Making Paints Yourself

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Recipe: Professional-Grade Natural Watercolors
Making your own watercolors allows you to make an incredibly archival, very high quality paint that has a more brilliant luminosity (see comparison to commercial tubed paint below) and are free of fillers, preservatives, heavy metals, petroleum-based pigments and toxins. And it couldn't be simpler!! Ingredients: Natural Earth Pigments Gum Arabic Powder Honey clove or thyme essential oil Step 1: Make the Watercolor Base: Mix 1 cup hot water with ½ cup Gum Arabic Powder Add in 1/5 cup honey ...
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