How Do You Make Paint?

Deep in the basement of the San Diego Natural History Museum, there are thousands of jars filled with preserved reptiles and amphibians. In this episode, But Why takes a tour with collections manager Adam Clause to answer your questions about lizards! How do lizards climb walls? ... Show More

But Why turns ten years old on April 1, 2026! To celebrate this milestone, we’re listening back to our very first episode. We’ve got owls and turtles and bears. Naturalist Mary Holland gets into the details about hibernation–including the questions you may not even have thought t ... Show More

In the United States, voters in each state elect a governor every two or four year terms. The governor is the top official in the state government. But did you know five U.S. states also elect a Kid Governor? It’s a part of a civics education program that helps kids learn about d ... Show More

Put on your art smock and get out your paintbrushes. It's time to do some painting. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 

Get to know inventor, architect, and designer Neri Oxman, who narrated the story of the Queen of the curve Zaha Hadid. Neri tells us how she became interested in design, and how she uses the natural world to invent and create amazing things in art and architecture, including the ... Show More

Why do colors exist in the world? That’s what Phoebe wants to know. The answer might change how you think about the colors that you see! Neuroscientist and artist Bevil Conway bends our minds and our eyes, to show us how colors are the ultimate optical illusion. We’ll discover wh ... Show More

<p>When Barnett Newman’s painting <em>Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue III</em> was placed in the Stedelijk museum it was meant to be provocative, but one reaction that it received was so intense, so violent, it set off a chain of events that shook the art world to its core.< ... Show More

This half-hour ‘sode discusses the exciting discovery of a previously unknown self-portrait by Van Gogh, which he painted on the back of his painting known as Head of a Peasant Woman in the collection of the National Galleries of Scotland. Come for the knowledge, stay in spite of ... Show More

Dans ce podcast, je vous invite à vous lancer dans l'aventure de la peinture, en vous accompagnant dans la réalisation d'une œuvre qui reflète toute la magie de la nature. Je partage ma propre expérience de la peinture et comment elle m'a permis de me reconnecter à moi-même, de m ... Show More

On this episode, Chris Small of AkzoNobel leads the guys on a deep dive exploration of different types of automotive paint and how to successfully apply them. Noting that “cleanliness is pretty much everything,” Small makes the case for waterborne over solvent based paints. “Less ... Show More

How are we taught to look at art, and why does it get everything wrong? In this episode I look at conventional ways of teaching students to look at art, and offer an alternative that allows for more intuition, experiementation, and a familiarity with the medium. 

<p class="">In this episode, we will explore the fascinating intersections of art and humor. Join us as we delve into the captivating parallels between crafting a joke and the processes of creating and experiencing a painting. Discover how the art of comedy intertwines with visua ... Show More