Why I love Florence! Art traditions on view and continued practice.
#florence #marbling #artistprocess #traditionalart #arthistory

Testing Ironstone pebbles from Yorkshire, England. After gently scraping the rocks they reveal a lovely soft caramel pigment. Ironstone has been Identified in prehistoric cave paintings! I'm so grateful to have this in the collection!
#naturalpigment #ironstone #honouringtraditions #artistprocess

Works in progress - adding goldleaf for a sculptural effect on a 2D artwork. Next will add colour. 👩🏻‍🎨🎨

#goldleaf #traditionaltechnique #wipartwork #artistprocess #handgilded #arttechnique #dippendrawing #slowart #artinspiredbynature

Creating an artwork inspired by nature and made with nature! I’m painting with botanical ink (made with plants) and a watercolour - made in traditional manner- with natural ochres and tree sap (genuine top quality gum Arabica). Gold leaf metals added to highlight the preciousness of our world. 👩🏻‍🎨💕

From gold to colour. With genuine Australian ochre pigments on archival paper. This artwork and others are available online. #australianochre

New artwork. Preparing the gold leaf layers before adding the natural ochre pigments
#goldleaf #handmade #traditionalarttechniques

Inspired by the nature delight in Rococo design. From gold to colour (all natural ochres) to finished and framed
#naturalpigments

Adding gold leaf to the artwork compliments the precious rare earth pigments collected from around the world. Initial design is completed with a dip-pen and botanical ink.
#goldleaf #naturalpigments #ochre #dippendrawing #australianartist

From gold to vibrant colour! The process of creating an artwork with rare earth pigments, gold and copper leaf highlights. Each artwork is accompanied by a colour sampler - in which you can see (and touch) each pigment, identified by the country of origin. Traditional art recipes and methods. 👩🏻‍🎨