Sharon and her team started making paints so they could offer art-based activities in their communities. Over time, and after overcoming many difficulties, they learned to make high quality paints and pigments. Everything needed to make watercolor paints can be found in the Ugandan countryside: earth pigments, gum arabic, and honey. The recipes for paints are hundreds of years old, and the processes are thousands of years old. No expensive technology or complicated chemistry was required to make professional paints. Just hard work, attention to detail, and care.