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Artist Paints Using Only Her Fingers
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People sometimes laugh at children who paint with their hands, but New York-based artist Iris Scott proves that you can create captivating paintings without using a single brush. She adopted this technique in 2010 in Taiwan when Scott decided not to clean her brush, because that would have paused her work. She was deeply immersed in the process and started spontaneously applying paint with her fingertips. Eventually, this evolved into a unique style which can be described as impressionistic smearing.
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Source: Youtube
People sometimes laugh at children who paint with their hands, but New York-based artist Iris Scott proves that you can create captivating paintings without using a single brush. She adopted this technique in 2010 in Taiwan when Scott decided not to clean her brush, because that would have paused her work. She was deeply immersed in the process and started spontaneously applying paint with her fingertips. Eventually, this evolved into a unique style which can be described as impressionistic smearing.
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Naima Ivansdóttir 8 years ago
i've been painting with my fingers only since i came out of art school in the year 2000...
PandasAreMyFav 8 years ago
I know right. I don’t want to be negative about the artist/ author of this post. But this isn’t some new art form. Its called finger painting.... And it is an art... But the title “Artist Paints Only Using Her Fingers” is a little... unsurprising. I would much rather know what makes her paintings unique. The title actually makes me think of a joke title like “Genius finds out they can paint with their fingers.” But sorry if this is too negative. Best of wishes to all of the Bored Panda Users.
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Cassie 8 years ago
Oil paints tend to contain heavy metals. Van Goph's many antics were indicative of heavy metal poisoning, for example. It's good she uses gloves and I wouldn't recommend anybody painting with oil-based paints with bare hands. That said, her work is nice but largely derivative and not at all unique. I doubt anybody has a problem with her work, but with the claim made that it is unique. The important thing is that she enjoys what she's doing, imo.
Tammy Butler 8 years ago
This is truly incredible. What a beautiful painting. There are so many talented and creative people in this world and we're so lucky to be able to sit back and appreciate all they bring to light!
Naima Ivansdóttir 8 years ago
i've been painting with my fingers only since i came out of art school in the year 2000...
PandasAreMyFav 8 years ago
I know right. I don’t want to be negative about the artist/ author of this post. But this isn’t some new art form. Its called finger painting.... And it is an art... But the title “Artist Paints Only Using Her Fingers” is a little... unsurprising. I would much rather know what makes her paintings unique. The title actually makes me think of a joke title like “Genius finds out they can paint with their fingers.” But sorry if this is too negative. Best of wishes to all of the Bored Panda Users.
Load More Replies... Cassie 8 years ago
Oil paints tend to contain heavy metals. Van Goph's many antics were indicative of heavy metal poisoning, for example. It's good she uses gloves and I wouldn't recommend anybody painting with oil-based paints with bare hands. That said, her work is nice but largely derivative and not at all unique. I doubt anybody has a problem with her work, but with the claim made that it is unique. The important thing is that she enjoys what she's doing, imo.
Tammy Butler 8 years ago
This is truly incredible. What a beautiful painting. There are so many talented and creative people in this world and we're so lucky to be able to sit back and appreciate all they bring to light!
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