#makingwatercolors

[wschweizer]

collecting jurassic ferric clay ochre, jurassic limestone, iron ore, moraine ochre, grinding stones, moraine mudstone and moraine limonite in southwest Germany the large grinding stones work even better than a commercial granite mortar and pestle #earthpigments #makingwatercolors #ironpigment #ironoxidepigments #ironpigments #ochre #mudstone #limonite #ferricclay #clay #claypigments https://www.instagram.com/p/BxgNa8fo5RT/?igshid=1gbfv8au3yqqm

[wschweizer]

finally bought a large granite mortar and pestle. With this one crushing and grinding the stones and sands to a fine grade is much easier than it is with the small metal one I used up to now.. #makingwatercolors #pigments #mortarandpestle #granite #granitemortarandpestle #grindingstones #earthpigments #ironpigments https://www.instagram.com/schweizerarts/p/BxbH25vIMtz/?igshid=1xuwf7twopr58

[hikaruisaves]

Panning takes sooooo long. It takes a day or more for each layer to dry enough for the next layer. #watercolor #makingwatercolors #makingpaint #titaniumbuff

[hikaruisaves]

When you finally make enough paint that you need to resurface your plate and muller. No wonder that last batch took so much longer than I expected 🙄#makingpaint #makingwatercolors #watercolor

[hikaruisaves]

Cobalt aquamarine ready for pan testing. #makingpaint #makingwatercolors #cobalt #mullingpaint #watercolor

[hikaruisaves]

Such a pretty blue. Research really pays off to avoid the little frustrations of making paint. Now a small panning test to check for cracking and rewetting then any tiny adjustments and I'll be done. #makingpaint #makingwatercolors #watercolor #paint #mullingpaint #blue

[hikaruisaves]

Finally finished that Mayan Green paint I put to the side forever ago. Made so much more than I thought at first because of the pigment/vehicle ratio. Was totally off on my estimate. I'll be able to fit more in the pans when the first fill is dry. Didn't mean to put so much in for the first layer but there wasn't enough room in the syringe 😭. Making this really made me think how I wanted the paint to behave. One of only two reasons to make watercolor paint. Otherwise you're better off spending that time painting. Haha this is my first successful paint. What should I make next? #watercolor #watercolorpaint #makingwatercolors #mayangreen #makingpaint #mullingpaint #mullingmydaysaway #thelayeredcolorissopretty

[hikaruisaves]

Progress! Contrary to my sources. The smooth side of my glass plate is providing better results in fifteen minutes than two or more hours on the sandblasted side. Of course I only learned this after adding a laundry list of other things. Blarg. #mayanred #watercolor #makingwatercolors #makingpaint #mullingpaint My arms are sore. 😑