FEBRUARY
a teabag a day
what's this? cans of sample acrylic house paint from my local
ace hardware store. my friend told me about them 14.5 ounces for
the sale price of $1.99! to my surprise, the paints were individually
hand mixed! look at the colors! apparently the stores have regular sales so
that means return visits for me.
these are a gift of beautiful senellier pigment powders
that i just learned how to mix and make my own
watercolors! oh my gosh, what a gift for a girl like me!
to add to the new color, pigment theme, i boiled
red onion skins, yellow onion skins, avocado skins,
and avocado pits as inspired by an exercise in
misty mawn's make do art online workshop.
she recommended labeling the bottles right away.
i can see why now that i made them~~ the batches
look so similar and it would be impossible to keep them
sorted without a label.
here are the samples i took at varying time periods.
samples of avocado pit dyes. print paper on the right
absorbed the most dye. i have boiled batches of papers
with flower petals and onion skins. they make lovely
stationary and journals.
have any of you tried making and using natural dyes? i would love
to hear your experience and get ideas on how you like to use
the dyes.
it's friday and i am looking forward to a creative
weekend. on fridays as always, i post with a lovely
creative group hosted by eva and kristen, paint party friday.
peek in on the artists there if you get a chance... and
Have a lovely
W E E K E N ED
X O X O X O
Lovely work, and have fun with those pigments. Happy PPF, hugs, Valerie
ReplyDeleteGreat artwork, happy Friday!
ReplyDeletelots of yummy colors and options for colors and tints here! those powdered paints look wonderful. The only natural dyes i have tried are with tea and coffee.
ReplyDeleteAn artist friend this week said I wish I had more time to create all the ideas I have in my head.... I know what she means :)
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Wonderful post this weeke Irene! Love your teabag portraits! Great!
ReplyDeleteThank you Susi!
Deletexo Irene
I always learn so much when i visit here Irene. :) Those colors are so gorgeous and those teabag portraits! Fabulous. Acrylic paint in small cans for $1.99. Wow. Can't go wrong there. :) Have a great weekend! xx
ReplyDeleteIrene what an interesting post...love the handmade dyes...Cupcake has been into a dyeing phase lately with commercial dye though... Love all the tea bags in that collage...gorgeous!! I know people who buy premixed paint at a reduced price as they are rejects for one reason or another. They use them for furniture projects and such... The samples are a great idea...and a little more pricey here in Canada...please share what you create with the pigment paint...so interesting!!
ReplyDeleteHugs Giggles
what an amazing week of creative endeavours... this is fabulous. those papers that you dyed look amazing... can't wait to see you create on them...xx
ReplyDeleteOhhh I got to Home Depot and buy up their paint that people brought back. I get 8OZ jars for .35 cents. I get gallons for a few bucks. I love that. Your photos of making natural die brings back memories of my mom's kitchen. She made her own colors for years. It is so much fun and the colors can be amazing. Like yours. So lucky to get a gift of pigments. Last, all of your faces are amazing. Have a very nice Sunday.
ReplyDeleteWe used to use onion skins to dye Easter eggs (real eggs boiled with the skins tied on with wool).
ReplyDeleteI can't be sure but some of the pigments look as if they are cadmium colours - do be careful when you handle them. Beautiful bottles to look at though.
Your wonderful idea of painting on teabags is so inspiring. Each and every painting is exquisitely lovely. Happy PPF!
ReplyDeleteThank you Beth. I cannot take credit for the idea, though. I saw them painted online and thought it would be fun to try. Once I did, I was hooked!
Delete~~ Irene
That is a great idea!! I am really glad to know all this. I just needed some colorful ideas for my daughter’s birthday party as planning for a surprise party on her 5th birthday at local birthday party venues. Hopefully, will be able to plan things to perfection.
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