How to Use Brusho Crystal Colours: A Complete Guide
If you have never used Brusho Crystal Colours before, you are in for a treat. These small pots of highly concentrated dye-based ink powder — made exclusively in Sheffield by Colourcraft — are capable of producing the kind of vivid, blooming washes of colour that take years to achieve with conventional watercolour. A single pinch dissolved in water produces an extraordinary burst of colour, and every "shade" is actually a blend of multiple dye crystals, which means the colour separates and shifts in ways that are endlessly interesting.
In this guide we cover everything you need to know to get started and go further: how to open your pots safely, which surfaces work best, the four core techniques (including the classic sprinkle-on-wet-paper method), and a range of advanced approaches including bleach resist, salt effects, stencilling, wax resist, and mixing Brusho into other mediums like PVA and modelling paste. We have also included answers to the most common questions about Brusho, from lightfastness to paper choice to whether it works on Yupo. Read on, then come and find the full range in store or at craftandcanvas.co.uk.