A half kilo will paint a background on a big sheet of Ply approx 2m. X 1.5 m.
Like very thick watercolour paint. Rare Earth Ochre colours - ground as thick or as thin as you want.
A half kilo is about two full coffee mugs.
Personal painting it will last me about 6 months.
Metal Containers will discolour ochre...aluminium will make the white go grey...steel will rust etc.. Use resealable plastic containers especially if you have glue mixed with it and don't forget to reseal them overnight or it will set hard.
Humans have been using ochre for hundreds of thousands of years.
It's even ok to use symbols like circles, lines and dots. They belong to every body and show the evolution of our human thoughts from the first dot.
Treat them as prototypes, that help you express yourself.
Forgery.
Misappropriation.
Intellectual property theft.
Any artist, religion or first nation group will be upset if their symbols, rituals and culture are copied and used by anyone.
Basically Clay.
If you want to find Ochre, it is a soft colourful rock, usually clay or kaolin sometimes volcanic...
This ochre has been collected from appropriate places.
Wattle tree sap, Fig tree sap , Eggs, Honey, Water, Blood,
Emu oil, Goanna oil
The ochre is crushed and slowly dampened using enough water to make a paste.
Stir to the thickness and texture you want adding dry ochre or more water..
Stir to the thickness and texture you want adding dry ochre or mwater..
Ochre is used ceremonies like corroborees. Different clan or skin spirits are painted with the ochres to re-enact ancient adventures.
Ochre is a natural Earth softish rock or clay
If you find colourful stones that are a bit soft, try grinding them with water
Don't breathe it in be careful stone dust is harmful to your lungs, always grind it with a little water
For art...
A Craft glue and water liquid, in a plastic resealable bottle.
5 water to 1 glue.
Add enough liquid to wet the ochre and stir it to make it the consistency of the paint you want to use..runny...or thick..
...Not a concrete mix.
Or
Wattle sap and warm water
Modern brushes are good.
A piece of bark, or feather or a few strands of hair are used to apply ochre.
For dots the tip of your finger is good, little finger for little dots, bigger fingers for bigger dots, or different size sticks.
I use feathers, stencils, paint brushes, sticks...
(Tree saps and/or Craft glue and water...)
Rub them on something like a hard flat stone and you will have natural Earth pigment...!
Just add water
But not impossible... look around for soft colourful rocks and stones.
You will find them, open your eyes and go outside and have a look!
My favourite
From experience a kilo will last years using it in every painting.
Or as a solid it would cover about 5 square metres.
The roadside it came from is long gone.
Amazing orange
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