Daniel Keating

That's really interesting that I've managed to come up with the "official" method. Only so many ways you can do it I guess.

Thanks for the links and other suggestions. I'll post my most recent painting here when it's done.

Hi,

I've been making my own ochre pigment, extracting it from rocks which have appealing colours. I did very little research before I started experimenting, but I've ended up with something which compares well to the professionally made ochre I've bought. I've posted pictures, instructions and a video on my blog:

http://danielkeating.blogspot.com/2011/10/making-ochre-paint-by-hand-part-2.html

Hope you find it interesting... but I was wondering, is there anyone else here with more experience? Is what I'm doing a common way of extracting ochre, and can I improve the process further? Is it technically "ochre" in the first place???

The way I do it is very time consuming, and for that reason I use it sparingly.