Making paint from flowers

How to Make Watercolor Paints from Flower Petals - Making water color paints from flower petals is a fun craft for kids that can be used in art projects.

Learn how to make natural plant-based watercolor paint for children. Step-by-step process and fun activity for the whole family.

I’ve been making an exciting foray into the world of natural paints and inks. It’s not so different from natural dyeing really. You can use the same dye plants but just create a really strong dye b…

In this blog post I’ll show you how to quickly and simply extract dye from coreopsis flowers using hot water. This makes a beautiful dye that can be used like watercolour paint. Then we’ll play with lemon juice and bicarbonate of soda (baking soda) to make a wider range of colours. The paint only takes...

Making paint with flower petals is a great way to combine science exploration with art.

Climbing roses. 🌹 A tangle of blooms, thorns, stems,and leaves. Beautiful in its chaos. Always growing and climbing perfectly in its imperfection… Just like us. This was yesterday’s live painting in the Magic Makers Membership. So very grateful for this community and being able to create in the energy of kindred spirits. There’s nothing like it. ❤️

Nanette Biers, The rose garden at the Marin Art & Garden Center in Ross. "Inhaling the Fragrance" 12 x 9

What’s happening in the studio this week: lots of watercolor, demonstrations, and a new ranunculus painting! Summer always makes me want to paint with watercolor. I have been painting roses purely for fun lately, which is a huge change of pace from all of the classes I’ve been teaching lately. It’s nice to slow down and focus on enjoying my subject and the quirks of this tricky medium. Watercolor has such a different pace and attitude compared to oils. It’s refreshing to engage with a new…