This blog post is based on the pigments mentioned in the exchange of letters between Thomas Cole and Asher Brown Durand. Thomas Cole is one of the major 19th-century American painters and he is...

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With so many blue pigments available in the market today, it's easy to take Prussian blue for granted and forget about the impact it had in the art world. Before the 18th century, the...

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In this blog post I will show how to make Azurite oil paint from powdered azurite pigment. Azurite is a natural basic carbon carbonate. It has a unique azure blue color which resembles a cloudless...

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