Creating your own paint is a great way to cut costs while exerting greater control over the shades and effects you desire. Dry pigment powder can be combined with binders to create a variety of ...

For centuries, artists relied on lapis lazuli to produce ultramarine blue, a pigment prized for its intense color and rarity.

What happens when you try to make one of the world’s rarest blue pigments using nothing but raw stone and patience? This ...

Editor’s Note: David Coles is the founder and head paint-maker of Langridge Artist Colours. This is an edited extract from “Chromatopia: An Illustrated History of Color,” published by Thames & Hudson.

Traditional paint gets it color from synthetic pigments, which fade over time and aren't very eco-friendly. There may soon be a better alternative, though, in the form of a paint which incorporates ...

Street art takes many forms, and the vibrant murals on the Berlin Wall both before and after its fall are expressions of people's opinions. But there was often secrecy around the processes for ...

Using natural materials allows painted surfaces to release moisture naturally and is a great way to bring the outdoors in. Natural oil paints typically are made with linseed oil and a natural solvent, ...

Can you make paint from flowers? Learn how to make watercolor paint using deadheaded flowers from your garden or other blooms foraged from nature. Whenever I walk through my garden, I find something ...