Natural Painting Pigments blog post

Useful books for studying natural pigments:

UK Amazon.co.uk Links for the books:

• Artists' Pigments c.1600-1835, 1970 by Rosamond D. Harley

• The Craftsman's Handbook by Cennino Cennini

• Colour: Travels Through the Paintbox by Victoria Finlay

• The Alchemy of Paint: Colour and Meaning From the Middle Ages by Spike Bucklow

• The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques, 1991 by Ralph Mayer

• Colour: Making and Using Dyes and Pigments, 2000 by François Delamare and Bernard Guineau

US Amazon.com Links for the books:

• Artists' Pigments c.1600-1835, 1970 by Rosamond D. Harley

• The Craftsman's Handbook by Cennino Cennini

• Colour: Travels Through the Paintbox by Victoria Finlay

• The Alchemy of Paint: Colour and Meaning From the Middle Ages by Spike Bucklow

• The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques, 1991 by Ralph Mayer

• Colour: Making and Using Dyes and Pigments, 2000 by François Delamare and Bernard Guineau
  
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Shops to buy natural pigments in powder form:

• Greenleaf and Blueberry, USA

• Hussain Art Supplies, India

• A Gallo, Italy

Shops to buy handmade natural watercolour paint made from natural pigments:

• Cornelissen (Their lapis is okay, but not the best quality. Their malachite is super dusty and needs a lot of washing before starting the process. All the other ones I tried from their tester kit seems nice though).

• Jackson Art (also supplies the Cornelissen pigments and can be a good option if you want to do a big order of other art supplies too!)

• Kremer

• Natural Pigments