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Leah's Eco-friendly Oil Painting Guide: How to Eliminate All Toxins from the Oil Painting Process Solvents such as turpentine, paint thinner, mineral spirits, and varnish emit toxic Volatile Organic Compounds...

Why buy Organic Cotton artist's canvas?Organic cotton is cotton grown without using synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, insecticides, or defoliants on land that has been free of these chemicals for at...

Here are some tips and techniques for using your Natural Face Paints! Application: Use the enclosed makeup sponge to blend colors, create a soft, hazy look, or coat the entire face...

Hi Tasha, thanks so much for taking the time to talk with us about your love for natural pigments! Could you please tell us a little bit more about your...

Hi Kellie, thanks so much for taking the time to speak with us about your eco-conscious work! To start, please could you tell us a little bit about your personal history...

Check out this beautiful craft shared with us by Arrow & Jade at @chasing_arrow on Instagram!"This craft is perfect for a wide range of ages. Arrow is just over two and loves to...

Thanks so much, Marijn, for taking the time to speak with us about your artistic journey! Could you please tell us a little bit about your personal history that led you...

Our friends at The Sisters Bloom, an animation studio focused on environmentally-friendly practices, recently shared with us their latest equipment project—a sustainable downshooter! “A downshooter is essentially a see-through table...

Learn how to make Christmas tree greeting cards with us for the holidays! Thanks, Bear Cubs Nature Play, for the lovely idea!"We’re crafting again today creating Christmas tree cards with a...

Celebrate the season with this lovely reindeer face paint tutorial, shared with us by Kate Dascoli. We were blown away by her wintry look, so she showed us just how to recreate...

Thanks so much, Joey, for taking the time to speak with us about your artistic inspiration and practice!I’m so glad to chat, I’m a big fan of Natural Earth Paint!Could...

Carolyn from The Barefoot Babies shared with us her "Trajectory Schema: Cars Edition" craft featuring Natural Earth Paints! "If you’ve been following me for a while, you will know that E...

As many of you know, we're introducing new home-compostable pouches for our pigments so you can enjoy a whole new way of storing Natural Earth Paint the eco-friendly way! But how did we get...

Thanks so much, Elena, for taking the time to speak with us about your incredible painting practice and inspiration! Could you please tell us a little about your personal journey...

Today we're sharing our tutorial on mixing and storing your own Natural Acrylic Paint with our Natural Acrylic Medium! Why should you make your own acrylic paints?  For years, we've been receiving requests for a...

Just in time for Valentine's Day, we've cooked up an extra-special eco-friendly clay tutorial featuring our Natural Earth Paint Kit! It's perfect for kids of all ages looking for a hands-on...

There are several techniques to make natural wood stains.  Staining with Eco-Solve Materials: Eco-Solve, Natural Earth Pigment, Large soft brush Mix pigment with Eco-Solve at about a 1:4 parts ratio. Add additional...

Derived from milk, casein paint dates all the way back to ancient Asian cave paintings and is still used by professional artists today.  Casein paint is durable, fast-drying, and water-soluble....

Natural Cold Porcelain Clay is a perfect substitute for toxic polymer clay, and it allows for even finer detail and ease of sculpting. It's also incredibly inexpensive and super simple to...

Ingredients for 2 ½ pastels: 6 tablespoons white beeswax (for a vegan version, you can use soy wax and carnauba wax) 2 tablespoons Walnut Oil 2 tablespoons Earth & Mineral Pigments (adjust as...

Making your own pastels allows you to create them as soft or as hard as you like.  Commercial pastels have to be made hard enough to withstand breakage during shipment....

This recipe is based on the very ancient and little-known Japanese process called the Moku Hanga technique of making your own water-based relief inks. This ancient technique has always used...

Making your own watercolors allows you to make an incredibly archival, high quality paint that has a more brilliant luminosity than tubed pro-quality watercolors and is free of fillers, preservatives,...

“Encaustic”, meaning "to burn in", is an ancient medium using molten beeswax combined with dry pigments and natural resin. There are still Greek encaustic portraits dating as far back as 23 B.C. The...