Earth pigments are accessible wherever we live and travel, connecting us and our art to the landscape around us. What is available for our use in the natural world has its limitations, but it offers us an opportunity to reimagine a creative practice that is embodied and relational with the land.

During our pigment and paintmaking studio, we will get to know some of the local geology that determines the colors we can forage on the landscape, how to find and ethically harvest rocks and soils, as well as how to transform them from crude to fine paint. We will mull pigments in watercolor binder and discuss other natural binders and applications in the arts. At the end of the day, there will be time to play with our paints. Everyone will get to take home a pan of paint from the color of their choice.

All materials are provided.

If you would like to purchase a paintmaking starter kit to take home at the end of class they will be available for $55. Kit includes a sample 7 color pigment pack, watercolor gum binder, mixing tile, palette knife and mini-muller.

Hosted by Wildling Collaborative Arts in Eugene Oregon