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86 blueprints available • 3 subcategories

Blueprints (86)

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

Middle Ages

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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

ART

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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

ART

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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

ART

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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

Ancient

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

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

by CharlieDE

Chemistry

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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

Pigment Color

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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

Chemistry

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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

ART

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Making Lampblack Pigment — Collecting Carbon Soot from a Burning Flame

Making Lampblack Pigment — Collecting Carbon Soot from a Burning Flame

by CharlieDE

ART

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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

Decorative Arts

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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

ART

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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

Chemistry

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Making Verdigris — The Copper Acetate Green of Medieval Painters

Making Verdigris — The Copper Acetate Green of Medieval Painters

by CharlieDE

Chemistry

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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

Painting

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Making Acrylic Paint — Grinding Pigments into Acrylic Polymer Medium

Making Acrylic Paint — Grinding Pigments into Acrylic Polymer Medium

by CharlieDE

Industry 3.0 — Assembly Line & Mass Production (1913)

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Making Egg Tempera Paint — The Medieval Panel Painting Medium

Making Egg Tempera Paint — The Medieval Panel Painting Medium

by CharlieDE

ART

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

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

by CharlieDE

Middle Ages

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Making Watercolour Paint from Raw Pigments — Gum Arabic Binder

Making Watercolour Paint from Raw Pigments — Gum Arabic Binder

by CharlieDE

ART

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

by MaryFI

Painting

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