Creating Pigment Paints with Caroline Nicolay of Pario Gallico

Today's #VirtualRomanWeek2020 activity is creating Roman Pigment Paints! Enjoy this step by step video, presented by Caroline Nicolay: Living Historian at Pario Gallico, as she creates pigment paints as used by the romans over 2,000 years ago!
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[@morganl2633]

This was such an incredible and inspiring video! Each step made me want to go exploring for pigments, try something new and follow along. I can’t wait to try.
Thank you!!

[@tolaa3653]

Great instructions. Thanks for the love you put into this. What a pleasant watch!

[@thegrumpyhorticulturist]

I found lots of sedentary rocks last year in brilliant reds, yellows and browns. I'm excited to to this

[@ingridtorjesen6309]

Very nice! Thank you

[@bettybuilds8011]

So cool, I would love to have a colorfull house like the romans.

[@karenneill9109]

My daughter loves making her own charcoal pigment. It’s nice and easy if you’d like to include a child- much easier on the hands!

[@danielfernandeznungaray8996]

😂 this proves that using mineral pigments is not a necesity, charcoal is totally organic. But yes, I understand what she was trying to say.

[@mariomuniz8768]

Thank you very much. OLÉ!!!

[@logicandlove8555]

Wow. Fascinated by your process.

[@drletedelete2928]

Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge.
Very well explained.
And it's so nice to work with nature .

[@lindalary7760]

Amazing info. My marble pedestal and mortar are so dry at the bottom. I bought it like this, so hoping adding water helps!!! Great info 👏👏👏👏

[@gulcanaydn2795]

Perfect 😍 thank you

[@rangarajupalanisamy2774]

Thank you for your invaluable and informative video

[@tanzidaify]

Very interesting. Thank you

[@daljitkaur3233]

Excellent!

[@2moneyhoney]

❤Excellent

[@yosraalattar1539]

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[@rat_guts]

Wow, I think I'll do it

[@shuvoDhar.5537]

Very nice❤👍

[@renggaap25]

thankyou

[@howlingwind1937]

Can you use the coloured clays that you can get through cosmetic shops. Thank you for the video.

[@KoshNaranick]

where aand how do I get the stones/minerals and how do I start making my own please?

[@JacquelineJax]

Is the sand considered the granulation that everybody pays so much money for in watercolor

[@lupirionthemintywolf7141]

i will not hesitate to like and subscribe :D

[@shanividal3034]

can pearls be used ad a material for making pigmant?

[@mindfuqq]

lmao that would be some expensive pigment no?

[@vivekverma2186]

do pigment extracted from coal can be considered as a mineral pigment/paint

[@snakewithapen5489]

i don't think so by technicality since coal is not a mineral and is made from compressed fossils. However it might act the same way in a practical application, being mostly carbon?

[@stormmoster]

I haven't seen that coal have been used as a pigment, but charcoal, soot and burnt bones are all used as pigment. You can buy paints made from those pigments in the nearest art material shop.

[@samihage1223]

Can I use the beach 🏖 stones

[@jayBharatiraanga6425]

Use Cow Dung 😅

[@golddi1]

I wish you would show all the steps, getting the pigment separated from large particles and water is not easy or obvious.

[@danielharris6407]

Incorrect, plant material can be turned into pain. Plenty of RUclips videos showing how to do so. Same process, powder the the dried plant material then do everything as you do with minerals. Humans have used plant material to make paint since the dawn of man.

[@uktruecrime]

She cheated. She didn't put the coloured earth into the motar, it was already there!!

[@rickh3714]

"She didn't mine the marble to make the pestle & mortar either. Nor turn them on water wheel powered stone cutting lathes, or make the dams & aqueducts for the water resource to turn said lathes...My- what a lazy gal! In my day we would do all that by breakfast! " 🧐 Tacitus Unrealisticus