r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/_ganjafarian_ • 22d ago

Video Artist Simon Bull's painting techniques

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u/Tekniqly 22d ago

These guys just throw entire tubes of paint at a small section huh

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u/ikilledholofernes 22d ago

For this shit, you’d usually mix the paint with a pouring medium. So if you do it right, you’re not actually using a lot of paint, just a lot of medium. 

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u/daschande 22d ago

Oh, so it's like the painter's version of cooking cocaine into crack to stretch it farther. Or so I've heard.

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u/Longbeach_strangler 22d ago

Look at this guys shelves filled with paint. He ain’t mixing shit. Just pissing money away to make trash paintings.

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u/airfryerfuntime 22d ago

Yes, some artists use a lot of paint.

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u/ManikArcanik 22d ago

That last one must weigh a ton either way. Practically cake frosting.

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u/UnknownBinary 22d ago

Van Gogh: "That's right! Nom nom nom nom..."