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2,500 blueprints available • 3 subcategories
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Blueprints (2,500)
Making Traditional Gesso — The White Ground That Prepared Every Panel Painting in History
by Charlie
Middle Ages
97
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8
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Making Vine Black Pigment — Charring Grape Vines into the Cool Blue-Black of Classical Painters
by Charlie
Ancient
81
0
0
0
2
0
Water Gilding with Gold Leaf — Applying Gold to Gesso and Bole for a Mirror Finish
by Charlie
Ancient
73
0
0
0
3
0
Making Casein Paint from Milk and Lime — The Ancient Protein-Based Wall Paint
by Charlie
Ancient
274
0
0
0
4
0
Making Chalk White Pigment (Whiting) — Grinding and Levigating Natural Chalk
by Charlie
Prehistoric
113
0
0
0
5
0
Making Encaustic Paint — The Hot Beeswax Medium of Ancient Greek and Egyptian Painters
by Charlie
Ancient
66
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0
0
3
0
Making Hide Glue Distemper — The Traditional Ceiling and Wall Paint of Europe
by Charlie
Middle Ages
86
0
0
0
4
0
Making a Lake Pigment from Plant Dye — Precipitating Soluble Colour onto an Insoluble Substrate
by Charlie
Ancient
116
0
0
0
6
0
Making Lampblack Pigment — Collecting Carbon Soot from a Burning Flame
by Charlie
Prehistoric
222
0
0
0
6
0
Making Lime Wash
by Charlie
Prehistoric
209
0
0
0
2
0
Making Red Ochre by Calcining Yellow Ochre — The Oldest Deliberate Pigment Transformation
by Charlie
Prehistoric
173
0
0
0
7
0
Making Ultramarine from Lapis Lazuli — Extracting the Most Precious Pigment in History
by Charlie
Middle Ages
120
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0
0
6
0
Making Verdigris — The Copper Acetate Green of Medieval Painters
by Charlie
Ancient
126
0
0
0
7
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Dyeing Warm Brown with Coffee — The Universal Kitchen-Cupboard Dye
by Tex
Modern
90
0
0
0
1
0
Dyeing Orange-Gold with Dahlia — The Aztec Flower That Conquered European Gardens
by Tex
Ancient
43
0
0
0
1
0
Dyeing Red with Dragon's Blood Resin — The Ancient Tree-Sap Pigment of the Spice Trade
by Tex
Ancient
78
0
0
0
2
0
Dyeing Pink-Mauve with Hibiscus — The Tropical Flower Dye of Ancient Egypt
by Tex
Ancient
59
0
0
0
1
0
Dyeing Pale Yellow with Mullein — The Roadside Dye of Medieval Europe
by Tex
Ancient
94
0
0
0
0
0
Dyeing Red-Brown with Quebracho — The Industrial Tannin of South American Hardwood
by Tex
Industrial
62
0
0
0
1
0
Dyeing Blue-Purple with Red Cabbage — The Kitchen-Chemistry pH Indicator Dye
by Tex
Ancient
57
0
0
0
1
0
Dyeing Golden-Yellow with Saffron — The Most Precious Dye Spice in History
by Tex
Ancient
97
0
0
0
1
0
Dyeing Warm Tan with Tea — The Gentlest Tannin Dye in Every Household
by Tex
Ancient
59
0
0
0
2
0
Dyeing Golden-Brown with Wattle Bark — The Australian Acacia Tannin Dye
by Tex
Prehistoric
77
0
0
0
2
0
Dyeing Purple-Grey with Blackberries — The Hedgerow Dye of Prehistoric Europe
by Tex
Prehistoric
55
0
0
0
1
0
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