[Scriptoris] Natural pigments question

[susan calafrancesco]

   Refresh my memory, where are you located? I know you are or were in 
the Southern region, while I was Southern Regional Scribe.
   I have quite a lot of experience with period pigments. The same kind 
of earth pigments that Lord Lemoine de Gascone's uses. I've gotten them 
really cheap, already ground and the price is way cheaper than any of 
those Windsor-Newton gauches. You only use a very small amount of the 
earth and you mix them up as needed. In all of my commissioned scrolls I 
have used those earth pigments. So, don't think that earth pigments are 
expensive, they are not. In fact, if I were judging a piece and the 
artist says that "I used gauche, because it was cheaper than period 
pigments", I would deduct points, for not doing the research. Granted 
there are a few, and I mean very few pigments which are expensive, but 
99.8% of the earth pigments are cheaper than any gauche.
With that said, if you are close enough to me I would be happy to show 
you how to mix and use the earth pigments for illuminations as well as 
icon (egg tempera) painting. I use the same earth pigments for both, 
just change the binder.

Oksana Goncharova


On 7/19/11 2:36 PM, Jennifer Baker wrote:
> Thank you everyone, for your advice and suggestions.
>
> I'm not completely new to charter and scroll painting, but I have 
> always been a bit intimidated by the idea of using period pigments.  
> My usual choice of paints is Winsor-Newton gouche.  Since I got the 
> natural pigment samples for free, some of the intimidation factor was 
> negated, but not all, by any means.
>
> I am hoping to make it to the Symposium, if finances allow.  I'm not 
> sure how helpful
> Lord Lemoine de Gascone's class will be for me, as I believe it 
> centers on actually creating the pigments from dirt - at least if what 
> I have seen from other sources is correct.
>
> I already have catalogues from John Neal books (and have been 
> considering getting some pergamenata from them for experimenting with) 
> and Natural Pigments (www.naturalpigments.com) .
>
> At the moment, finances play a large part in what materials I'm 
> using.  If I'm going to use period pigments, I'd just as soon use 
> period techniques as well, but for now, experimentation in small doses 
> is all I can afford to do.
>
> I wish I could sit down with someone on a regular basis and learn from 
> them, as that's how I learn best, but time, location, and once again 
> finances, are currently making that difficult at best.  It doesn't 
> help that I don't really know any scribes outside my barony for the 
> same reasons.
>
> In Service,
> Alicia
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