How to make your own paint

Paint is expensive. Grant you, you are paying for quality so if you make your own paint, don't expect the same movability or quality as that made by the professionals. I make my own paint from time to time, for various reasons, whether they be money related or if it has a specific correlation to my work, like using makeup as pigment to tint my paint, which goes well with my ongoing theme of body image and beauty standards.

In this blog post, I'm going to show you how easy it is to make your own paint. It's easy to make a variety of paints with things you probably have at your house right now.

To make a paint that is thick and dimensional, like puffy paint, all you have to do is mix a few simple ingredients.

• 1/2 cup salt
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/4-1/2 water
• Food coloring or other pigments

Combine all these ingredients and slowly mix in the water until it is the consistency of a milkshake. Add colorant until you achieve your desired colored. 

However, for a looser paint that you can spread with a brush, take the above recipe and add a half teaspoon of vegetable oil and boil the ingredients so that ingredients blend into a smooth mixture. This is important if you are using a dry colorant.

I learned how to do this thanks to about.com