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128 blueprints available • 3 subcategories

Blueprints (128)

Making Dammar Varnish — The Clear Picture Varnish for Oil Paintings

Making Dammar Varnish — The Clear Picture Varnish for Oil Paintings

by CharlieDE

Middle Ages

137
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4
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Making Green Earth Pigment (Terra Verte) — The Soft Green of Celadonite and Glauconite

Making Green Earth Pigment (Terra Verte) — The Soft Green of Celadonite and Glauconite

by CharlieDE

Ancient

91
0
0
0
6
0
Making Malachite Green Pigment — Grinding the Copper Mineral into Painter's Green

Making Malachite Green Pigment — Grinding the Copper Mineral into Painter's Green

by CharlieDE

Ancient

93
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0
0
9
0
Making Prussian Blue — The First Modern Synthetic Pigment (Berlin, 1704)

Making Prussian Blue — The First Modern Synthetic Pigment (Berlin, 1704)

by CharlieDE

Modern

98
0
0
0
7
0
Making Smalt — Grinding Cobalt Blue Glass into the Renaissance Painter's Blue Pigment
Hazardous

Making Smalt — Grinding Cobalt Blue Glass into the Renaissance Painter's Blue Pigment

by CharlieDE

Middle Ages

66
0
0
0
6
0
Making Traditional Gesso — The White Ground That Prepared Every Panel Painting in History

Making Traditional Gesso — The White Ground That Prepared Every Panel Painting in History

by CharlieDE

Middle Ages

66
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0
0
8
0
Making Vine Black Pigment — Charring Grape Vines into the Cool Blue-Black of Classical Painters

Making Vine Black Pigment — Charring Grape Vines into the Cool Blue-Black of Classical Painters

by CharlieDE

Ancient

69
0
0
0
2
0
Water Gilding with Gold Leaf — Applying Gold to Gesso and Bole for a Mirror Finish

Water Gilding with Gold Leaf — Applying Gold to Gesso and Bole for a Mirror Finish

by CharlieDE

Ancient

48
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0
0
3
0
Making Casein Paint from Milk and Lime — The Ancient Protein-Based Wall Paint

Making Casein Paint from Milk and Lime — The Ancient Protein-Based Wall Paint

by CharlieDE

Ancient

204
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0
0
4
0
Making Chalk White Pigment (Whiting) — Grinding and Levigating Natural Chalk

Making Chalk White Pigment (Whiting) — Grinding and Levigating Natural Chalk

by CharlieDE

Prehistoric

79
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0
5
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Making Encaustic Paint — The Hot Beeswax Medium of Ancient Greek and Egyptian Painters

Making Encaustic Paint — The Hot Beeswax Medium of Ancient Greek and Egyptian Painters

by CharlieDE

Ancient

53
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0
0
3
0
Making Hide Glue Distemper — The Traditional Ceiling and Wall Paint of Europe

Making Hide Glue Distemper — The Traditional Ceiling and Wall Paint of Europe

by CharlieDE

Middle Ages

67
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0
0
4
0
Making a Lake Pigment from Plant Dye — Precipitating Soluble Colour onto an Insoluble Substrate

Making a Lake Pigment from Plant Dye — Precipitating Soluble Colour onto an Insoluble Substrate

by CharlieDE

Ancient

90
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0
0
6
0
Making Lampblack Pigment — Collecting Carbon Soot from a Burning Flame

Making Lampblack Pigment — Collecting Carbon Soot from a Burning Flame

by CharlieDE

Prehistoric

173
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0
0
6
0
Making Lime Wash — The Oldest and Simplest Wall Paint in the World

Making Lime Wash — The Oldest and Simplest Wall Paint in the World

by CharlieDE

Prehistoric

132
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0
0
2
0
Making Red Ochre by Calcining Yellow Ochre — The Oldest Deliberate Pigment Transformation

Making Red Ochre by Calcining Yellow Ochre — The Oldest Deliberate Pigment Transformation

by CharlieDE

Prehistoric

131
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0
0
7
0
Making Ultramarine from Lapis Lazuli — Extracting the Most Precious Pigment in History

Making Ultramarine from Lapis Lazuli — Extracting the Most Precious Pigment in History

by CharlieDE

Middle Ages

96
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0
0
6
0
Making Verdigris — The Copper Acetate Green of Medieval Painters

Making Verdigris — The Copper Acetate Green of Medieval Painters

by CharlieDE

Ancient

96
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0
0
7
0
Cochineal Harvest from Prickly Pear — From Insect to Carmine Pigment

Cochineal Harvest from Prickly Pear — From Insect to Carmine Pigment

by FlorecitaMX

Agriculture

52
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0
0
0
0
Making Acrylic Paint — Grinding Pigments into Acrylic Polymer Medium

Making Acrylic Paint — Grinding Pigments into Acrylic Polymer Medium

by CharlieDE

Painting

152
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2
0
0
Making Egg Tempera Paint — The Medieval Panel Painting Medium

Making Egg Tempera Paint — The Medieval Panel Painting Medium

by CharlieDE

Painting

235
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0
4
0
Making Oil Paint from Raw Pigments — Grinding Pigments in Linseed Oil

Making Oil Paint from Raw Pigments — Grinding Pigments in Linseed Oil

by CharlieDE

Painting

148
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0
0
5
0
Making Watercolour Paint from Raw Pigments — Gum Arabic Binder

Making Watercolour Paint from Raw Pigments — Gum Arabic Binder

by CharlieDE

Painting

204
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0
2
2
0
Making Natural Earth Pigments from Soil and Rocks — Collecting and Processing

Making Natural Earth Pigments from Soil and Rocks — Collecting and Processing

by MaryFI

Painting

145
0
0
0
8
0
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