fascinating and interesting methods for making art.

Whilst looking and researching for those 50 simple and fun painting techniques I came across many fantastic and novel ideas, websites, blogs and images that literally blew me away . Admittedly some are just too complex or time consuming to consider and include in my list of 50 easy, fast and unusual painting methods. I mean the title says it all and I did stick to my brief in this case.

When I started the list I naively (perhaps) thought that finding 50 things would be quite easy and straightforward. However once you sit down and think about you quickly realise its not as clear-cut as that.  Often we use different words for the same things or we are limited by the processes itself…

In painting for instance we are reduced to the following processes,

• Applying :  Adding paint by brush, fingers, sticks or whatever.

• Removing : remove paint by peeling, dissolving, rubbing, wiping, scratching or scraping.

• Reactive : adding, changing or removing colour by developing, staining, chemical reaction or glazing, thin layers that effect the colour below. 

I fully accept that this is not an exhaustive list but I am positive you get the idea as many artists often use all or some these on the same canvas. The combinations of these three processes might well lead to a vast arrays of effects but it has to be admitted that essentially you only have three ways to paint.

However during my research I did find some fascinating and interesting methods for making art. One such Fantastic artwork I found was art formed from burned out cars which is in my opinion a Reactive Process. The artist John Garghan finds and photographs the burnt out wrecks and the effects are printed on glass. These images are visually stunning and I would highly recommend taking a look at his website and blog to fully appreciate the 
artwork he produces.

John Garghan website
John Garghan Blog