What is most exciting about the world of nature's pigments is you never know when you are going to discover something new. Veronica Bishop, my tech consultant, recently forwarded an article about such a color heretofore unknown to me. Thanks to her, I now have another pigment for possible inclusion onto my own historical palette, Han … [Read more...] about Han Purple, Another Color from the Past
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Spider Woman’s Wedding
Spider Woman's Wedding By Margret E. Short, OPA, AWAM © 2012, 23x27 Oil on Linen Lessons from the Spider Woman A pigment project by Margret E. Short December 6 through 31 … [Read more...] about Spider Woman’s Wedding
Kokopelli’s Gifts
Kokopelli's Gifts By Margret E. Short, OPA, AWAM © 2012 13x15 Oil on Linen Lessons from the Spider Woman A pigment project by Margret E. Short December 6 through 31 … [Read more...] about Kokopelli’s Gifts
Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral?
I read an interesting tidbit in the Parade Magazine, Sunday Oregonian, April 19, 2009 in the Ask Marilyn column. A reader asked about carbon dating cave paintings made with paint composed of minerals. Marilyn replied that carbon dating can determine the age of artifacts made of organic matter such as cloth, bone, and wood. If painting was done in … [Read more...] about Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral?