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ysabetwordsmith) wrote2018-01-01 04:05 pm
ysabetwordsmith) wrote2018-01-01 04:05 pm
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6 Painting Techniques That Don’t Involve a Paintbrush
Just say know. The difficulty level varies greatly -- anyone can do some of these, while others are as challenging or more so than using a brush.
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I like the sculptural aspect of oil paints, because that makes art more accessible to people who see with their hands instead of (or in addition to) their eyes.
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- Steve
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One of my poems, "Soup Stuff," shows several different ways of applying paint to a giant surface.
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- Steve
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For what it's worth, drywall panels are quite large, most of them are CHEAP, and many are designed to be painted upon. The drawbacks are that they are a pain in the ass to move, and some are a bit fragile, but the same would be true of canvas at that size. Drywall is always heavier though, generally requiring two people to move. It can be strengthened with a wooden or metal frame. It makes a fantastic base for murals, graffiti, and other large art because unlike something painted directly on a wall, you can MOVE it. And if you haven't broken your budget on an expensive canvas, you can sell the thing at a price normal people can afford. \o/
I saw a graffiti / public art festival in a nearby town once, and they were using big slabs of drywall. A single artist or team could claim a slab -- they were using everything from charcoal to house paint, in all imaginable styles -- and there were several for the general public to use too.
I really want to catch the time that Dr. G takes Shiv on a field trip to a graffiti festival while he's in prison.
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And of course, digital artistry... my current background is off a site called Digital Blasphemy, if that gives you an idea... :) and of course it's all over DeviantArt. Oh! *flips icon* This is a piece I commissioned from
It occurs to me that Waverly's method - using a recognisable form as a starting point and *then* going abstract - is kinda cool.
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Me neither, except for a few examples. A good enough watercolor splash may please me. I'm quite a fan of geometric art, like the painted quilt replicas.
>> but a good airbrush artist can do amazing stuff, and is fun to watch. I miss the days when they would set up with a booth in a mall or market or fair and paint tee shirts live... <<
Occasionally people do that here.
The one I miss? Candle carvers. They used to set up in the mall every holiday season, but I haven't seen one in years.
>>And of course, digital artistry...<<
That can be very pretty.
>>It occurs to me that Waverly's method - using a recognisable form as a starting point and *then* going abstract - is kinda cool.<<
Yep. It's not really abstract. It's symbolic, and it uses a real model as a base for the art. That's very different from sitting down at a canvas by yourself to make up something from scratch. It's representational, just not a portrait of the front of the body.
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What I like? Glass blowing. There's two different methods, related.. one's a bigger scale of work done with a gas-fired furnace and starting with blobs of molten glass; the other, smaller scale but more fun (I think) to watch (because you can basically stand next to the artist) is done starting with solid stock and an acetylene torch. This guy has a fancier setup than I'm used to, but it's impressive work, and he narrates as he goes...
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My artistic challenge for the last few years has been finding ways to really do digital art on my Mac with just a mouse (and occasional keystrokes). So many computer-based digital art things require a graphics tablet and it's physically out of my ability range to use that at the moment. I'm doing pretty well with Inkscape and a trackpad but it's still frustrating.
Alas!