Wild Colors of Baja — one of my favorite things while traveling is to collect local pigments and make paint onsite so I can depict the landscape in its own colors. Here are three gorgeous colors I made in Baja during our Field Arts Bootcamp, using rainwater, binder made from Bursera (elephant tree) resin, and a little honey . . . All are iron oxides: Orange Ochre from north of Punta Bufeo, Red-Purple Ochre from the Sierra la Giganta, and Black Magnetite (with mica sparkles!) from Bahía Magdalena where the whales have their babies. Fish vertebrae and seashell containers.

Do you make wild colors? Paint or ink? I’d love to know!

If you are wanting to dive into making your own paint or ink from nature, I offer two online workshops that will get you started!