Hello! my name is Charlie, and I'm the folk behind Long Lane Creatives! I'm making hand-made water colors, mostly shimmers and glittery blends! I want to create colors that are new and interesting, layered so that using them is a surprise each time.
But! We're just starting out! So if you see this, please click the link and take a look, or send it to a friend who likes playing with paint! More colorways are in the works, so check back often! any questions? please DM me!
once again, thank you for supporting a small, queer-owned business!
Some people say spoonies aren't adventurous and don't take risks.
Sure, mate.
You try moving a muller when your neck and shoulder muscles don't work. & BTW, I just made benzymidazole yellow watercolour paint, from scratch, while wearing a white t-shirt. 😂😂😂 Risk is a relative thing.
Here's to my disabled AF & proud friends, chronically ill creatives, and everyone else out here risking our spoons every day. 🥄
More mulling left to do, but the color off my pokeberry lake is spectacular! I am so glad because I really didn't want to go back in the brambles to get to my local patch. I love these berries, I used to play with them when I was younger growing up in Atlanta. I would make ink from them and mix it with my mud paint I made from the red clay. I've always been fascinated by colors found in nature, and I get excited when I find one as vibrant as the phthalos and quins.
"Earth" 2020. Hand foraged natural pigments from, stone circles and other ancient sites in the UK landscape, charcoal and ash. The piece speaks to the earth beneath our feet.
Happy Friendaversary, @/chiryx_creates! I’m so lucky to have you in my life and be able to call you friend and cousin! Thank you for being one of the greatest friends I could ever ask for, for being you, and lighting up my life! Here’s to 2023 and many more years!
(Paint I used created by @/thoughtsupnorth on Instagram! Their paint and work is amazing, please check them out!)
Heads up! Now Bookface has finished, new handmade earth pigments paints and sets are up in my store! I'm super proud of them, especially the green earths set 💚🪨🖌️
Not an April's Fools joke: finally got some more paint made today!
I have been. Severely distracted by my other hobbies in the last while, and I knew this batch of Herding Cats would take some time (phtalo blue my beloathed <3), and each time I decided I'd like to make some paint I only had an hour at most available.
.... I could maybe have made two small batches. Noted for next time!
Regardless, this batch of Herding Cats is the last I needed to be able to open my shop! I'm very excited.
A Muller print for a project I am working on, I still have a hard time believing this pigments came from a bunch of stinky roots. I have pulled alkannin pigment from alkanet and Murasaki and they are both such intensely vibrant purples