Hola Alchemists! This space will be dedicated to a special kind of hands-on spiritual journey, with art and plants.  I will use this blog as a means to enhance my experiments in the alchemical use of natural dyes in art.  I will explore various plants and materials and hopefully get some useful advise from fellow bloggers. I expect to develop and share some sweet recipes for milk paint, oil paint, and paper for painting, printmaking, etc., etc.

 

A list of ally art plants I've generated that  I will investigate to observe how they will impart a natural medium to use in various artworks, which I will post in this space:

 

annatto seed

hibiscus flower

turmeric

goldenrod

black walnut

pokeweed berry

onion skin

rosehips

sumac pith

autumn leaves of myriad colors

nettle

yarrow

beets

coffee and/or tea 

acorns

 

 

 

This is an introduction, I encourage you to recycle and renew paper--don't just sit there and google... doodle !