The other day I started experimenting with alternative art materials. There are so many ways to create really original art. With a blank white piece a paper in front of me there are no limits.
I immediately went to the refrigerator. I used broccoli scrubbed into the paper, then carrots, and beet juice. This led me to the spice cabinet where cous-cous seasoning put out a powerful, and rich ochre color. Cinnamon was lovely and soft and worked well for some shadowing effects. This was a fascinating experiment in the intensity and amounts of natural dye in food and spice samples!
I then took my color search outside. To my surprise the bright red geraniums that are outside my front door, when squished and scrubbed into the paper I was working with turn an amazing dark purple. Bouganvilla blossoms also a red variety turn a very lovely... rasberry. I use some yummy tree bark to scrub along side the bold colors to soften the transition of colors. It works, as does a wierd green seed, for some very defined green lines of direction. Kentucky blue grass scrubbed into paper leaves a soft chlorophyll smudge to play with.
So, try something new with art. Go outside, collect flowers, twigs, bark, seeds, grasses, soil, anything and everything. You will be surprised at the colors you get , the amounts of color contained in items, and it will be a step back into time. I was always intriqued by the very first airbrush paintings on the cave walls at Lascaux south western France, where pigments were blown thru a reed, and scrubbed on with mats of moss. These images were made of maganese and iron oxide and are over 17,000 years old.
There are so many options when considering painting with nature, you just have to give different elements a try.
"Fast food" 18x24
Broccoli, carrots, cinnamon, tree bark, cous-cous seasoning, red geraniums, purple bouganvilla, curry powder, and a wierd green seed, on watercolor paper.
Art should not be comfortable, it should be something of the unknown, a challenge. Artists need to reach, to explore, to inspire, and investigate..... opening new frontiers in thought.
Deb Haugen is a Malibu, California artist. Tagged the "Organic Artist" because of the content of her work. After 30 years of painting "My main focus is currently my organic art series inspired by the creek bed and horse trails I walk daily. Organic art is essential, vital, and rudimentary, it is all around us" Deb Haugen's artwork is in private collections in the US, Germany, Spain and Japan.
Art – painting…?
Although by profession I am a doctor, I also like writing and painting. I used to practice neurosurgery in an Eastern European country, and then later I came to the US and did research at the University of Virginia. At some point I dedicated a lot of time to my art. Two years ago I was operated for colon cancer, but it was pretty advanced, with peritoneal and lung metastases [stage IV]. Since then I have been fighting it. My art can be seen at http://www.cristianperi.com
Most of my art have been donated or given to friends.
What is some art(painting, book, etc) that has been influenced by history?
I need to find 2 works of art that have been inspired by a historical event. The work of art can be a painting, book ,sculpture, etc and must have written professional criticism about it.
This is for a research paper so please help.
So 2 analyzed art works that have been influenced by history?
Art Painting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?
Okay
so i am supposed to be doing a canvas (painting) in art and i am thinking about doing it on a really cute baby animal!
So can you give me an idea.
i want to do it on baby seals sea turtle baby panda or anything cute!
PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!
by the way!
I NEED IT BY TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!
What celebrity should I do a pop art painting of?
I am doing a medium sized pop art canvas to hang in my room and I’m not sure what to do it of. I was thinking an old school celebrity like Marilyn Monroe or Audrey Hepburn, but I don’t really know much about them. I don’t want to do one of Beyonce or Madonna or anything though. Or I could do a painting of something else? Any thoughts?
What celebrity should i do a pop art painting of?
I’m doing a pop art painting and was thinking of doing an old school celebrity like Marilyn Monroe or Audrey Hepburn. However, I don’t know much about them so I was thinking I could do something or someone else. ANy ideas?
I want a female person or a feminine object.
Thanks for sharing your paintings, i loved the old paintings the best with buildings, maybe that’s because i have tried to paint buildings myself but without success, i tend to paint wild life animals and i also give my paintings to family and friends..
November 28th, 2007 at 2:00 am
Art – painting…?
Although by profession I am a doctor, I also like writing and painting. I used to practice neurosurgery in an Eastern European country, and then later I came to the US and did research at the University of Virginia. At some point I dedicated a lot of time to my art. Two years ago I was operated for colon cancer, but it was pretty advanced, with peritoneal and lung metastases [stage IV]. Since then I have been fighting it. My art can be seen at http://www.cristianperi.com
Most of my art have been donated or given to friends.
April 1st, 2008 at 3:41 pm
What is some art(painting, book, etc) that has been influenced by history?
I need to find 2 works of art that have been inspired by a historical event. The work of art can be a painting, book ,sculpture, etc and must have written professional criticism about it.
This is for a research paper so please help.
So 2 analyzed art works that have been influenced by history?
November 18th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
Art Painting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?
Okay
so i am supposed to be doing a canvas (painting) in art and i am thinking about doing it on a really cute baby animal!
So can you give me an idea.
i want to do it on baby seals sea turtle baby panda or anything cute!
PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!
by the way!
I NEED IT BY TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!
January 12th, 2010 at 4:01 pm
What celebrity should I do a pop art painting of?
I am doing a medium sized pop art canvas to hang in my room and I’m not sure what to do it of. I was thinking an old school celebrity like Marilyn Monroe or Audrey Hepburn, but I don’t really know much about them. I don’t want to do one of Beyonce or Madonna or anything though. Or I could do a painting of something else? Any thoughts?
January 12th, 2010 at 4:03 pm
What celebrity should i do a pop art painting of?
I’m doing a pop art painting and was thinking of doing an old school celebrity like Marilyn Monroe or Audrey Hepburn. However, I don’t know much about them so I was thinking I could do something or someone else. ANy ideas?
I want a female person or a feminine object.
November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
Thanks for sharing your paintings, i loved the old paintings the best with buildings, maybe that’s because i have tried to paint buildings myself but without success, i tend to paint wild life animals and i also give my paintings to family and friends..
November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
the poem the midnight ride of paul revere by henry wadsworth longfellow and the painting of paul revere’s ride by grant wood
check out the bottom of the page on the poem link-it gives the historical details
November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
Paint a picture of someone who is important to you.
November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
what about a neanderthal man