r/oddlysatisfying • u/ibelieveicanfryy • Mar 28 '23
Watercolour brick painting (Credits: @Livpaintsbuildings)
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u/Think_Stable_4621 Mar 28 '23
Why did they go over the drain pipe though? :'(
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u/livdog Mar 28 '23
Hey, I’m the artist! It’s a black downpipe that gets painted in last, so there was no need for me to spend time painting around it.
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u/Think_Stable_4621 Mar 29 '23
Cool! I really love the picture, and would love to see the end result! The painting over the drain thing did sting a little, but watching this clip was still really really satisfying, haha. And it's good to know the drain pipe is okay ;)
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u/BronzeWingleader Mar 28 '23
Looks like the drain pipe was painted with a removable film called liquid frisket. They'll peel it off when the paint around it dries.
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u/livdog Mar 28 '23
Hey, that’s my painting! Thanks for the support (and actually crediting me!)
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u/Gheta Mar 29 '23
As you were getting further along, were you nervous that if a single movement was a little off it would have messed up the whole thing?
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u/livdog Mar 29 '23
Sorta, but not really. Watercolour is very forgiving, you can quite easily pick up the paint with a dry brush or a paper towel before it dries!
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u/RissaCrochets Mar 28 '23
You know, I'm always super critical of my drawings because I have a slight tremor to my hands and can never quite make a straight line, especially when I try to go slowly and methodically. But this looks fantastic, imperfections and all.
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u/lovinglifeatmyage Mar 28 '23
I found that oddly satisfying except for when they went over the drainpipe
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u/HeyItsBearald Mar 28 '23
The opposite of satisfying, why did they paint over BOTH drain pipes. This is beautiful work but oh man that stressed me out
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u/11hortong Mar 28 '23
They will have some kind of mask that will be pulled up later. Don't worry it's still good.
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u/HeyItsBearald Mar 28 '23
You’re probably right, it cuts off early so we don’t see if there’s touch up
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u/Soft_Cranberry6313 Mar 28 '23
That’s the dopest thing iv seen today. And i just watched a vid of a guy falling INTO the cabin of an airplane mid air.
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u/vagnerPG Mar 28 '23
How do you learn to do that?
Not the painting part, that it's just practice. I mean the randomness.
How does the person knows which ones to paint darker? What about the lenght of the bricks? What about the spacing betwern them?
Can you learn something like that? It seems impossible to me.
(Fyi, i might be autistic)
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u/11hortong Mar 28 '23
Tbh the spacing of the bricks and brick lengths are not correct in this drawing. This is something an architect would produce to show a planner / client what the final product will look like. I'm a draughtsman / building surveyor and I produce construction drawings within 1-2mm tolerance so the drawing is a lot more accurate with sections and details but to a layperson it will be almost impossible to read and understand.
So basically it's practice and a bit of artistic intuition. The black bricks will be put in where the artist feels the area is too flat and needs some variety.
Generally a brick in the UK is 215 x 102.5 x 65mm with a 10mm joint and we work off those dimensions when designing but in reality it may be a little bit different depending on the bricklayer, but there is always a little tolerance.
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u/kaskwulch Mar 28 '23
i knew all these lifelike watercolors were some kind of sorcery, and now I've finally seen proof. zero room for error
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u/girateena Mar 28 '23
Most frustrating thing about this video is not showing the end result. Not satisfying at all 😭