Color Story: Blues

When it comes to the summertime blues, the best kind are the rich shades of sea and sky and distant mountains.

Highway 1 ocean view

Here’s a collection of those blues, in art, craft, and beautiful places.

 

1. Big Sur, California. 2. Cyanotype workshop, Rotterdam, Netherlands. 3. Owl art print by Elizabeth Graeber. 4. Plate collection, Ibiza, Spain.

 

Seattle

Cyanotype by Tom Loeser

5. Mount Rainier, Seattle from the air. 6. Bird mosaic by Smashing China Mosaics. 7. Not a Dozen Even cyanotype print by Tom Loeser.

 

Pebble ring

Water lily pond, Denver, CO

Citrus mural Downtown Tucson

8. Pebble ring by KT New. 9. Denver Botanic Gardens, Monet Pool. 10. Plant vase by Andrew Ludic. 11. Mural by Isaac Caruso.

 

cloud earrings

Great Smoky Mountains, TN

12. Cloud earrings by Wolf + Moon. 13. Schloss Hollenegg castle near Schwanberg, Austria. 14. Fringe garland DIY by Oh Joy! 15. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee via National Park Service.

 

iglesia de nuestra señora del consueloagave container garden

Indigo dye kit

16. San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm by Angela Oliver.  17. Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Consuelo in Altea, Spain. 18. Desert container garden via Agave Heritage Festival. 19. Indigo Dye Kit by Anna Joyce.

 

What blues make you happy?


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