May 12th    2018 Heritage Skills Centre, Lincoln Castle – Fully Booked

May 18th 2019   Gloucestershire Lettering Arts – Fully Booked

 

Conteporary Illuminated Manuscripts Natural Pigments

During this workshop we will extract pigments from a stone found in a Lincolnshire field, plants such as weld and madder, and a copper based mineral (chrysocolla, azurite or malachite, depending on availability).

Each process is slightly different, giving a good insight into to art of natural paint making.

Medieval paint making workshop Toni Watts illumination

Pigments extracted during a workshop. A couple of them do look like jam…

 …but when dried, they look like this –

Natural pigments handmade traditional art Toni Watts

– ready to be transformed into paint – watercolour, egg tempera or oil, depending on the interests of the group.

 

Safety

Goggles, masks and gloves are provided and careful handling of materials is stressed.

 

Notes for Group Organisers

This worshop is flexible and can easily be adapted for those who would prefer to spend more time making paint / painting and less time grinding rocks to extract pigments.