TODAY'S FEATURED POST

Feeling Gray Today

Howard Lyon

-By Howard Lyon   Color is a fascinating and challenging part of painting.  It can be defined as hue, saturation and value. Today, I am going to focus a little more on saturation. Saturation being how intense or gray a color is. Before I get going though, I think I need to add a disclaimer to this post. Painting from life is the best way to understand color. Also, photographs of paintings are by no…

READ MORE

EVERYDAY ORIGINAL

Becoming friends with ghosts

YESTERDAY’S POST

Image

Eranos and the Archetype Database

Lauren Panepinto

July 10, 2025 - Last month I did a long post about how to not rely on Google images to do your image research — for a lot of reasons, including originality, accuracy, and avoiding AI sludge filling up search engines. The short version of the post is to start using better/vetted databases. And one I forgot to add is worth a whole post in itself, for the kind of things we do in fantastic art. Let me introduce you to the Eranos Archive. The Eranos Foundation was an archive started by a student/follower of Carl Jung, who I've talked about many times here. His body of work was the human subconscious and unconscious, and the archetypes that recur in human art, religion, dreams, and stories over and over again. I've talked about both him and Joseph Campbell, who…

READ MORE

POSTS BY CATEGORY

ART

ARTICLES

EDUCATION

EVENTS

INSPIRATION

INTERVIEWS

REVIEWS

RECENT COMMENTS

Recent Comments

  • Kontext Dev on Mission Patch: Crew OneKontext Dev lets you edit images with AI precision and local control. Try it free online and unlock more features with credits.
  • azith on Studio DreamsMake extra profit every week… This is a great part-time job for everyone… Best part about it is that you can work from your home and ea…
  • azith on A Studio VisitMake extra profit every week… This is a great part-time job for everyone… Best part about it is that you can work from your home and ea…
  • burak on Words of WisdomGünlük hayatta sıkça karşılaşılan rüyaların açıklamaları burada. Basit, anlaşılır ve güvenilir bilgilerle dolu bir platform.
  • Satta King on Color Theory Part 5: Notan and the flattin stages of the painting"Satta King ke har result ke liye main sirf gali-result.in par bharosa karta hoon. Yahan ki speed aur accuracy best hai!"
  • Bell on Abbot Handerson Thayer’s AngelBeautiful!! thank you a lot for explaining one of my favorite piece of art.\
  • illiana on Feeling Gray TodayI get paid over $130 1 to 3 hours working from home with 2 kids at home. I never thought I’d be able to do it but my best friend earns…

ABOUT MUDDY COLORS

Muddy Colors is a collective of more than 20 artists, dedicated to providing a free, online resource for aspiring and professional artists alike.

With a library of thousands of articles, and a new one being posted each day, Muddy Colors is the largest educational website dedicated to the Fantastic Arts.

SUPPORT US ON PATREON

We are using Patreon as an opportunity to ask our readers for support in our endeavors.

These funds will be used to provide better content for our readers, maintain website expenses, and support aspiring artists through Muddy Colors programs and scholarships.