Making paint

My great-grandmother used to paint china. She spent most of her last years painting and taking care of my great-grandfather. It is a huge understatement to say that she painted a lot of china. Any of my relatives on that side of the family who may be reading this are probably looking around the room at their own tea sets, lamps, serving pieces, full 12 piece place settings, jewelry boxes, and other pieces, all hand painted by Nana, and are nodding in agreement that, yes, there are a lot of pieces.

I have had Nana's box of powder pigments for years, but never thought of doing anything with them until recently. Today I pulled out the linseed oil and pallet knives and have been playing with mixing the pigments into paints. Here are a few pics from my first mixing experiment, plus a little 2.5" x 3.5" paper doll dress I painted from the results.

Any of you have any experience mixing paints from pigments? Tips or tricks?

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A look behind the scenes

Several months ago, Matt and his team wandered in to the studio and asked if I would be willing to do an interview for a video they were producing. They ended up interviewing myself and my friend Christina Nicole, and the resulting video is really great.

If you have a few minutes, take a look and get a glimpse into why Christina and I do what we do. Big thanks to Matt Stephens Productions for including us in his project! (And, Matt, forgive me for taking so long to post this!)

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