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Colour Notes 13: What colour is the sky?

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Starting from Egyptian blue in ancient times, pigments preferred by painters for sky blue have changed repeatedly. Here’s a brief history.

July 12, 2022 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Art and Science: 0 Contents

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An illustrated table of contents for the whole of this series, with listings of featured artists, pigments, etc.

April 6, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Art and Science: 15 Permanence of colour

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Fading and colour change in paints has been well-described since 1400. Shown here in examples using indigo, it wasn’t properly investigated until the late 19th century.

March 30, 2022 General, Life, Painting, Technology

A cavalcade of colour: 2 green to white

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Completes this tour of the painter’s palette, with well-known greens, then the essential blacks and whites. Examples from Michelangelo to Vincent van Gogh.

March 20, 2022 General, Life, Painting

A cavalcade of colour: 1 yellow to blue

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A trip round the painter’s palette, with outstanding examples of well-known colours in use. Starts with yellow, then to red and finally to blue.

March 19, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Art and Science: 4 The struggle with yellow

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Yellow ochre, orpiment, Naples yellow, lead-tin yellow, Indian yellow, chrome yellow, and cadmium yellow – most toxic or at least harmful to someone.

January 11, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Art and Science: 2 Synthetic pigments

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As a primary colour, blue is essential in painting. The quest for the right blues has spanned the world and resulted in a succession of synthetic pigments which have influenced art.

December 23, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Art and Science: Introduction to a new series

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From linear perspective projection, synthetic pigments like Prussian Blue, and colour theory, to the first new painting medium since oils, science and painting have developed together.

December 9, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Work in Progress: Lucas Cranach’s Martyrdom of St Catherine

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With a reputation for being an impulsive and rapid painter, evidence from IR reflectography shows how this painting evolved as it was being made.

August 20, 2019 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Work in Progress: Pierre Bonnard’s Coffee and The Bowl of Milk

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Two paintings of simple everyday domestic scenes were not as quickly made as might appear. Series of preparatory sketches show more.

August 13, 2019 General, Life, Painting, Technology

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