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SUMMARY:Two Day Colour Making Course
UID:20260625-two-day-colour-making-course@tourist.org.uk
STATUS:CONFIRMED
DTSTART:20260625T100000
DTEND:20260626T150000
LOCATION:Rolvenden, Kent
DESCRIPTION:10am – 3pm / 12pm – 1pm lunch each day\n\nTea, coffee and lunch are provided on both days – I will accommodate all dietaries as best I can.\n\n£245\nBook via my website\n\nStep into the world of natural colour with Polly during an immersive two-day pigment-making course at her home studio in Rolvenden, Kent. Over the course of two days, you’ll create your own rich palette, leaving with a beautifully crafted set of watercolours, raw pigments, pastels and inks.\n\nWorking closely with materials gathered from the surrounding landscape, you’ll levigate ochres collected from the Kent and East Sussex countryside, extract luminous lake pigments from plants grown in Polly’s garden, and even transform bone from your lunch through calcination. You’ll also explore the alchemy of verdigris, producing a range of nuanced blue and green tones.\n\nAlongside this, you’ll bring history to life by recreating a traditional oak gall ink using galls harvested on site, and craft your own simple tools for painting and mark-making, deepening your connection to both process and place.\n\nOn the workshop participants learn:\nThe historical origins of pigment\nResponsibilities and health & safety of collecting natural materials and processing pigment\nAbout different binders and mediums, including watercolour paint, egg tempera, egg glair, soft pastels and ink\nHow to produce earth and lake pigment\nHow to create different shades of lake pigment depending on the alkali used\nHow to calcine earth pigment into different shades\nHow to calcine bone into bone black and bone white\nThe process of creating verdigris and copper inks\nHow to make paintbrushes and feather pens\n\nOn the workshop participants take home:\nHandout with notes and reading recommendations\nBespoke colour swatch chart\nHand-painted colour wheel\nWatercolour paint\nSoft pastels\nInk\nPurified pigment\nHandmade painting and scribing tools\nThe confidence to process colour and make your practice more sustainable\nThese two days would be great for artists, friends, and nature-lovers, or anyone wanting to learn something new and environmentally-friendly!\n\nIMPORTANT: Please bring at least four standard-sized glass jars with lids, a large Tupperware box or multiple smaller ones, and an apron. Everything else is provided but you are very welcome to bring paintbrushes and paper that you have a preference for.\n\nThe full address will be provided after booking. I can also recommend accommodation.\n\nI am a 25 minute drive from the nearest train stations; Headcorn and Staplehurst, or I am a 1.5 hours drive from London.\n\nNo previous experience needed.
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