Participants explored the stages of making natural, handmade watercolour paint out of foraged rocks from the mountains of Sharjah.

Every natural landscape around us has its own unique colour palette. Throughout history, artists have looked to nature as source of inspiration, for their tools and most of their materials.

The participants of this workshop learned through a demo on how to create natural, handmade paint from foraged rocks from mountains as well as rare minerals such as lapis, lazuli, and malachite. Participants discovered the various materials that go into paint, and how early renaissance artists were able to acquire some of the world's most expensive and peculiar pigments.

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About Tilika Dsouza

Tilika Dsouza is an artist, art educator and paint maker. She started Studio Passepartout in 2020 as a way to bring curated handmade art supplies to the community. The studio has proudly made over 36 handmade watercolours from pigments all around the world, a small range of signature ceramic palettes, holistic art kits and more. Currently, Tilika is working on creating a range of watercolours purely from the mountains of the UAE and facilitating holistic art workshops.