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

It's time to go back to basics! If you're interested in art, but find that it's becoming an increasingly expensive hobby, The Organic Artist is just the book for you!

The Organic Artist encourages you to return to those days when art was made with all-natural materials, like charcoal and birch bark. Immersing you in the natural world, The Organic Artist seeks to inspire creativity by connecting you to your organic roots.

In addition to offering a wide variety of suggestions for using nature as supplies for art, this book also introduces the concepts of awareness and perception that are foundational to the creative process. Readers will refine drawing skills, as well as increase their appreciation for the visual arts and the natural landscape.

Some of the projects and skills covered include the following: making paper and wild ink, working with soapstone, clay, wood, and rawhide, printmaking and stenciling, natural pigments and dyes, camouflage and body painting, and nature journaling.

• Make Ink: A Forager’s Guide to Natural Inkmaking
• Papermaking with Garden Plants & Common Weeds
• Botanical Inks: Plant-to-Print Dyes, Techniques and Projects
• Earthen Pigments: Hand-Gathering & Using Natural Colors in Art
• Eco-Dyed Art Journals: Using Nature's Imprints
• The Organic Painter: Learn to paint with tea, coffee, embroidery, flame, and more; Explore Unusual Materials and Playful Techniques to Expand your Creative Practice
• Plants Are Magic Magazine - Volume 4: For makers, dreamers & plant lovers
• Wild Color, Revised and Updated Edition: The Complete Guide to Making and Using Natural Dyes
• The Papermaker's Companion: The Ultimate Guide to Making and Using Handmade Paper
• Harvesting Color: How to Find Plants and Make Natural Dyes