The Organic Artist: Make Your Own Paint, Paper, Pigments, Prints and More from Nature

Absolutely brilliant book, it's a real treasure

This is a super book. I live on a very tight budget and needed some art supplies and here is this book telling us how to make our own paints etc. with such common ingredients as coffee and beetroot water! I actually had a friend who did similar things once and the level of specification you can get when you make your own is excellent, you can even choose whether to have large pigments or small pigments with many things, it just depends how finely you grind them. This book also tells you how to make paper, prints and presses too. It will keep you supplied with paints etc. for the rest of your life. Its surprising how many things you have around you can be used. The author suggests empty bones can be used to store paints and I have many that have had the marrow chewed out of them by our dogs and these would do perfectly. But if you want to supplement the books ideas with, for example, gum arabic or different pigments Cornelissen in London have everything. This book would be good for people who re-anactors and people who do living history and want to use authentic ink, paper etc. the details of how to make it are all here.

I am an environmental artist that also teaches 16-19 year olds, and this book lives in my classroom as an invaluable resource in engaging students with the material of art-making, with a strongly eco-friendly slant.Students have throughly enjoyed making their own paints and crayons using Neddo's instructions, and this book has been highly useful in guiding them in independant investigation and experimentation, environmental thinking and material heritage.A very worthwhile addition to my library!

A enjoyable read. Very clear written instructions with expert photography not drawings, leaves the reader/student in no doubt what is being explained.An excellent reference book.

Superb comprehensive study, recipes, and ideas for making pigments and brushes. Very pleased I brought it.

I bought it for a present for someone else, but it’s certainly very original and interesting.

I have to be careful when reading this book as I immediately want to make the things that are contained inside. In terms of charcoal, this is perhaps not the wisest idea. It's brilliant in motivating you to lead a more ecological life though.

This book has lots of great ideas, simple instructions, and I like the author's own artwork using home-made materials. The art group I belong to had a day making and drawing with natural inks and pens - we all enjoyed it and I want to try more ideas from the book.

Useful information, and extremely excited to learn how to craft everything

I am a mixed media artist who works a lot with ink and watercolor, but I am also an avid gardener, thrifter, antique lover... One of the things I love is the sustainable aspect of buying as many "preloved" things as I can. With art, I have baskets of pencils and paints from estate sales of artists now passed over, but I really love the idea of being hands on with making some mediums- my entire palette as it is tends to be earth tones, just what I naturally gravitate to, so this book is PERFECT on so many levels!I love the color of the products shown in the book, the diversity of paint, ink, vessels, paper, etc... I just today started prepping my garden and the woods behind them for the summer growing season, and already my eye is noticing things I could use for pigments, or to grind into paper... I cannot wait to have fun with these methods, and love the in-depth explanations for each! 100% happy with my purchase.

Artists who love nature, using their hands and experimenting will love this book. Instructions are fairly simple, but I wish it had included a lot of projects to make, since a lot of the ingredients required are not available in a lot of countries. There could have been a little more information on alternatives.Otherwise it's a great book to have when you feel inspired to make art supplies naturally.

Très bel ouvrage. Belles photos et bien détaillé. Complet .Intéressera les amoureux du Diy en lien avec la nature et l’artistique .Livre En anglais .

Muy feliz de haber hecho esta compra, viene toda la información muy bien explicada, ya hice unas plumas y me funcionaron bien, lo recomiendo ampliamente