How to make natural pigments from rocks!
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 25. 06. 2020
- This is part 2 of a three-part series tutorial. In this video, I demonstrate how to make natural pigment from a piece of rock.
There are 5 basic steps:
1. Washing the collected sample
2. Drying
3. Grinding and sifting the rock
4. Washing the pigment
5. Drying and storing the pigment
I hope this video inspires you to make a connection with your local landscape. Because the landscape is not just a source of artistic inspiration, it is a source of art supplies too!
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Wow, I just realized that me and my best friend used to do this as kids. We'd crush small rocks with larger rocks and use the powder to draw on things.
in today's modern world we forget that everything that we need is just around us. we need not buy everything :-) !
SAME
So u ppl use to make rock painting
Omg sameeee
Welcome to Stone Age
One of my earliest memories as a kid was crushing rocks to make painting, of course I didn't know about binders and such. Since then I've been making dyes and pigments with rocks, plants, and mushrooms. Its absolutely addicting and fun!
Iâm doing a really big investigation in Rembrandt for a school presentation. And Iâm trying to make my âownâ Rembrandt painting. To do that I used this video, it helped me a LOT, thank you!!
thank you ! all the best.
Hi Nina, I would love to hear more about your investigation, as I am myself doing some research on this topic too.
Step 1: learn the difference between investigation and research
As a total amateur watercolorist and someone who is excited about pigments and such, your channel has been a crazy random stumble.
Thank you for all your content. :)
So hello should I add water or oil to the pigment to be able to use it?
@@jzjndnx2 Hi I just started researching this stuff and donât know much, but I would search for tutorials on making a paint base. There are recipes on CZcams for making a generic watercolor base that you can add any pigment too, then let dry and you have watercolor. I assume there would be other generic paint bases for different types of paint. I hope this helps!
Amazing! Thank you x
Love this tutorial, thank you!!
Really enjoyed this. Going to look for rocks tomorrow. Thanks for sharing. đ€©
This was a cool video. Thank you for sharing
This is wonderful thanks!
Great video! Thanks a lot!
Wonderful! So enjoyed watching this!
Thank you so much fo this amazing tutorial đđ»
Thankyou! Loved this video
Thank you for your tutorial! Amazingly helpful!
Wow its amazing
Thank you for the lovely tutorial.
Thank you, am so doing this
I loved it thank you
wow amazing ty
wonderful thanks for sharing
Thank you I loved learning about this!
amazing video, thank you for sharing! :)
Beautiful video! Thanks for sharing ur knowledge.
This made my heart happy
Amazing
Thanks for this video. Really helpfulâïž
Thanks again. That was inspiring
I love this! Youâve inspired me to go look for pigments again. The area where I live has a lot of granite. Itâs not easy to find softer rocks for grinding. Thank you for your insights!
I'm so glad!
Wonderful video ! I love the colors nature provides
Thanks! Cool!
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Great video! Please make more paint making and pigment foraging and making videos!!! Thanks for sharing đđ
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wonderful! thank you:)
Thank you so much
Found it useful, thank you very much for the contribution.
Perfectly show and demonstrated. Thanks!. :-)
Fascinating process, thank you for sharing! I keep looking at some natural objects and keep thinking whether they can be used in paint making.
Thank you!!! I'm so facinated in making pigment from natural elements.
Interesting. Thank ya' đ
Thank you for sharing and reminding us the beauty of nature
wonderful, thank you!
Very interesting. I am always picking up rocks and very interested in making my own pigment paint for use on fabric.
thank you for clearly stating how to make pigment from rocks. I will do it!
LOVE it! I just returned from Nova Scotia with a "few" beautiful rocks and some sand stones. While there I also got reacquainted with my love of pastel painting. I'm home now and I can't wait to make some of my very own pigments and turn them into pastels! Many thanks!
Youve opened up a whole new world for me thank you
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You have piqued my interest! Your three sequential tutorials are my official introduction into making pigments from nature. Thank you!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Iâm just starting my journey of collecting earth pigments and your videos have been very helpful đ€
tks.very good.
So many ideas and possibilities have opened up for me after watching this video!
really enjoyed this video :)
Wonderful video! Thank you, yes, we should connect with the earth again â€
You are so very artistic dear friendâŠExcellent ChannelâŠđžđŒđđ
Thank you, Jyotsna. This was great. I've made some pastels from silt and want to do more. Your video has taken me a bit further! Keep sharing! TravelingArtista
Amei o seu canal, Ă© o que eu estava procurando
I really love this kind of videos, thank you!
Thank you for stopping by, much appreciated!
This is such a simple method, all of us could enjoy it. Thank you so much for this, will start with some limestone hehe.
I grew up LOVING rocks so much. I never understood why until now â€ïžđâ€ïž
Iâm so excited to watch your next episodeđâ€ïž
thank you. its been so difficult finding out how to make paints naturally
Gosh! I loved this video so much. Your voice is so soothing with the video being sooooo interesting, it was like watching a show on the nature channel! LoL I LOVED it!
Hi Jenny! thank you for your kind words! I am glad to hear that you enjoyed watching the video! Have a great day!
Why this is wonderful!!!
Thank you for posting this information.
thank you kindly !
We truly are out of touch with the world! Making paints seem so easy now?? Thank you so much fo sharing!
Thank you for the tutorial! I usually just wait for the water to evaporate to get my pigment, but the coffee filter is a good idea if I want to do things a bit more quickly :)
I wait for the water to evaporate too but for this tutorial, I used a coffee filter. I prefer saving resources :-)
In the neighborhood where I am living I recently discovered the remains of prehistoric red ocher mining. Itâs absolutely amazing. I found a millstone, grinding stones, and stones that were used for shopping and carving the Red and yellow ocher stones down to smaller chunks where they could be ground up. I have shown pictures to an archaeologist and they are excited and want to come over and have a look. I also found a stone spearpoint nearby. Itâs amazing some of the things you can find and how old this practice is
Thanks
Love this. I am a crystal person and am looking for natural minerals to create makeup like eye shadows, lotions, candles and lip balms. This makes sense what you are showing in your video. Thank you for sharing.
Iâm late to your channel, but what a wonderful video. â€
Very relaxing video and very interesting!!! :) good job!
Glad you enjoyed it!
am going to search some rocks tomorrow for sure.
Very nice video †thank you for sharing.
Where do you get the sifter/strainers to filter out the larger particles?
Thank you so much! You have an wonderful spirit! â„ I learned a lot!
thank you for your kind words.
Thanks u very much
Thank you for sharing. Very inspirational.
thank you kindly!
Really enjoyed watching will have to try now, thanks for sharing đ
thank you đ .
I love this Ohmygod!!!!
Thank you very much for this lovely tutorial. Would it be possible to use the pigments as dry paint just like pastel/charcoal? I would love to draw with the dry powder using a brush
wonderful tutorial !!
thank you so much !
Just watched all 3 tutorials. Your explanation is very clear. I recently purchased hand ground pigments that somebody made for me. This is really all very new to me. I loved your explanation. Very nicely done Jyotsna! I have subscribed!
I really love your closing statement about rocks being pages of history, telling their story. Such a beautiful thought.
Thank you for sharing. Iâm really keen to try making my own pigments from special places in my favourite landscapes.
We think, how did our ancestors could live without all stuff we have today? And here's the answer! Our planet has all we need, thanks for share.
So beautiful i just done the same i collecting local rocks with beautiful oxid colors i made yellow ochre, red oxide, and umber like color..satisfying process
thank you so much, nice info, my name is sharief from india, am a natural artist, i do more oil/water paintings but i wanna try this olden ancient technique. thank you once again
Absolutely loved this! I am an artist and I absolutely love exploring the process of making my own pigments to use in paint. I want to explore making watercolor paint but I need to study the liquid additives more. I havenât seen or read anything that gives actual amounts in grams or milliliterâs so that I have a base point from which to start experimenting. I do know that some pigments will require different proportions of an additive due to more or less absorptive properties and unless you have a degree in geology you can only make guesses about what kind of rock you find to use and you cannot know itâs absolute mineral content without an expensive professional assay so it will end up being an experiment in trial and error ultimately . Hopefully I can find something that at least gives me a basic general formula to start with. Anyone out there that knows of a formula or a book or website that gives good instruction in mixing paints I would love to know.
Almost my entire neighborhood soil is filled with clay and extremely pigmented rocks ,we live near a mine and sometimes you can even hear sirens before feeling the shake and sound of explosions! But I think Iâll start taking advantage of all these rocks!
Thanks! I'm beginning to make my own watercolors. This was amazing!! I'll be trying it!
glad to hear and thank you!
Super great content and it's a pleasure listening to your voice, Thank you so much, spot on. Greetings from western Australia, I did a stone wall out of granite and will just use small amounts of cement to bind the rocks and make them even more structural however, i want to use your technique to colour cement with stones from the land. đđ»
Hello Robhi, I greatly appreciate your thoughtful compliments. Australia holds a unique place in my heart, having been my home for an entire decade plus one year. During my time there, I had the opportunity to explore some of the adjacent areas near Perth, which are renowned for their stunning colours. I lived on the East Coast. Have a ripper weekendđđ
Thanks for the great video.
I do have a question .
How do you obtain the colours you would like to have ? Like Red or black !. How do you find those kinda material?
Thanks
Itâs a great tutorial! Love it! In the US getting rocks from a National Park in the US is illegal. Just donât want you to get in trouble or get others in trouble for collecting on National Park lands in the US.
Thx for this video, I found your account looking for a book about making watercolours.
Thanks for sharing just to ask how does one know which right rocks to pick up please
I loved your video. Such an interesting technique. Do you think this same method can be used to grind stones like malachite or a labradorite?
you can but the final colour will depend on the particle size. I personally don't work with any stone that contains potentially toxic minerals.
Beautiful and informative video. đ #rockon ;-)
thank you â€ïž
wonderful and inspiring. I was wondering, could you use a fine cloth instead of the coffee filter ?
Absolutely! Although, you can just leave the residual water to evaporate on its own aswell! That way you donât loose any pigment.
I loved this video. What do you do when you want to use this pigment to paint? Just add water?
you can make oil or watercolour paint and use them in your creative process :-).
Hi Jyotsna! Do natural mineral pigments have a neutral pH? or how is the pH level controlled?
Can you use this for makeup? Via mica powder?
Thank you for the knowledge & I have a question!
Is that a spice grinder bowl or is there a specific grinding bowl you use to grind the rocks?
It's a regular mortar and pestle indeed! Please keep your tools meant for pigment and paint making separate from the kitchen tools.
I'm in love with Natural pigments!
A doubt: What would u use as a 'binder' for ur pigments to bind to a cotton fabric đ€
I'm here from India, and I find wideee range of plant based pigments!
And rock pigments đ they differ for literally each meter!
Gotta do some fun research!
Tq for ur insight!
Thanks for this tutorial! What hues can you extract from rocks this way?
hues can range from various shades of red, yellow, grey, blue etc it all depends on the chemical composition.