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BlueprintsArtDecorative Arts

Decorative Arts

50 blueprints available • 14 subcategories

Blueprints (50)

Making Raw and Burnt Sienna — The Warm Iron Earth from Tuscany

Making Raw and Burnt Sienna — The Warm Iron Earth from Tuscany

by CharlieDE

Pigment Color

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1
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Making Raw and Burnt Umber — The Manganese Earth Pigments of Warm Shadow and Deep Brown

Making Raw and Burnt Umber — The Manganese Earth Pigments of Warm Shadow and Deep Brown

by CharlieDE

Pigment Color

12
0
0
0
1
0
Making Yellow Ochre Pigment — Grinding and Levigating Goethite into the Oldest Painter's Yellow

Making Yellow Ochre Pigment — Grinding and Levigating Goethite into the Oldest Painter's Yellow

by CharlieDE

Pigment Color

14
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0
0
2
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Making Bone Black Pigment — Calcining Animal Bones into the Warm Black of Old Master Painters

Making Bone Black Pigment — Calcining Animal Bones into the Warm Black of Old Master Painters

by CharlieDE

Pigment Color

27
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0
0
3
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Making Cinnabar Red Pigment — Grinding Mercury Sulfide into the Most Vivid Red of the Ancient World
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Making Cinnabar Red Pigment — Grinding Mercury Sulfide into the Most Vivid Red of the Ancient World

by CharlieDE

ART

19
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0
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8
0
Making Dammar Varnish — The Clear Picture Varnish for Oil Paintings

Making Dammar Varnish — The Clear Picture Varnish for Oil Paintings

by CharlieDE

Middle Ages

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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

ART

26
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6
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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

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

by CharlieDE

ART

20
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0
0
7
0
Making Smalt — Grinding Cobalt Blue Glass into the Renaissance Painter's Blue Pigment
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Making Smalt — Grinding Cobalt Blue Glass into the Renaissance Painter's Blue Pigment

by CharlieDE

Pigment Color

14
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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

Painting

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8
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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

16
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2
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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

11
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0
3
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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

Chemistry

21
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0
2
0
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

17
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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

Painting

25
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4
0
Making Lime Wash — The Oldest and Simplest Wall Paint in the World
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Making Lime Wash — The Oldest and Simplest Wall Paint in the World

by CharlieDE

Prehistoric

21
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2
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Cochineal Harvest from Prickly Pear — From Insect to Carmine Pigment

Cochineal Harvest from Prickly Pear — From Insect to Carmine Pigment

by FlorecitaMX

Raw Materials

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Making Acrylic Paint — Grinding Pigments into Acrylic Polymer Medium

Making Acrylic Paint — Grinding Pigments into Acrylic Polymer Medium

by CharlieDE

Decorative Arts

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2
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Making Egg Tempera Paint — The Medieval Panel Painting Medium

Making Egg Tempera Paint — The Medieval Panel Painting Medium

by CharlieDE

Decorative Arts

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4
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