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{VIDEO} From pigment to PAINT: one BLEND, three paints ✨

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One BLEND, three paints ✨

Hi Reader!

Clay paint has been part of my studio practice since around 2012.

I wanted something matte that I could mix into all kinds of mixed media mediums. Years of those experiments became the NEW Mineral Pigment BLENDS: dry color with a mineral base, clay, and earth pigments, hand mixed in small batches.

This week, I filmed one BLEND becoming three different paints:

• Watercolor: a tiny bit of pigment and gum arabic, blended with a palette knife

• Ink: pigment stirred into distilled water, plus gum arabic, painting freestyle botanicals in a Hobonichi Weeks planner

• Acrylic: stirred into titanium white high flow for a soft, matte aubergine, then into iridescent silver fluid for shimmer

Learn all about the NEW Mineral Pigment BLENDS! I added the video and the step-by-step instructions on my #tracibautistaCOLOR journal, so you can come back to it while you experiment & PLAY in your studio.

My ninth holiday release is two collections, both built around Mineral Pigment BLENDS:

  • Gilded Petals Holiday Box: a gathering of winter blooms. Pomegranate petals, faded pink silk, evergreen branches, and the soft gleam of worn gold.
  • Rosewood & Starlight Winter Botanicals Set: a winter garden after dusk. Dusty rose petals, cranberry-stained velvet, weathered wood, and smoky blue-green foliage catching little traces of light.

Each HOLIDAY 2026 box also comes with ready-to-use handcrafted artisanal shimmer/sheer inks and a CONFETTI CAKE wax medium. You make your own color with the BLENDS, and experiment with altering your mixed media materials.

Both include the Pigment PLAY: Holiday Paint + Swatch Workshop and the HOLIDAY 2026 Digital PLAYbook, and ship in early December.

Pair them. Order both sets and I'll tuck in a bonus mini drawing stick: pigmented wax medium topped with wax confetti, in a craft tube. Each one is a surprise color.

P.S. HOLIDAY 2026 opens to you tomorrow morning. Half the boxes are already spoken for by my early access collectors, so keep an eye on your inbox. ✨WATCH THE VIDEO​

With creativity and color...

Artfully, xo Traci Bautista 💞 Founder, #tracibautistaCOLOR

If you have any questions reach out to customer care using the chat box at tracibautistacolor.com

#tracibautistaCOLOR, Danville, California 94526
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Hi! I'm Traci Bautista.

Artist. Paint maker. Creative + AI educator.

I make small-batch handcrafted artisanal paints and PIGMENT BARS and teach artists to build a cohesive body of work and a visual creative brand using artist-led AI tools. Founder of Ideation PLAYground + AI-Powered Studio. Resources + newsletter below.

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