Productive day in the studio. It all began with work on the blue sky in a painting.
Most of my clouds are made from azurite, a mineral found in various areas world-wide.
I processed the making of azurite from the Congo - a gorgeous shade of deep blue with green as well as processing of a crystal stone from China which was more blue and saturated in color.
Here is a rare example of a dazzling azurite crystal from Mexico. Stones like this are very easy to crush and make into beautiful pure blue pigment. However a specimen of this quality should be preserved, since it is an excellent example of pure azurite crystal formation (with exception of tiny spot of malachite). Here is the stone I am talking about (it's only 100g):
Most of my clouds are made from azurite, a mineral found in various areas world-wide.
I processed the making of azurite from the Congo - a gorgeous shade of deep blue with green as well as processing of a crystal stone from China which was more blue and saturated in color.
Here is a rare example of a dazzling azurite crystal from Mexico. Stones like this are very easy to crush and make into beautiful pure blue pigment. However a specimen of this quality should be preserved, since it is an excellent example of pure azurite crystal formation (with exception of tiny spot of malachite). Here is the stone I am talking about (it's only 100g):
azurite crystal 100g from Mexico
Even crystal stones must be washed and purified. Here is the green blue that I washed out the purer blue pigment bowl:
azurite cleaned in casein green blue, grade 3
let them be left
oil on canvas 18 x 22 inches 2014
Finally here is the painting, I added the azurite sky to:
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