Painting on water

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[drm604]

1. Very Cool!

[lunatica]

2. that's beautiful

I wish they had shown the finished painting in a lot greater detail though. That was remarkable.

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3. Apparently it's called suminagashi, "ink floating".

http://www.jitterbrush.com/?p=688

[PatSeg]

4. Thats beautiful

Thank you for posting.

[TalkingDog]

5. The old frontspieces of books were done similarly, but with oil paints instead of ink.

I've always liked those.

[DesertFlower]

6. beautiful.

my late husband would have loved to see this. he was an artist.

[marble falls]

7. More correctly - floating pigment on an agar thickened water to paint on paper ...

this process is exactly the method used to 'marbleize' frontispieces on books. I teach it.

[Richard D]

8. What a great thing to teach.

Like any other art, I'd assume it's not nearly as easy as it looks?

[Baitball Blogger]

9. The technique is called marbelizing.

It's been around forever, though he does seem to have taken it to the next level.

[Tx4obama]

10. Darn ya! :)

After watching your vid in the OP - I ended up on YouTube for about two hours last night watching videos regarding Suminagashi, Ebru, and even Water Marbling FINGERNAILS with fingernail polish!!! LOL

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11. Lol, I've done the same with those perspective chalk drawings.

[sinkingfeeling]

12. Same technique used to make 'marbled' paper. Oil paint floats on water.

One can use it for marbling fabric as well.