Watercolor - Blue Ridge Yellow Ochre Each card is hand painted

Each card is hand painted on large pieces of card stock before foil stamping on one of our antique foil presses

including watercolor

Easily layer colors without waxy build-up

It was even used as a rouge-like cosmetic in ancient West Asia

Watercolor - Blue Ridge Yellow Ochre Each card is hand paintedThis is perhaps the richest ochre we've made yet, with the most consistent and smooth texture. It's a highly opaque and lightfast deep gold that sits extremely matte, but can be watered down to subtle yellows or tinted to an opaque pastel. The pigments we use to make these colors are specific to Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountain range. Natural earth pigments have been mined from this region since the mid 1800's, and we think these colors are still