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The Art Alchemist's Guild
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Good day and welcome to The Grind and Bind Art Alchemist's Guild.
This is a dark place.
Most art will leave you feeling inspired, maybe even joyful — if not a little thoughtful. Not this art.
Most art makes people better, but this place can only make you worse, poorer, stained, and consumed by the craft.
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I was not expecting to learn that art supplies can be enjoyed anally. What a time to be alive.
I also enjoyed learning about the process of pigment making. I wonder how many colors I could make from plants within walking distance from my home...?
Purple rain might not be what we thought it was.
I choked on my noodles.
The plug is dedicated to paint, fortunately.
Depending on where you live, you could get a whole colour wheel. I have yellow to peach to brown from birch bark, light green from a blue spruce, deep green from mint. Marigolds, weld and roses can all do yellows and oranges. I chip off iron oxide-rich rocks rom the cliff sides to get deep oranges and browns. If you have copper, you can make verdigris. I get blues from red cabbage and red roses, too. Eggshells for white.
Oh, and I ground up all the dead pill bugs in my basement for gray. You really gotta think outside the box.
Hmm, this sounds like a fun hobby. I'll look into trying something simple when the summer comes.