JOE HULL ART

"Spin art  is an  art  form that uses  paint , a canvas such as glossy cardboard and a  spinning  platform. It is primarily used to entertain and expose children to the process of  art  creation, although it can be enjoyed by people of all ages."- Wikipedia H O W   I  M A D E  A  S P I N  M A C H I N E   (my dad helped me but it was my idea) T H O U G H T S  O N  T H E  S P O N T A N E I T Y  O F  T H E  T E C H N I Q U E Yes-the nature of the marks made is random every time but, contrary to the popular opinion of people that look at abstract styles of painting and go 'I've got a monkey at home that could do that,' there are constants and variables to this technique that every artist using this technique will take into account. THICKNESS OF PAINT & SPEED How thick is the paint you are using? Essentially, the thicker the paint is the greater the force required to move i...

Salvador Dali was a pioneer of the art movement- surrealism . He was disowned by other surrealists (due to his non-politically correct depictions of Hitler in his paintings) but he didn't care because he believed he was surrealism. Beginning with paintings in watercolour and oil of landscapes of his childhood holiday destination-Cadacez, he later moved onto cinema and fashion and became the increasingly-eccentric face of the art world. He played the eccentric artist façade and kind of became what his art style is as a means of promotion. This paved the way for other fine-artists looking to become commercial-artists such as Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst. Early Life Dali was born in Spain in 1904. His mother was ill for most of his childhood and died while he was still young, Dali shared her fear of germs and he was consequently quite a timid child. However, his early work was commended by his mother ('when it's a swan, it's a swan' she said) a...