Red. The colour of passion, anger, post-boxes and ripe tomatoes. Red pigments have been used since the earliest cave paintings, but the colour is often problematic. Reds have often been poisonous or fade far too easily. The colour itself can…

It’s been a bit grey lately on the Isle of Man, so to brighten things up we’ll focus on the cheerful shade of Gamboge Yellow in this instalment of ‘The Colours of Nature’. Gamboge is a yellow pigment obtained by…

Butterflies, flowers and gorgeous blue! These things evoke impressions of spring and summer in my mind and are a balm to my soul on the many grey, cold days we’re getting lately. Luckily, the second in a series of posts…

With the emergence of spring flowers bringing some welcome colour to the countryside, there’s an opportunity to use a wider colour palette in our drawings of nature. Having reviewed the book, Nature’s Palette, I wanted to find out more about…