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Natural Paint and Dye Workshops

Watercolors and Ochre Pigments:
Join us for a fun and creative evening at Manoff Cidery. We will be levigating ochre pigments and making our own watercolors, with extra time for painting.
8 participants, $75 per person, for a 2 hour workshop on Friday, June 19, 2026, 5:30pm-7:30pm at Manoff Cidery, 3157 Comfort Rd, New Hope, PA. Register at manoffmarketgardens.com/events

Making Encaustic Paints with Beeswax and Natural Pigments:
Encaustics are a wonderfully forgiving and fun medium with lots of opportunity for creative applications. They can be applied in multiple layers, fused, polished, carved, engraved, etched and filled. This class is an opportunity not to be missed. We will be processing natural pigments to mix into our beeswax paints. Then we will review techniques and safety before painting with our encaustics.
8 participants, $155 per person, for a 4 hour class on Sunday, July 19, 2026, 10am-2pm at New Hope Makers Studio in New Hope, PA. Register at newhopemakersstudio.com

Plant Dyes and Lake Pigments:
This workshop focuses on harvesting and processing plants to make dyes and pigments, and changing the pH to enhance their colors. We will make watercolor drawing sticks with our pigments.
8 participants, $100 per person, for a 3 hour class on Sunday, August 23, 2026, 9am-noon at our farm in Milford, NJ. Email tobi@periwinkleskies.net to register.

Design Your Color Garden:
Participants will have the opportunity to develop a design for their color garden for dyes and pigments. During the class we will review planting, cultivation, harvesting and sustainable garden care.
8 participants, $100 per person, for a 3 hour class on Sunday, October 25, 2026, 9am-noon at our farm in Milford, NJ. Email tobi@periwinkleskies.net to register.

email: tobi@periwinkleskies.net
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