That raises another question though (that I haven't seen in the comments): Did OP's mom's sweater have red and white paint on it as if it were some sort of clothing-based paintbrush? I don't really understand how else someone's garment could produce such markings. That red and white paint had to come from somewhere.
"So I just grab old mom by the neck, dunk her in some odorless paint thinner and just (good-natured chuckle) THWPTHWPTHWPTWHP beat the devil out of her. Heh heh, you know, my cameraman Rich, is here and he always hates that part, it just makes a god-awful mess!"
There are no mistakes, only happy accidents! I don’t know how this painting looked before, but it did turn out kinda cool with Mom’s jumper in the mix.
It sucks because I feel like the only way to fix it is give it a “foreground” as in creating similar swipes at the bottom of the canvas. The result might end up cool but it it’s current state I would also be furious.
Yeah that’s a good idea, I was thinking about creating a thick white border to cover the smudge and then loading up some pallet knifes with the same colours used and just attacking the canvas with it.
Perhaps that’s the finest part about the piece, this imperfection that reminds us that we are all imperfect and that there is no pressure to be perfect because this is an imperfect world of uncertainty, where ultimately things happen because of chance. It also reminds me of the Japanese practice of wabi sabi, which is basically the practice of intentionally adding imperfections to pottery as a subtle reminder of this very fact. For a more modern and western reference, look no further than the hit song by Hannah Montana, “Nobody’s Perfect”
Was thinking the same.. Or maybe use what's there as a backdrop and paint something over it.. Trippy silhouette of mushrooms or something & make grass/ foliage or something on the bottom where the swipe is..
I can get behind any hobby, but my coworker's wife quit her day job during covid and started making these at home with the intent of selling them for a living. And her husband tries to peddle them in the office for $100+ per painting. From what I've seen this effect is pretty easy to recreate. I made the mistake of complimenting one in his cubical, and he wouldn't stop bugging me about buying one ever since. Then he got fired because he spent more time watching Fox news on his work computer than he did actually working.
I see these pour paintings on Instagram all the time and all I can think about is how much paint is wasted on a fad that is reminiscent of those splatter barrel paintings you could do at the county fair for $5.
It'd be kind of funny and neat if you let it dry and then use art restoration/conservation techniques to "restore" this completely new painting to the artist's (your) original vision. With some archival and fully reversible pigments.
I'd be more pissed at my child that they were dumb enough to set their wet painting in a spot where it could easily fuck up the clothes of anyone walking near it. This was a easy acrylic pour that takes no skill or time and only cost materials. Hope her jacket wasn't expensive.
Poor op just pursing a hobby and sad that the end result got ruined. It’s a shame and could have happened to anyone. Who cares if its quick to do, still takes effort to set it all up and buy the materials.
I know it’s upsetting because that’s not what you intended to make, but that actually looks pretty awesome. So silver lining is that it’s not a total loss 😊
Probably if your mother didn't do that, I wouldn't have looked at this painting for 10 minutes without interruption trying to imagine what it represents...
Use it as a trademark for all painting on fourth get your mom to try an recreate the accident each one will be unique but still your future trade mark “imperfect perfection” 😂
Keep it for yourself. You’ll always have a memory of something you and your mom “collaborated” on. Mildly infuriating now, a precious memory years from now.
To be fair though, it looks awesome. I’d love that as a desktop background or a mouse pad or even on my wall. Love the different patterns that got created
Can I just say - thank the woman. It looks amazing like this. That brushed look at the bottom looks like it's been specially done! And the effects you've done to the rest are so well done. "I'd buy that for a dollar!"
OMG, that is so sad! Your mom's jumper must be ruined. Do you think she can get the paint stain out? I hope her jumper didn't have any sentimental value, you can always buy her a new one otherwise.
I'm in a big family and growing up my mom who was really a Saint would invariably do something to drive you crazy. Throw out your favorite thing. Set up a job for you, that you didn't know about till the day of. Make you hang out with another moms kid that you didn't know/like. Anyway things could get heated usually one way because my mom didn't really hey angry like that (which could sometimes agrivate you even more) and so a common phrase on my house became "Don't yell at your mother" from my dad or usually timed perfectly by a sibling right when you're about to explode.
In high school me and a half-bully were both very proficient at pottery. One day during lunch hour we sat in the pottery room making some works on the wheels next to one another. We got along in the pottery room on mutual grounds, despite him being popular and me being loser outside of the art room.
before i saw the part at the bottom I thought you were trying to claim you accidentally made all these cells by swiping a jumper over it
That raises another question though (that I haven't seen in the comments): Did OP's mom's sweater have red and white paint on it as if it were some sort of clothing-based paintbrush? I don't really understand how else someone's garment could produce such markings. That red and white paint had to come from somewhere.
Yeah it took me a very long time to see it. If OP hadn’t mentioned I would have seen it as a function of the picture
Call this painting 'Mum's jumper' and sell it for 10 mil.
I like it. Other title ideas:
in some obscure language so it seems mysterious
Derivative!
W.W.B.R.D.
Draw a lil bush that’s what
It's a happy accident!
I knew it, I knew it… I bet myself a cookie that id see this comment & came here just to find it
Bob would let it dry and then unwrap the canvas. He would rebuild the frame 4 inches shorter and wrap away the happy little accident.
"So I just grab old mom by the neck, dunk her in some odorless paint thinner and just (good-natured chuckle) THWPTHWPTHWPTWHP beat the devil out of her. Heh heh, you know, my cameraman Rich, is here and he always hates that part, it just makes a god-awful mess!"
There are no mistakes, only happy accidents! I don’t know how this painting looked before, but it did turn out kinda cool with Mom’s jumper in the mix.
Probably make another one. See we don't make mistakes, we have happy little accidents. And every happy little accident needs a friend.
Crop it
draw some happy trees!
This thread made me smile :)
WWBRD…. Not live with his mom.
I guess contrary to your current belief, I see nothing wrong here. "Happy accidents" as Bob Ross says.
There are no mistakes, just new ideas.
Yeah it gives the painting more depth to me. Takes it from 30 minute craft project to intention, although I guess it wasn't intentional.
"Wet on wet" technique, indeed.
Surprise life hack, it’s now worth $10 million in the fine art world
My thoughts exactly. I work for the rich and this would definitely be in one of their houses.
I really like it.
They’d spend 10 years trying to figure out why that mark is there
Yeah actually OP's mom simply changed the nature of the art.
Only goes for that much if you schmooze the right people and they know your name.
Nah. If it's not being used for money laundering then it ain't worth anything.
I mean art is intended to inspire emotion and the polarity of the opinions in the comments is pretty dope
pretty sure this is insanely unique art, I'm starting the auction at 100.000
Unpopular opinion (maybe): that looks kinda sick
I thought that the jumper had caused the mottled effect over everything, but I think it's just the red and white smears at the bottom.
The bottom bit not the top
Yea likely in 15 years OP will have dozens of paintings. But no painting will have the same emotional “lol remember when Mom ruined this” vibe
I mean that’s how art is made sometimes....
Random thought process... but thats how were all made isnt it? A mashup of colors(DNA sequences) each creating life as we know it.
Let’s see the jumper?
It sucks because I feel like the only way to fix it is give it a “foreground” as in creating similar swipes at the bottom of the canvas. The result might end up cool but it it’s current state I would also be furious.
Yeah that’s a good idea, I was thinking about creating a thick white border to cover the smudge and then loading up some pallet knifes with the same colours used and just attacking the canvas with it.
Perhaps that’s the finest part about the piece, this imperfection that reminds us that we are all imperfect and that there is no pressure to be perfect because this is an imperfect world of uncertainty, where ultimately things happen because of chance. It also reminds me of the Japanese practice of wabi sabi, which is basically the practice of intentionally adding imperfections to pottery as a subtle reminder of this very fact. For a more modern and western reference, look no further than the hit song by Hannah Montana, “Nobody’s Perfect”
Was thinking the same.. Or maybe use what's there as a backdrop and paint something over it.. Trippy silhouette of mushrooms or something & make grass/ foliage or something on the bottom where the swipe is..
omg mom I spent 6 minutes hyrdodipping that
I can get behind any hobby, but my coworker's wife quit her day job during covid and started making these at home with the intent of selling them for a living. And her husband tries to peddle them in the office for $100+ per painting. From what I've seen this effect is pretty easy to recreate. I made the mistake of complimenting one in his cubical, and he wouldn't stop bugging me about buying one ever since. Then he got fired because he spent more time watching Fox news on his work computer than he did actually working.
7 minutes actually… urgh god mum
Microwave popcorn takes two minutes to make but you’d be pissed if someone poured it into the trash
I mean
I'm not even too sure what got messed up.
Luckily this is paint pouring so you can just haphazardly throw paint on more canvases a million times and they’d all look the same.
Which is exactly why they should leave it as it is now. It's unique and has a story, it's a one of a kind.
His mothers post:
It’s scary how close you are
Unpopular opinion. Why was it somewhere that this could happen?
Ding ding ding!
And she made it worse HOW???
I’d be more “mildly” infuriated if I was the mom
Pour paintings are the lowest common denominator of art anyway
But ThE cELLs
I see these pour paintings on Instagram all the time and all I can think about is how much paint is wasted on a fad that is reminiscent of those splatter barrel paintings you could do at the county fair for $5.
Reminds me of Walmart art
Lower than AI art?
Least insulting redditor
I’m gonna wait for your mom’s post of “my jumper got paint all over it from my child’s painting”
All your paintings are like this though...
It tells a lot about the art that there is people thinking that the jumper was swept all over the canvas
I need to know what it looked like before lol
There’s a picture on my profile of the full painting prior to the jumper jabbing
Someday you will cherish this painting when she’s gone. It’s a moment
This isn't painting
Someone who knew how to paint would be able to fix that for sure
Were you drying it in a public space in the house?
Nothing a happy little tree wouldn’t fix.
Dude don't even trip.
Good thing it wasn’t a real painting that took skill or anything tho
If it weren’t for your moms accidents you wouldn’t even be here you ungrateful little sh*t
It’s actually not a painting
I wouldn't call it a painting anyways
Maybe that can be where you put your artist signature or the title of the painting?
It'd be kind of funny and neat if you let it dry and then use art restoration/conservation techniques to "restore" this completely new painting to the artist's (your) original vision. With some archival and fully reversible pigments.
Do you have a before picture?
Painting labeled FFSMOM sells for a million.
You should thank her
This actually made it better.
I'd be more pissed at my child that they were dumb enough to set their wet painting in a spot where it could easily fuck up the clothes of anyone walking near it. This was a easy acrylic pour that takes no skill or time and only cost materials. Hope her jacket wasn't expensive.
Poor op just pursing a hobby and sad that the end result got ruined. It’s a shame and could have happened to anyone. Who cares if its quick to do, still takes effort to set it all up and buy the materials.
Argh that would definitely irritate me
It’s an improvement
How can you tell?
I can’t even tell what was caused by the jumper and what was supposed to be like that. No loss, I guess.
Fortunately it looks like you do acrylic pouring which is the lowest effort form of painting you can do. Do a re pour and who cares
Did you thank her for making it look pretty cool? Not that it already didn't.
I do believe this is called a happy little accident
No you have a new technique. Tell your Mum thank you for improving you your whole life lol
Looks better to me
Took me a minute to realize what was wrong I am sorry op
It’s the red on the bottom? It looks like fire to me. I’d add more. Flames lashing up.
I know it’s upsetting because that’s not what you intended to make, but that actually looks pretty awesome. So silver lining is that it’s not a total loss 😊
Probably if your mother didn't do that, I wouldn't have looked at this painting for 10 minutes without interruption trying to imagine what it represents...
I get why that'd be infuriating, but I honestly love the way it looks for some reason. Sucks about your hard work though
What is the meaning of "swiped her jumper" ? Excuse my english, I'm a learner
In this context, swiped=rubbed and jumper=sweater. Maybe that'll make it easier to understand.
It’s not your English, I had no idea what this meant either lol
she ruined the random swirls of paint? ;c do you pay rent?
Oh no, where is the damage versus your “art”?
Looks sick tho.
And nothing of value was lost
I’d argue that it actually makes it more interesting. I think it’d look even better with more swipes on the bottom there. It’s beautiful, regardless!
I like it. Makes it more interesting
You could write your signature in the box?
give it some fancy title and sell it for big amounts.
Bet you couldn't repeat that and get that same great result.
Looks cool
One of those happy little accidents!
there you go, free signature box
Call it "The Art of the Unintentional Jumper"
Let it dry, tape it up, paint a border. Have you learned nothing from Bob Ross?
TBH I think it looks pretty cool still
Sign it on the smudge
Mistakes don't exist, only happy accidents
at least it still looks really cool
I can take it off your hands. Treefiddy including shipping?
I don't know why but I kinda dig it. Looks sick.
That's a really nice effect!
It actually looks pretty cool. I remember one famous painter called incidents like these "happy accidents"
Idk man I see a fox or sumn kinda a cutie
That still looks amazing. Did you paint over it or just cry in a corner of the room like I would
Use it as a trademark for all painting on fourth get your mom to try an recreate the accident each one will be unique but still your future trade mark “imperfect perfection” 😂
Keep it for yourself. You’ll always have a memory of something you and your mom “collaborated” on. Mildly infuriating now, a precious memory years from now.
I honestly can't tell which part is from your mum and how it already looked
You should name it A MOTHER'S INTERFERENCE. 😂
To be fair though, it looks awesome. I’d love that as a desktop background or a mouse pad or even on my wall. Love the different patterns that got created
I dunno. It’s pretty cool either way
Fixed it.
Can I just say - thank the woman. It looks amazing like this. That brushed look at the bottom looks like it's been specially done! And the effects you've done to the rest are so well done. "I'd buy that for a dollar!"
It looks good.
Cut off the bottom
to be fair, it’s an acrylic paint pour it’s not like it was some masterpiece
I know that has to be upsetting but I do love this painting
It’s a pour painting so…. Lost 5 mins of work there, darn
Ya, I think it looks better
This looks pretty neat though
Put your signature right there
Just sign it there
Ha! At first I’m like what? And she made this BEAUTIFUL MESS?! —cut to “Oh. Oh. Fuck. Yeah. Fuck” I’m so sorry!!!!!!!
I think it looks amazing still.
Mom improved my painting, title fixed for you
I'm confused as to where the problem is
“Swipe right”
OMG, that is so sad! Your mom's jumper must be ruined. Do you think she can get the paint stain out? I hope her jumper didn't have any sentimental value, you can always buy her a new one otherwise.
Oh wow something besides a buncha scheduled monotony
Maybe I’m just an uncultured swine, but I don’t see where the mistake is
Love it ! Call it Mother knows best
That would probably be viewed as pretty good by the modern art community
Tax evasion for the really rich.
I know that your painting is messed up, but I still really like it.
It actually looks cooler like that, I like it
I like it.
Still looks pretty god damn cool
Wow i dont know shit about fixing the issue, but your painting is amazing i find it captivating
I love it.
Quite the improvement init wouldn’t you say bruv?
The strokes from your mother completes your painting. It should be titled "Mother's blessing towards her prodigy offspring"
Looks like a big clump of long gangly trees, or a black sticky web of sorts
Call it "Portrait of a fat lazy American"
That looks fantastic and is almost certainly more interesting than whatever it was before
These are called "pours"
I’d buy that
I'm sure not what you want to hear, but I think it actually looks neat and abstract, very open to someone's interpretation.
Hey, it's still pretty, and now it has a backstory!
I’d hang it on my wall.
Now its her painting too
This is the one you keep and cherish forever. It will remind you of your mom. Promise.
More like
Honestly I thought it was part of the art, my brain just sees a path going somewhere between the “trees” that’s I how I view the art atleast.
This is a lesson for you my good sir.... Next time when finished , take your art/time/love more seriously and put it up better... ;) Lol ❤️
Can we see the jumper? Haha
NGL, it looks kinda mesmerizing.
Tbh it looks really good
It’s actually dope.
There are no mistakes, just happy little accidents
Happy accident.
Beautiful indeed
Hundreds of years on, critics will argue over the moment of eclectic red occurring in the sea of calm.
Maybe move into a studio and pay for it with your art
I mean.... It looks like you didn't actually do the act of painting.
looks cool tho
we need a picture of before and after ngl
Oh man, now you can’t even see the… the… stuff
What is a jumper?
Sweater/sweatshirt
Im not gonna lie, I think this looks fine as is.
I'm in a big family and growing up my mom who was really a Saint would invariably do something to drive you crazy. Throw out your favorite thing. Set up a job for you, that you didn't know about till the day of. Make you hang out with another moms kid that you didn't know/like. Anyway things could get heated usually one way because my mom didn't really hey angry like that (which could sometimes agrivate you even more) and so a common phrase on my house became "Don't yell at your mother" from my dad or usually timed perfectly by a sibling right when you're about to explode.
In high school me and a half-bully were both very proficient at pottery. One day during lunch hour we sat in the pottery room making some works on the wheels next to one another. We got along in the pottery room on mutual grounds, despite him being popular and me being loser outside of the art room.
that's... sad. how long did it take before you were on good terms again, if ever?
Sell it to the rich. That smudge is gonna cost them 60k.
i can’t even tell what moms jumper did is it the part at the bottom or is it like the whole thing
Your mom is an artist.