From Pigment to Paint with Katelyn Chapman

Saturday, June 20, 2026, 1 to 4PM

A history of pigments and how to make your own oil paint.

In this special three-hour workshop, participants will learn how to make their own oil paints from scratch! Through this process, we will uncover the origin stories of color through a historical lens. More specifically, we will learn the history of the five different all-natural and non-toxic pigments that we will be using in this unique workshop. From the step-by-step process of breaking down natural materials into a powdered pigment to mixing pigments with a binding medium, students will create their own oil colors.

Each student will go home with three tubes of their own hand-made oil paint.

No experience is required.

Katelyn Chapman received an M.F.A. in painting and drawing from the University of Georgia in
2018 and a B.F.A. with an emphasis in drawing from Clemson University in 2014. Her work is inspired by her
deeply rooted familial and rural ties to the South and has been in both national and local group exhibitions and
published internationally. Chapman is a three-time Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grantee
and the 2026 Griffith-Reyburn Lowcountry Artist of the Year. She has been awarded fellowships to attend residencies at Vermont Studio Center, The Hambidge Center and The Gibbes Museum of Art among others. At the
end of 2023 she left her full-time job as a Professor of Art to pursue her art career. Chapman currently lives and
works in Charleston, SC where she paints in her home studio and leads art related workshops both online
and in person.