Thursday, 11 September 2014

Fra Angelico blue pigment extraction - no wonder genuine lapis lazuli paint was expensive



This is quite a long video but well worth watching if you want to know why they needed to develop Ultramarine pigment :-)
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  1. cjsrq11 September 2014 at 16:41

    Wow, that was fascinating. So much work, but such a beautiful color.

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    1. Jane Blundell11 September 2014 at 18:12

      Makes you wonder how someone came up with the idea of making a clay to extract the pigment! No wonder artists needed an apprenticeship and had assistants.

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  2. pw6titanium31 January 2016 at 19:55

    Eric Silver makes a Fra Angelico blue hue at Blue Ridge paints ( oil)

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