Guided Course: Prepare inks and watercolors with natural ingredients

Overview

“Discover how medieval monks transformed flowers, ashes, and egg whites into living pigments that changed with time, the weather, or even a reader's breath. More than manuscripts, they created chemical works programmed to evolve over centuries. A fascinating story where art and science merge to reveal that impossible colors have always existed... you just had to know how to cultivate them.”

In this video lesson Gina y Miguel (Tortolita Inventiva) addresses the topic: Podcast: The Occult Alchemy of Pigments, which is part of the Domestika online course: Guided Course: Prepare inks and watercolors with natural ingredients. Create liquid watercolors and botanical inks with natural ingredients, explore pigment extraction and preservatives.

Partial transcription of the video

“There are hues that defy logic: blues plucked from flora designed to bloom in red. greens that shimmer brighter under moonlight than sunlight. This marvel stems from ancient monks who possessed profound that we have just rediscovered. Welcome to a new episode of the Domestika podcast. Medieval monasteries harbored a secret within their walls. Their libraries housed manuscripts that altered their colors depending on the reader. This phenomenon wasn't due to magic but rather the result of advanced Combining red flower petals with certain wood ash created blues more vivid than any gemstone. Th...”

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Course summary for: Guided Course: Prepare inks and watercolors with natural ingredients

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (1)
• 63 students
• 1 unit
• 8 lessons (54m)
• 5 downloads

• Category

  Craft, Illustration

• Areas

  Arts & Crafts, Color Theory, DIY, Fine Arts, Painting, Watercolor Painting