Make Your Own Watercolor Paints from Nature

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Create your own watercolor paints using plants and earth pigments! Natural watercolors bring both delicate and vibrant hues to your artwork, adding depth and life to every brushstroke.

In this workshop, we’ll explore how to extract color from natural materials and transform it into pigment, which can then be mulled into rich watercolor paints. Participants will create and take home their own set of three half-pans of handmade natural watercolors.

More information can be found at www.ecologyofcolor.com

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About Your Instructor

Alison Webb is an ecologist, artist, and educator specializing in the use of plant and mushroom dyes and pigments. Alison completed her Ph.D. in Ecology at Utah State University and has traveled extensively for research and teaching. These experiences led her to start her business, Ecology of Color, which offers science- and art-integrated classes to her community. She uses gardening, foraging, and creating with natural materials as an opportunity to highlight ecological relationships and connections.

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