Nature's Palette Learn to create organic, high quality watercolor paints from Catskill/Adirondack Mountain minerals and clay. A workshop led by Hudson Valley artist Laura Leigh Workshop Description In this workshop, local painter Laura Leigh will walk through the traditional method of creating watercolor paint from Catskill and Appalachian ochre. This includes gathering stones, milling pigments, and applying these paints with your painting process. Laura will also discuss basic geology, the history of pigments, safety procedures, and areas where she finds the ochre. Each student will have the opportunity to create two watercolor palettes to take home and explore Laura’s ochre selection that she has been carefully collecting since 2014. The end of the workshop will feature some basic watercolor exercises and an open-paint session with pigments, charcoal and watercolor mediums. Laura can guide you to create your own painting based on nature, imagination, or a reference photo. This workshop is both creative and scientific, is for artists and non-artists, and for adults or mature teens ages 15+ November 23rd from 12:00-1:30 $65