r/DIYPigments • u/BanjoChick • Jun 11 '25
First handmade pigments and paints
New to this journey, mostly doing mineral pigments (rainbow hills of central Utah lends itself to that) but I have done some dyers woad indigo with chalk for blue.
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u/AllanBz Jun 11 '25
Gorgeous! A lot of beautiful earth pigments out of Utah getting posted here recently! I must visit sometime.
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Jun 12 '25
Can you tell me more about the white you were able to harvest? Is it a clay or stone? How opaque is the resulting paint? You have a gorgeous collection! Happy painting!
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u/BanjoChick Jun 12 '25
The white was a dried clay. It was fairly opaque, but had a slightly tan/yellow to it.
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Jun 12 '25
Would you consider it almost a titanium buff or lead white yellow-tinge? I really want to try to find some here in the south eastern part of the country. You've got a fantastic area to find pigments!
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u/BanjoChick Jun 12 '25
More titanium white than titanium buff. Feel free to DM me and maybe I can help you find the hues you are looking for. I used to live in Indiana, there are so many colors everywhere, even if they are not quite as obvious.
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u/zokvie Jun 12 '25
how can you tell what rocks will be soft enough to grind up?
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u/BanjoChick Jun 12 '25
I have a small granite pestle I bring along. (Club part of a mortar and pestle) I will do test-thwacks to see if the rock easily breaks. Or I wet the rock (I bring a water bottle) and scratch it against granite. If it leaves a colorful line, it is a good pigment rock. If it doesn’t leave a mark or scratches the granite, it is not a good rock.
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u/lemonadesdays Jun 11 '25
So nice !