Gemstone Oil Paint
The process
I buy rough stones, tumble clean impurities off, crush into powder, then mix with linseed oil to then pack in a tube. Some paints are smooth from getting a fine powder from crushing them, while others still have stone granules because they are too hard to get very fine. Those paints add great body and texture to paintings!
Things to know:
Experiment with different amounts of oil when using gemstone paint. Certain stones work better with more oil.
If your paint tube is hard (or paint was left out and is now dry), add oil in with palette knife until mixture returns to its original consistency.
Because every rock is different, each batch of paint will have different tones and color. Example: some turquoise will be more green than blue and vise versa.
For more than just oil paint! Either the crushed stone or the paint can be mixed with most any mediums. In addition to oil, you can use it with acrylic paint, watercolor, gauche, add to glitter, etc. Have a blast playing with it!
