Among living things, the color blue is oddly rare. Blue rocks, blue sky, blue water, sure. But blue animals? They are few and far between. And the ones that do make blue? They make it in some very strange and special ways compared to other colors!
In this video, you will get a look at some very cool butterflies and learn how living things make blue, and why this beautiful hue is so rare in nature.
I hate transferring my sketch. I hate it. Every method I have found is tedious. Projectors and transfer paper lose important small details, and to get out of the way of the projection, I lean and bend in unnatural positions for long periods of time. There's more, but...
It's no secret to anyone that's been following Muddy Colors awhile that I am really deeply interested in the psychology around why people become artists, and how becoming a "professional" "full-time" artist affects that. For example, I've written posts on the...
During my classes online, I’m asked by students over and over again, ‘show me how I can improve my paintings.’ Besides needing to get better at drawing, paint mixing and application, composition, and value control-- handling light is the most overlooked aspect of...
Awesome! Glad we do have a wide variety of blue pigment to choose from in painting now, art would be dull without it 😉
Question, if blue is frightfully scarce in nature, how did ancient civilizations make blue pigments?
Sam Easton: Blue pigments were made from minerals (like Lapis Lazuli), colored glass (like smalt) and some vegetable sources (like indigo.)
Awesome! Glad we do have a wide variety of blue pigment to choose
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