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Hey Scenic Artists - who's ready to take on Rosco's "Anything But A Paintbrush" Challenge?!? Read the blog to see how #RoscoAmbassador Tessa Broyles used our #ScenicSets with an array of painting tools to practice a variety of different #PaintingTechniques for creating #ScenicArt.

Tricks of the trade.

Make sure you have a good brush.

In the two World Wars, painters were deployed to create optical illusions. Matthew Wilson explores how a camouflage unit and a 'Ghost Army' used misdirection in deception operations that helped lead the Allies to victory.

In 2009, researchers at Oregon State University discovered YInMn Bluethe first new blue pigment identified in 200 yearswhile developing materials for use in electronics. Led by chemist Mas Subramanian, the team quickly realized that it had stumbled onto something significant. People have been looking for a good, durable blue color for a couple of centuries," Subramanian told NPR’s Gabriel Rosenberg in 2016. Eleven years later, in May 2020, the United States Environmental P...rotection Agency (EPA) officially approved the punchy pigment, which is far more vivid than cobalt or Prussian blue, for commercial use, as Coatings World reported at the time. The government agency approved YInMn for use in industrial coatings and plastics in September 2017, but because testing for consumer use is far more rigorous, commercial paint manufacturers and artists alike faced a far longer wait. (To help color enthusiasts cope with the delay, Crayola introduced Bluetiful, a crayon inspired by the pigment, that same year.)

Thousands of years before the ancient Roman Empire, the north African civilization of ancient Egypt was leading the way in the fields of art, architecture, and engineering. Many of their preserved creations can still be seen today in museums across the globe. In addition to sculptures, jewelry, and headdresses, some everyday objects can be viewed as well. The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds a beautiful painter's palette that dates back to 1390-1352 BCE. Made out of a single ...piece of ivory, this artist's tool includes six oval paint wells that still contain cakes of blue, green, brown, yellow, red, and black pigments. At one end of the palette is also an inscription of the pharaoh Amenhotep III (ca. 1401-1353 BCE) in hieroglyphics as well as the epithet beloved of Re. Amenhotep III's reign was one of the most prosperous periods of ancient Egypt and filled with achievements in art and culture. Despite its age, the design of this painter's palette closely resembles many of the artistic tools we use today. See more

There are several earth tones available in each of Rosco’s scenic paint lines: Off Broadway, Supersaturated, and Iddings Deep Colors. It is helpful, however, to know how to mix earth tone paint colors just in case you run into a situation where you don’t have access to those particular paints. Using the Off Broadway Scenic Paints inside our Rosco Scenic Set paint kits, Scenic Artist Tessa Broyles described how to mix the most popular earth tone colors in a recent video on her Behind The Scenics YouTube Channel.

Egyptian Blue, also known as calcium copper silicate, is one of the first artificial pigments known to have been used by man. The oldest known example of the exquisite pigment is said to be about 5000 years old, found in a tomb painting dated to the reign of Ka-Sen, the last pharaoh of the First Dynasty. Others, however, state that the earliest evidence of the use of Egyptian blue is from the Fourth Dynasty and the Middle Kingdom, around 4,500 years ago. Nevertheless, by the New Kingdom, Egyptian Blue was used plentifully as a pigment in painting and can be found on statues, tomb paintings and sarcophagi. In addition, Egyptian blue was used to produce a ceramic glaze known as Egyptian faience.

Red is not only one of the primary colors, it's also one of the first colors used by artistsdating back to prehistory. Ranging from orange tinges to deep wine hues, throughout history the color red has held special significance for cultures around the world. The warm color is most commonly associated with love in Western culture and remains an attractive, vibrant color that immediately brings attention to itself. In many cultures, red symbolizes joy and good fortune. In fact..., in many Asian countries brides wear red as a symbol of fertility and luck. In Europe, red became equated with aristocrats and the clergy. Its association with the blood of Christ made it especially important for the Catholic church, so much so that the cardinal was named after the color that Roman Catholic cardinals traditionally wore. Pervasive in art and textiles since ancient times, the color red is powerful and prestigious. Let's take a look at some of the most important shades of red in art and learn more about the fascinating history of the color red. And if you are looking to go in-depth, Red: The History of a Color is a comprehensive look at all things red.

Not Paint, Pastry Becky Frey, a Pennsylvania native and longtime resident of New York City, worked as a costume designer and wardrobe stylist for television and theatre before becoming a pastry chef. This holiday season she has turned her love for the theater district into an incredible, edible gingerbread masterpiece creating an iconic block of Broadway spanning West 45th Street, Shubert Alley and West 44th Street.