Shades of blue: all the blue watercolors currently in my paintbox. Clockwise from top: Holbein Cerulean Blue; Holbein Cobalt Blue; Holbein Compose Blue; Daniel Smith Genuine Lapis Lazuli; Windsor Newton Indigo; Daniel Smith Manganese Blue Hue; Holbein Manganese Blue; Daniel Smith Natural Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Genuine; Daniel Smith Ultramarine Blue; Maimeri Ultramarine Blue Dark.
I love all shades of blue: Cerulean, indigo, prussian, French ultramarine, turquoise, duck egg and sky.
Turquoise has to be my favorite of them all. I think I was imprinted on sky blue by my mother while I was just an infant. When I look at old photos of where we lived when I was a baby, the kitchen was painted a pale turquoise. So was my nursery.
Learn more about blue pigments and paint in this occasional series about this mystical color. Instead of feeling blue on Monday, let’s paint it blue!