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Thea Cable

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Get two large flat stones. Collect some berries or fruits that are as highly coloured as possible. Pulp the berries/fruit between the two stones until you have a paste. Add a litle water. Find a sharp stick and dip it in the mixture. Get a large pale leaf and paint whatever you want with your twig and pigment mixture. Alternatively, stand in the middle of the (presumably) small desert island and scream at the top of your voice 'I want my Fabriano Artistico paper, my watercolours and my Isabey squirrels brushes!!!!' - and hope that a passing ship/helicopter/plane/native on island hears you and obliges. Failing all this, take up knitting - but what to knit with???

Michael Robinson

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Hmm lol. Coconut juice & flowers for colours and dried palm leaf for support or a stick and the beach. Monkey hair brushes. Or my great coconut paint and huge rocks for SOS. Or natural things to make collages or 3D images. A burnt stick for charcoal. etc..... Plus if i was travelling i would undoubtedly have my pocket sketch book, small pan of watercolour and pencils. Best wishes Paul.

Ruthy flet

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B-) *-) .....Hopefully would have my little sketchbook and pencil case.......(which would be the envy of mary popins)my tiny little craft knife would carve me a raft too escape on........!!!!! after the paper in my sketch book was used up................ :-D

GREG JONES

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H.i Aqua, find a stick or use my own and draw in the sand, or failing that send a message in a bottle to Jackson,s and pray they recieve it in time before they become another victim off the credit crunch ? Harry

Michael Robinson

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Love the answers so far............. Harry, like you I think about Jackson and hope that they will not need a life jacket ! Will tell you in a few days what I would do on the island ;-)

Michael Robinson

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Would depend on the island's climate & food & shelter supplies, i guess i'd be busy trying to survive, to paint another day . best wishes, c. ps hopefully the local crab colonies would be avid collectors of mediocre art! (lol)

Michael Robinson

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Aqua - 2009-01-30 1:47 PM You arrive on a desert island. Nothing in site. You are an artist. What to do ? - How would you find a support (to paint on) - How would you find a medium to paint with
Search for beer or any other alcoholic liquid the rest can wait till later :D

Glynis Jones

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Draw in the sand! Annie

William Jamison

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Close my eyes and paint in my mind. (they would all be flawless masterpieces of course :D )

Diana Hudson

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Find water. Firstly I wouldn't survive without and secondly I don't fancy painting with salt water. There woudl be plenty of plants and rocks to make my colours from

Michael Robinson

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or you could use the labels on the empty beer bottles I just found (lol)

Michael Robinson

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Time for me to answer. For support : not much problem since I would find some rocks, stones, wood etc... For colours I would try natural dyes with plants, minerals, roots etc... I have started this thread since I was researching natural way to produce colours, we got so many allergies going on. I had found the website below. Visit it and see how interesting it is. So many plants can make a good dye ! http://www.wildcolours.co.uk On my desert island I only wish that I would find at least one for each colour !
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