Plant Pigments

Transforming plants from the kitchen, garden, and neighborhood into homemade watercolor pigments.

Half pans filled with freshly mulled watercolor pigments.

Half pans filled with freshly mulled watercolor pigments.

 
 
Color wheel and mixing chart made with 8 plant pigments.

Color wheel and mixing chart made with 8 plant pigments.

Vibrant red begonia dye bath to be made into a lake pigment.

Vibrant red begonia dye bath to be made into a lake pigment.

Dried begonia lake pigment, ready to be ground.

Dried begonia lake pigment, ready to be ground.

 
 
Mulling ground begonia pigment into watercolor paint.

Mulling ground begonia pigment into watercolor paint.