Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Learn how to make gold paint the ancient way using genuine gold dust, animal hide glue, and an agate stone burnisher. For hundreds of years traditional artists from around the world employed this paint technique in painting, calligraphy, illuminated manuscripts, and miniature paintings.
Follow along and learn how to mix together you very own solid gold paint, the ancient way!

Recommended for high school students to adults of all ages.

Materials:
✨ Gold Dust
✨ Animal Hide Glue
✨ Water
✨ Agate Stone Burnisher (optional)

Featured: Nuruddin. "Maharana Jagat Singh II riding the elephant Bhramargaj." Opaque watercolor and gold on paper. Edwin Binney 3rd Collection. 1990.628.

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