Painting

Science

Robot Face Painter Is More Terrifying Than Clowns

3:30AM January 18, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

Not only does this little boy have the honour of being the first kid to have his face painted by the University of Michigan’s robot arm, but as far as I’m concerned, he’s also the bravest little tyke I’ve ever seen. Updated: It’s a prank. More »


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Watch This Street Artist Put Bob Ross To Shame

3:30PM January 11, 2012 | Andrew Tarantola

The Joy of Painting is a wonderful program — assuming you can get past the Afro and not doze off. But, if you don’t have an hour to learn to paint “happy trees”, check out street artist Fabian Gaete Maureira compose scenes like Bob Ross on crank. More »


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Painting’s Much Better Down Where It’s Wetter

6:00AM November 5, 2011 | Roberto Baldwin

I’d call these underwater Ukrainian artists gimmicky showboats if the paintings weren’t so beautiful. Imagine what Van Gough would have cut off if he had to work underwater. More »


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Video: What 30 Hours Of Painting Without Paint Brushes Looks Like

8:20AM September 27, 2011 | Casey Chan

Amy Shackleton is a 25-year-old artist who paints without paint brushes. No, silly, it’s not finger-painting or graffiti or spilling paint and calling it a day, it’s real masterpieces that look amazing. She uses squeeze bottles to make them. More »


Software

Composite Lets You Remix Your Surroundings In Real Time

9:55AM August 11, 2011 | Kwame Opam

There are plenty of apps out that can take your environment and let you add your own style on top. But, using the iPad’s built-in cameras, the Composite app lets you reinterpret that environment any way you like on the fly. More »


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Spray Painting With A Skateboard Is Just As Fun As It Sounds

1:00AM July 7, 2011 | Casey Chan

These skaters attached a remote control spray paint can to the bottom of their skateboards. That way, whenever they would skate, a trail of paint would follow their path. It all makes for chaotically colourful artwork. More »


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Light Painting With An R/C Helicopter

4:00PM June 1, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

You can’t go wrong when you mix long exposure photography with a moving object. It’s even better when you have control over that moving object and use it to do some light painting. More »


Gadgets

The RapidRoller Is The Swiss Army Knife Of Paint Rollers

4:40AM April 26, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

Black & Decker’s RapidRoller’s frame pivots to three positions so that you can use it for different angles and jobs. It also sucks paint right out of the can through special lids and stores it in its body. The paint can then be applied to the roller with a squeeze of the handle. And to guard against your brilliant friends leaning their rollers unsteadily against a piece of furniture, it even comes equipped with a kickstand. More »


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An Artist Peels His Painting Of An Orange With Brushstrokes

9:13AM March 21, 2011 | Casey Chan

Duane Keiser, an artist, painted an orange. You know, the fruit. What makes this orange special is that Keiser actually paints over the original orange to “peel” it with art. What starts as a full orange is turned into an orange slice. The time lapse video takes a while to develop, and I’m pretty sure I got lost with some of his artistic decisions, but it’s cool to see the process of an artist at work. [Duane Keiser via The Awesomer] More »


Every Single Mural In The World Should Be Of Colossal Cats Shooting Lasers

3:40PM November 20, 2010 | Sam Biddle

Art—impossible to define? Maybe. Shocking, city-leveling awesomeness—impossible to define? No. Not after seeing this San Francisco mural, which shatters any concept of either art or awesomeness you might have, melding them together into one fantastic rainbow apocalypse. LASERS! More »