Painting with Bubbles
Since I am unable to draw or paint for my life, for this ISP entry, I have decided to use bubbles to do the hard work for me. I will be making bubble art; in essence, I will be using colored bubble solution to create fascinating designs.
I first made some bubble solution. I kept the ingredients as simple as possible to not interfere with the pigment and the bursting pattern – thickeners such as corn syrup are useful to make the bubble last longer but create weird stringy bursting patterns.
Then, I scavenged our cabinets for possible colors. I settled on using food coloring, of which I could find four colors of.
I divided the bubble solution into four equal portions for the four colors and I eyeballed a rough amount of food coloring to put into each portion.
Then, I blew bubbles.
However, blowing bubbles is not the point of this entry. I realized that despite how entertaining blowing bubbles was, I needed to make art, and so I put a piece of paper to catch the bubbles.
The results were pretty good:
I wanted to add some more variety to the designs I made, and so I poured each of the four mixtures into smaller cups, at which point I inserted a straw and began to blow. After the bubbles reached the top of the cup, I tilted the cup to deposit the cluster of bubbles.
The artwork it produced was markedly different:
I plan on refining my bubble art ability so that I am eventually able to become the next Picasso.
I first made some bubble solution. I kept the ingredients as simple as possible to not interfere with the pigment and the bursting pattern – thickeners such as corn syrup are useful to make the bubble last longer but create weird stringy bursting patterns.
Then, I scavenged our cabinets for possible colors. I settled on using food coloring, of which I could find four colors of.
I divided the bubble solution into four equal portions for the four colors and I eyeballed a rough amount of food coloring to put into each portion.
Then, I blew bubbles.
However, blowing bubbles is not the point of this entry. I realized that despite how entertaining blowing bubbles was, I needed to make art, and so I put a piece of paper to catch the bubbles.
The results were pretty good:
I wanted to add some more variety to the designs I made, and so I poured each of the four mixtures into smaller cups, at which point I inserted a straw and began to blow. After the bubbles reached the top of the cup, I tilted the cup to deposit the cluster of bubbles.
I plan on refining my bubble art ability so that I am eventually able to become the next Picasso.
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