examples of our styles that I wanted to share with you for
some inspiration. But my purpose is not to put
your creativity in a box, but quite the opposite, which is to encourage
you to explore the artistic diversity that
exist in you and express it. After all, art is just
another way of healing. In the next lesson, we will talk about the drying
process for your paintings, which differs depending on the type of medium
that you choose.
9. Drying Process: Now let's talk about the
durability ended dr, process of our painting. Despite the development of modern petroleum-based pigments, earth pigments are still known
to be the most permanent, the most resistant
pigments when it comes to light,
temperature and humidity. Now, in order to talk
about exact drying times, we need to consider
the painting medium. You chose signs that drying
process will change. For egg tempera paintings. When using this medium, we need to talk about
drying and curing time. Since you notice actin
para is fast drying. But depending on the amount of layers that you have created, the level of humidity
that you're supposed to. He made a cup a
little longer for three days up to a
week to dry evenly. But decoration or
polymerization refers to the amount of time for the painting to not
get easily scratch, but your fingernail
and for the colors to become richer and deeper in, according to the experts, this process may take from
six months to one year. Burnishing your painting is not recommended since it may
alter its appearance. Some artists prefer to frame their paintings for
placing them under glass. But I honestly prefer
just the natural way. For acrylic or polar
medium paintings. Here the drawing
process is faster. But also consider the amount of layers and the type of pigments
that you use on the camp. So we're talking about
from two to four days. But if you want to make sure, I will recommend to
wait for a week. Depending on your liking, you can burnish your painting, but I wouldn't
recommend it myself. I prefer the mat, textures and the natural
log of your payments. Whether you use one
or the other medium, or payments remain
completely stable. We're exposed to a
variety of conditions. So as they're looking
for a place to hang your new masterpiece.
10. Thank You: Thank you so much to
each one of you for being part of this
artistic adventure, for giving yourself the time and energy to connect
with the earth, to create wonderful our pieces. I can wait to see your work. I encourage you to keep experimenting with
natural pigments. And why not get inspired
by your ancestors, ancient cultures from
your area, the host, so much artistic knowledge, research, explore and enjoy
the wonders of this planet. Certainly for me,
art is therapy. I'm not a full-time artist, but painting has become a
bagel for transformation. Especially when I collect
and made my own pigments. Because I learned so
much about myself, about nature, and
about life itself. This is possible when we
learn to observe with our hearts first and remain
in the present moment. Just then, we can become
channels of the VOD being alive. And finally, I invite you to leave a review
for this class. This is my first-class and
he would help me a lot. Have your opinion. Tell me
everything I would like to read about your unique way of
experiencing this process. You would like to
follow my work. Please go to my bio
here in this platform. Was a great pleasure to share
this knowledge with you. And I hope my English
wasn't too bad. At last, I want to
remind you that we are all in life is 0. I love you. See you again.
11. 2023 Update: How to Sift Ultra Fine Pigments: Hello, Our T-cells. Welcome back. I wanted to share this small
tutorial for a long time. It's about simple way to obtain the finest particles of
Pigment without using water. Just a small reminder
that you don't have to go through this
process if you don't want to. But if you are interested in
making watercolor paints, it's best if you use the
finest pigments you have. By the way, the
watercolor tutorial is now available in
the next lesson. In the previous lesson on
how to extract the Pigments, I taught you the common
method of adding water to your sample to separate
the finest particles. Now, I'm going to teach
you a simpler method, which is using a thicker
Cloth to sort your pigments. This is a sample of
rocks I grinded and sifted using a mesh
like this one. As you can see,
it's not very fine. Now, let's put the
sample back into the Mortar one more
time to crush it again. It's best if you
grind your sample a bit at a time when you
have lots of pigment. So the particles
can break easier. Once you grind it well, you are ready to Sift. You're going to need the thickest non-elastic
fabric you can find. Let me show you how thick
the one I'm using is compared to the usual Mesh
I used to Sift the soil. Search your old clothes. I'm sure you must have
something similar. The Cloth needs to be
your assistant and allow only the thinner
particles to pass. This. Why we're not looking
for elastic fabrics that can easily expand by applying
pressure with their hands. It needs to be something stiff. Now in a small container, we're going to tie the
Cloth and start to Sift. As you can notice, this process
will take a little while. It took me around 10 min to Sift approximately one
tablespoon of Pigment. This amount is perfect to fill a small watercolor
pen, for example. I honestly prefer this
method to extract my finest pigments because
I can save lots of time. But I recommend using
the water method when you need to make a
huge batch of Pigment. Let me show you the result. This sample is the one I obtained using the
normal thing Mesh. This second one is the residue I got after Sift in the sample
with the thick Cloth. In this third sample is the
result of the final Sift. And of course, the
finest pigment we got. You can tell the quality of the Pigment
when you touch it. It just stays in your fingers. In the following lesson, I will teach you
step-by-step how to make your own watercolor paints using a gum arabic binder.
Then miss it
12. 2023 Update: How to Make Watercolors with Earth Pigments: Hello everybody, welcome back. In this new lesson, I will teach you how to make your own watercolor paints
using your earth pigments. Called you need to
learn is how to prepare your gum arabic binder and
have at least one tablespoon. Any pigment of your choice. Let's review all the materials
that you were required. Around one tablespoon of your
preferred error Pigment, one glass container with gum, arabic powder, boiling water, one teaspoon of
honey and glycerin. It's optional. A few drops of Cloth, essential oil, optional to, let's put the
Pigments aside in use the rest of these materials
to make your binder. The recipe I'm going to
show you is by volume. I find it easier this way. First, measure one part of gum, arabic powder in two
parts of boiling water. Here, I'm putting around two
tablespoons of gum arabic. And this amount will give
you enough binder to feel around ten a
small watercolor pens. I prefer to put
the powder before the water to help
dissolve it a bit better. If you are crushing your
own gum arabic arrestin. Sift that the vast you can
to avoid too many lamps. Now, at two parts
of boiling water. Remember, it's always twice
the amount of powder. For example, if you're putting
two parts of gum arabic, you will need four
parts of boiling water. The more powder, the harder
it is to dissolve it. So I recommend adding the water in batches and the solvent
it a bit at a time. Otherwise, you will
get really big lumps. Use a spoon to mix
your solution. In Bush, the small lumps against the container to
help dissolve them. Why it is important to use a glass container
so you can have much more visibility
of the liquid. This solution is a tiny
bit liquidity for me, as you can see, I'm going to add a bit more gum arabic
powder and mix it again. The result you are looking
for is a flight density, not super thick, but
not very light either. Once you get to
this consistency at your honey in a ten
per cent weight of the solution, you have. Now, I am adding the rest
of the honey I half-life. And make sure to use
honey that isn't mixed with sugar or
any other additives, it has to be handed
percent pure. The reason we're using honey
is to help the Pigments makes a smoothly into the
formula and to prevent mold. Adding glycerin is optional, but it will extend the drying time of your
watercolor paints. And it will help
the gum arabic read dissolve in water the
amount of glycerin, it's also around one part
of the powder as well. So if you're using two
tablespoons of gum arabic powder, you will need two tablespoons
of glycerin as well. I liked the consistency
I have right now. So the last step, Gumby to add a few
drops of Cloth, essential oil to extend shelf life and also prevent
mold growth as well. Personally, I really
liked the smell. So I tend to add a
bit extra sometimes. This is the result. It's best to make small batches. So that comes solution
will be fresh rather than history in larger
quantities for a long time. Also, depending on your weather, you can store it in the
refrigerator or leave it aside. The level of humidity, it is important as well to
prevent it from rotting. Now we're ready. Let's bring our pigments to
make the watercolor paints. For a small watercolor pen, you will need around one tablespoon of air
pigment of your choice. But depending on the color, sometimes you will have
to adjust the amounts of pigment or binder to get
the right consistency. What's people use? A glass plate and a glass
molar blend. The Pigments. I have a nomadic
life at the moment. So I can travel with
so much weight. But To be honest, have
to buy this tools. Today. I'm using a tiny spatula
and a small non of servant flat surface to mix
my binder and Pigments. It will work just fine. Place your Pigment first. Start with a ratio of one part, come binder to one
part pigments. And from there you can
adjust as necessary. I like to make a small
hole in the middle, pour my binder in there, and it's slowly bring
the Pigment to mix it. Some pigments will incorporate
easier than others. As soon as you press the
mixture against the surface to dissolve any tiny lumps and
make sure the color is even. You're doing fine. You must obtain a paste with a
thick creamy consistency. In this case, I'm
adding a bit more of pigment here because it could
be a little more dense. This process, very
quick and rewarding. Sometimes the colors will reveal themselves in very
unexpected ways. Once you get this consistency, you are ready to place your paste into your
watercolor pan. And of course, it's best to let dry your watercolor
paint before using it. And if you have a limited
amount of Fishman, I would recommend adding a bit less binder at the beginning and
adjust it from there. I'm very happy with this color. I found this green clay in Colombia and I fell
in love with it. Now, let's see what this
color looks like on paper. I also have other colors here that I collected
from Columbia. So let's have a look. I am very pleased
with the results. And I hope you can
go outdoors to collect your Pigments,
is you haven't yet. I would love to see
your creations. And I invite you to upload into the project
section as well. And if you haven't
left a review yet, please take 5 min to do it. It would help me a lot. Also, you can
download a PDF with this recipe in the
resources section. Thank you so much for
watching this Update. Nacac
Karelia Blum, Artist | Mindfulness Facilitator
