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3catwoman3

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22. Decades ago, I read about an "artist" who would embed balloons...

Reply to femmedem (Reply #21)

Mon Jan 27, 2020, 08:40 PM

Jan 2020

...in wooden frame filled with plaster of Paris, and let the plaster dry while the frame was lying flat. Then he would stand it up and shoot bullets into the balloons and let the paint drip down the plaster.

Other than painting walls, that would be about my level of skill with painting.

I put artist in parentheses because I reserve that term for someone who can create something lovely to look at, and can do something I can’t do. The plaster and balloon thing I could do.

You are an artist.

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Ah, Sundays! I had time to work on a painting of Mr. Femmedem this afternoon. [View all] femmedem Jan 2020 OP

Just tell people he was wearing mittens. ZZenith Jan 2020 #1

Lol. Mismatched mittens at that. :) femmedem Jan 2020 #3

A few years ago, I was examining a child at the pediatric... 3catwoman3 Jan 2020 #7

Aw, don't be envious. I'd rather be able to diagnose a child's illness. femmedem Jan 2020 #21

Decades ago, I read about an "artist" who would embed balloons... 3catwoman3 Jan 2020 #22

That's wonderful! Ohiogal Jan 2020 #2

Thanks. Yeah, not too much detail. But I hope I can make what little detail is there accurate. femmedem Jan 2020 #4

That's very, very good lunatica Jan 2020 #5

Thanks so much, Lunatica. femmedem Jan 2020 #6

I think I'll try your flake white lunatica Jan 2020 #8

How awful. A cruel teacher can smother a person's creativity, worse than no teacher at all. n/t femmedem Jan 2020 #9

I made a mistake: it was zinc white, not flake white. femmedem Jan 2020 #12

Thanks for the correction lunatica Jan 2020 #13

That's really beautiful! bif Jan 2020 #10

Thanks, yes I could easily overwork it in the areas where I'm struggling. femmedem Jan 2020 #11

For what its worth, I'd hang it as it is. marble falls Jan 2020 #14

Thank you! femmedem Jan 2020 #20

First rule of painting - Don't overdo it packman Jan 2020 #15

WOW I like it! demigoddess Jan 2020 #16

Thank you! femmedem Jan 2020 #19

Love it! The personality of your paintings reminds me of Andrew Wyeth...simple and Karadeniz Jan 2020 #17

Thanks! I was lucky enough to see a few Wyeths recently at a small local museum. femmedem Jan 2020 #18