Natural Watercolor Paint Set – 6 Handmade Plant-Based Colors

from $40.00

Discover a different way to paint with handmade natural watercolors created from foraged and cultivated plants and locally sourced soil in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

What's Included: Six Natural Watercolor Colors

This handmade watercolor set includes six colors inspired by the natural landscape:

  • Elm Yellow – a warm yellow made from foraged elm tree leaves, an invasive plant in New Mexico

  • Indigo Blue – a rich blue made with organic indigo extract

  • New Mexico Orange – an earthy orange made with foraged New Mexico clay

  • Madder Red – a red made with madder-derived pigment, a plant that takes 3-4 years to fully mature so that the roots can be used

  • Colorado Clay – an earthy brown made with foraged Colorado clay

  • Fireplace Charcoal – made with ground up charcoal from my fireplace

Handmade Watercolor Paints, Made in New Mexico

Every batch is made by hand in my Albuquerque studio. I forage or cultivate plants and gather soil to create pigments, transforming natural materials into functional watercolor paints.

The paints are dried in bioplastic watercolor half pans and arranged in an aluminum case with a small wooden brush.

Want a little more room to paint? Upgrade your set with a full-sized wooden brush and aluminum mixing palette for an additional $5.

Check out my other natural art supplies.

Discover a different way to paint with handmade natural watercolors created from foraged and cultivated plants and locally sourced soil in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

What's Included: Six Natural Watercolor Colors

This handmade watercolor set includes six colors inspired by the natural landscape:

  • Elm Yellow – a warm yellow made from foraged elm tree leaves, an invasive plant in New Mexico

  • Indigo Blue – a rich blue made with organic indigo extract

  • New Mexico Orange – an earthy orange made with foraged New Mexico clay

  • Madder Red – a red made with madder-derived pigment, a plant that takes 3-4 years to fully mature so that the roots can be used

  • Colorado Clay – an earthy brown made with foraged Colorado clay

  • Fireplace Charcoal – made with ground up charcoal from my fireplace

Handmade Watercolor Paints, Made in New Mexico

Every batch is made by hand in my Albuquerque studio. I forage or cultivate plants and gather soil to create pigments, transforming natural materials into functional watercolor paints.

The paints are dried in bioplastic watercolor half pans and arranged in an aluminum case with a small wooden brush.

Want a little more room to paint? Upgrade your set with a full-sized wooden brush and aluminum mixing palette for an additional $5.

Check out my other natural art supplies.

Kit:

How It’s Made

Each color begins with pigments I extract from plant-based dye pots, then is carefully blended into watercolor paint using gum arabic, honey, vegetable glycerin, and clove oil.

These small-batch watercolor paints celebrate the colors of the natural world, bringing the beauty of plants, earth, and place into your creative practice.

A Thoughtful Art Supply for Nature-Inspired Creativity

These botanical and earth-derived watercolor paints are made for artists who appreciate handmade materials, natural color, and a connection to the environment.

Use them for:

  • Botanical illustration and nature journaling

  • Landscape painting and sketchbook studies

  • Watercolor experimentation

  • Creative exploration with natural pigments

  • Unique gifts for watercolor artists and art lovers

Each set is handmade in small batches, making every palette part of a larger exploration of natural color.

Bring the colors of the earth into your next painting.

Painted With My Natural Watercolors:

Ruby Throated Hummingbird - Print Ruby Throated Hummingbird - Print Ruby Throated Hummingbird - Print Ruby Throated Hummingbird - Print
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Ruby Throated Hummingbird - Print
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He’s sometimes the first hummingbird to arrive to our yard after the winter. Buzzing around loudly, the Ruby Throated Hummingbird is the first sign that life is coming.

High-quality print featuring a print of, “Ruby Throated Hummingbird,” which was painted with my handmade natural watercolors made from plants and soil.

Available as a 5x7 in. or 8.5x11 or 14×19in. print.

Rainbow Mesa Rainbow Mesa
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Rainbow Mesa
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Bordered by hardened lava flows, the rainbow mesa exists somewhere between a dream and El Malpais. An uncharacteristic cloud of fog covers the bottom of a southwestern mountain.

Handmade watercolor paint made from plants and soil on paper, 2026.

Size: 9 in. x 12 in.

Would you like this piece framed? Email hi@baileyconstas.com or select your options at checkout.

Ships in a padded envelope if unframed. If framed, will ship in a box and you will receive an invoice for framing fees.

Cultivating Red and Roadrunners - Print Cultivating Red and Roadrunners - Print Cultivating Red and Roadrunners - Print
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Cultivating Red and Roadrunners - Print
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High-quality print featuring a print of, “Cultivating Red and Roadrunners.”

Available as a 5x7 in. or 8.5x11 print.