Paint with Earth

Learn How to Paint with Earth
Discover the thrill of foraging in nature for your own paint pigments. Elizabeth Cockey will teach you how to turn clay, rocks, and plants into watercolor paints you can use to create works of art.

Learn About Paint-making

Finding Pigments is an Adventure

I climb up a cliff to examine a clump of dirt, slowly rubbing the silt between my fingers, feeling the texture—is it scratchy or chalky in texture? I get out my spade and collect a sample, depositing it into a plastic bag.
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Ready for an artistic adventure?

Have fun exploring outdoors
Reconnect with the earth
Get inspired by natural resources
Grind and mix your own paint like an alchemist
Create your own palette of watercolors

Learn About Workshops

About Elizabeth

Elizabeth Cockey has been a successful art therapist, author, and painting instructor. Currently she enjoys teaching painting and facilitating workshops to help people make paints from pigments found in nature. She splits her time between upstate New York and Texas with her husband and four Pekingese dogs.