 Turpentine Massage
Turpentine is a resin
produced by pine trees and by fir trees, with an aromatic smell, very resilient
and used for making varnishes. When distilled, it is used to dilute oil colours. If you
add some camphor and pure alcohol it becomes an ideal conditioner for massages .
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Garlic Juice
If you want to use oil paints on a metal surface you can spread some
garlic juice over the surface to obtain good results.
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Fixatives:
Do you want to make your own fixatives?
You can make your  own by beating and mixing some egg white to a drop of ammonia.
This is a very good fixative for tempera and charcoal. |
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Did you know that... ?
Carmine is prepared with pigments of mineral origin. Originally it was made by using the shells of Brazilian Ladybugs.
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Peach Black :
Peach Black is still obtained by crushing the seeds of the fruit: by
grinding them with pestle and mortar you get a fine powder which is sifted and decantered
to obtain a very warm black.
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Charcoal:
In the past, to obtain  charcoal, fusain was used. It is a plant also called "vicar's hat". Today, it is made by using willow tree wood which is much easier to find
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 Storing rice starch:
If you want to keep your rice starch for a long time, just store it in the fridge.
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resulting foam which was then decantered in water and soap
then left to dry to obtain its pigment.
