Comments on: Artist Finds Tea-based Paint a Viable Alternative http://www.arborteas.com/teablog/miscellaneous/artist-finds-tea-based-paint-a-viable-alternative/ The official weblog of Arbor Teas Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:28:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Tricia http://www.arborteas.com/teablog/miscellaneous/artist-finds-tea-based-paint-a-viable-alternative/#comment-717 Tricia Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:51:25 +0000 http://www.arborteas.com/teablog/miscellaneous/artist-finds-tea-based-paint-a-viable-alternative/#comment-717 I’ve known about tea-dying fabrics, but I never stopped to think about the range of colors you might get from tea. I just figured it was all “tea colored.” Fascinating. Gotta give this a try some time. Thanks for introducing us to such a talented artist!

]]> By: DSM http://www.arborteas.com/teablog/miscellaneous/artist-finds-tea-based-paint-a-viable-alternative/#comment-674 DSM Mon, 09 Aug 2010 09:35:23 +0000 http://www.arborteas.com/teablog/miscellaneous/artist-finds-tea-based-paint-a-viable-alternative/#comment-674 I can attest to the practical and aesthetic possibilities of using Arbor Teas as a watercolor myself, having first tried this beginning in 2006.

Besides tea by itself, milk in the tea makes a beautiful shade that is less obviously on the surface and appears to inhabit the fibers and whole thickness of the paper, and the viscosity and the “grip” the color has on the paper is pleasantly different, too.

Adding a little powdered turmeric to the tea gives the wash a little graininess, which can be a useful effect as well.

The ancient Chinese used tea in their brush painting (http://www.nelson-atkins.org/art/Exhibitions.cfm?id=103 ; http://is.gd/e9Nhb), so I guess we need not be too worried about the colorfastness of these materials.

Fun experimenting!

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