My new obcession...Fluid art.
Jan 7, 2018 04:40:35 #
I've found a new hobby. This type of painting is great fun. Messy and a little expensive due to the amount of paint used, but so interesting. Every piece a surprise.
Jan 7, 2018 06:16:34 #
koalaroo wrote:
I've found a new hobby. This type of painting is great fun. Messy and a little expensive due to the amount of paint used, but so interesting. Every piece a surprise.
...these are pretty cool...I see water type creatures in the second one...maybe a frog (bottom middle) and some type of river mammal... side view of maybe a fisher (top middle/right)... the bottom painting reminds me of the classic Japanese painting of the wave...thanks for letting me play along...
Jan 7, 2018 06:21:12 #
Thanks...Good imagination!.. a possum stands for me in the second photo, the beauty of this technique is you never know what will happen.
Jan 7, 2018 06:41:34 #
Cool! I see a definite frog in the second one. Reminds me of years ago, I must have been about 10, and Mom had us in the back yard laying papers into a vat of water with thinned oil paint floating on the top. Wish I could remember what we did with our art pieces. All I remember is the process.
Jan 7, 2018 07:05:26 #
Jan 7, 2018 07:27:54 #
koalaroo wrote:
I've found a new hobby. This type of painting is great fun. Messy and a little expensive due to the amount of paint used, but so interesting. Every piece a surprise.
Very cool, and psychedelic. Is this where you float paint on water and then lay paper over it? Yes, sounds messy. Good "stuff" so far.
Jan 7, 2018 14:28:58 #
Thanks, no its acrylic paint thinned a little with pva glue and water. You mix your colours separately in cups, add a drop or two of silicone or hair oil, then pour the colours into one cup. Then flip the cup onto canvas and let sit for a minute to drain. I poured white paint around the cup, then dragged and lifted the cup, then tilted the canvas this way and that. The silicone creates the beautiful cells and effects. I then ran a bbq lighter flame across which brings up more cells. Such fun. Uses a lot of paint and there's some waste which I hate, but there it is.
That's just one method called a dirty cup pour. There are lots of others and if you like arty stuff, Google acrylic fluid pour. It's fascinating what people do.
That's just one method called a dirty cup pour. There are lots of others and if you like arty stuff, Google acrylic fluid pour. It's fascinating what people do.
Jan 7, 2018 15:26:09 #
Your new obsession looks like fun Jude...pretty art work...
Ron.
Ron.
Jan 7, 2018 15:48:13 #
koalaroo wrote:
I've found a new hobby. This type of painting is great fun. Messy and a little expensive due to the amount of paint used, but so interesting. Every piece a surprise.
1 has appeal for me.
Jan 7, 2018 16:27:56 #
Jan 8, 2018 07:21:08 #
I see a crocodiles eyes just above the water, an otter, and a frog in the second one. Looks like you have found a very interesting new hobby. Oh dear, on second examination I just spotted some sort of long billed bird laying horizontally on the bottom.
Jan 8, 2018 12:12:33 #
50 years ago you could have had a career as an avant grade abstract artist. Today, it's hard to compete with Photoshop.
koalaroo wrote:
Thanks, no its acrylic paint thinned a little with... (show quote)
Jan 8, 2018 15:02:05 #
[Wow that's gorgeous! I know what you mean...but I guess physical art will never die out. To me, two very different art forms, and this is so interesting to create.
quote=Fotoartist]50 years ago you could have had a career as an avant grade abstract artist. Today, it's hard to compete with Photoshop.[/quote]
quote=Fotoartist]50 years ago you could have had a career as an avant grade abstract artist. Today, it's hard to compete with Photoshop.[/quote]
Jan 8, 2018 15:04:43 #
[Thanks so much...ill have to look for those. Funny what pops up.quote=dragonfist]I see a crocodiles eyes just above the water, an otter, and a frog in the second one. Looks like you have found a very interesting new hobby. Oh dear, on second examination I just spotted some sort of long billed bird laying horizontally on the bottom.[/quote]
Jan 8, 2018 15:05:07 #
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