Starry Night and Van Gogh on Dark Water
Watching this “work of art”, I was wondering where it was going. It was fascinating watching the process, but the end had to be temporary. How can art be preserved on top of water?
Well, watch until the end.
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I almost went into a Trance, that was incredible !
That was pretty good. If I was to try something like that I’d end up with a heck of a mess.
I have seen this before. Incredible and temporary all at once!
This must be viewed in full screen…..Almost makes me miss my UH, experimental years….
Very interesting to watch. Thanks, Claudia!
Ebru. A very old Turkish art form usually for marbling paper or fabric. It’s stunning. http://elearning490.blogspot.com/2012/09/steps-for-making-ebru-art.html
Amazing.
That was great.
I used to make those with oil in the water puddles when I was a younger kid.
Very cool that he can transfer it to paper or film.
How much Monet does that kind of artwork Gogh for?
@ Vietvet…..your a bad man….it’s like you wake up and have coffee with a cinnamon pun….LOL
@willysgoatgruff: Nah – usually when I first get up, I can’t think of muffin.
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That was soothing. Thank you.
@Vietvet….Yeah I once dated a girl named Muffin….quit thinking about her as soon as I could
Draw Muhammad? heh!
@Eugenia — that’s what I thought of, too, paper marbeling.
I’ve got a small box given to me as a gift that is covered in marbeled paper. Very cool to watch the process. I was surprised when he slid the finished paper over the edge of the box. I thought it would smear everything.
I’ve done that on fabric, but nothing approaching a portrait effort. Wish I had that kind of time. Thanks, Claudia.
Wow.
Not being smeared is one thing. Why isn’t it a reversed image?
@willysgoatgruff: Well, I donut blame you for that. It’s much cruller to go on when there’s no hope.
Holy wow. By the by, what is the piece of music? I’ve always found it difficult to learn about baroque and classical music.
Beethoven’s “Moonlight” Sonata
OK, arty people – tell me what it was he used to do that. What was the “paint” and what was the “paper” he used to pick up the image?
Of course. Every piece I find I like is Beethoven.
@ harbqll, don’t know that I qualify as arty, BUT
Historically, the technique is to use thinned oil paint over water. Very tricky, requires a lot of patience, and not inexpensive. I’ve used wallpaper paste thinned down to give a more stable base. Other enterprising (Q&D) souls, who are more interested in a fixed image, rather than the Zen-like process and results, resort to dropping acrylic color on Dollar Store shaving cream. Talk about striking a moving target when you lay paper or fabric over the surface – it’s pretty fascinating.
Adding, the paper or fabric is treated with aluminum sulfate to get the colors to stick. Paper is usually 55# or heavier. Rice paper is a good material also.
I like Beethoven’s music but in this case maybe playing Starry, starry night by Don McClean would’ve been more appropriate.