These books are good ones! Making the art materials yourself is an art in itself. By being creative about the elements you use, you can achieve the unique results you are after. Plus, if you are depicting a place, you can use the materials in the place to add another layer of authenticity to what you are trying to acheive.

Drawn from the Wild will teach you how to make soft pastels, charcoal, lightfast inks, and mark making implements. This author has another book, Found and Ground, about how tpo make foraged paints.

Bound will teach you how to make your own personalized artist journals with exactly the paper you love.

I recommend these with hearty five stars.