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Drawn from the Wild is a stunning, practical guide to transforming foraged and found materials into vibrant, sustainable drawing media. From richly pigmented pastels and smoke-black charcoal to deep, lightfast inks, this book invites artists to reconnect creativity with the natural world.

A sequel to the bestselling Found and Ground, Caroline Ross blends ancient knowledge with modern techniques to help artists “rewild” their practice. With clear, step-by-step instruction, she shows how to create beautiful, functional art materials from wild, natural, discarded, or repurposed sources—grounding creative work in ecological awareness and care.

Expansive, inclusive, and ethically minded, the book is illustrated with Ross’s own inspiring artwork alongside contributions from artists across cultures and continents, each working with distinctive materials while sharing the same core techniques.

• Step-by-step instructions for making pigments, hard and soft pastels, charcoal, and inks
• Guidance on safe and ethical foraging and urban scavenging
• Techniques for tannin, iron gall, and botanical inks, plus making quill pens and brushes
• Explores working surfaces including found paper, leather, bark, and handmade sketchbooks
• Includes a section on durable, long-lasting materials such as metalpoint
• Encourages a sustainable, nature-connected art practice

• Author: Caroline Ross
• Format: Softcover
• ISBN: 9781800922594

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