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BlueprintsSiningDecorative Arts

Decorative Arts

71 blueprints available • 14 subcategories

Blueprints (71)

Making Lead White (Flake White) — The Dutch Stack Process for the Most Important Pigment in Oil Painting History
Mapanganib

Making Lead White (Flake White) — The Dutch Stack Process for the Most Important Pigment in Oil Painting History

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ART

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5
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Making Raw and Burnt Sienna — The Warm Iron Earth from Tuscany

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

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ART

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0
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

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ART

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0
1
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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

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ART

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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

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Animal

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

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

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Ancient

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

Making Dammar Varnish — The Clear Picture Varnish for Oil Paintings

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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

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Ancient

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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

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Ancient

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

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

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Modern

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

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

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Middle Ages

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6
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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

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Middle Ages

28
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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

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Ancient

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0
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

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Ancient

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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

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Ancient

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4
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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

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Ancient

28
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0
3
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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

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Middle Ages

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

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

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Prehistoric

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2
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Cosecha de Cochinilla del Nopal — Del Insecto al Pigmento Carmín

Cosecha de Cochinilla del Nopal — Del Insecto al Pigmento Carmín

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Agriculture

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0
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Making Acrylic Paint — Grinding Pigments into Acrylic Polymer Medium

Making Acrylic Paint — Grinding Pigments into Acrylic Polymer Medium

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Painting

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