Bubble Wrap Art Experiment
Every Friday, my mom and I have a little tradition we call Breakfast and Art. We get together, eat breakfast, and make something. Sometimes we have a plan, sometimes we have absolutely no idea what we are doing. Honestly, those are usually my favorite art days.
This past week, I decided to try something I had been seeing online: bubble wrap art.
The basic idea is pretty simple. You paint directly onto bubble wrap, then press it onto your paper or canvas to create a stamped pattern. I saw several videos where people were using the technique to make trees.
Yeah… I wasn’t going to make a tree. 😂
Trying Bubble Wrap Art
I grabbed some bubble wrap and started experimenting with paint. The bubble pattern creates these really interesting little circles and textures, and I quickly realized there was a lot more you could do with it than just stamping a tree.
So I started layering colors and shapes.
I used green, blue, purple, red and black, stamping the painted bubble wrap onto the paper in different areas. I wasn’t trying to make everything perfect, either. I wanted to see what would happen when the colors overlapped and the bubble patterns became less defined. I used a paint brush and painted the black and purple inbetween the bubbles.
And that’s where the fun started.
I See a Brain
When I finally stepped back and looked at the whole thing, I saw a brain. Yep. A brain. And once I saw it, I couldn’t unsee it.
The different sections of color started looking like the folds and squishy parts of a brain. The messy bubble-wrap texture actually worked perfectly for it. I love that the image isn’t clean or realistic. It’s weird, colorful and a little chaotic.
Basically, it looks like what happens when you give a brain some paint and bubble wrap and tell it to make art. Which, honestly, feels appropriate. 😂
The Best Part of Art Experiments
This is exactly why I enjoy doing art challenges and experiments. I didn’t start with a detailed plan for a brain. I started with a piece of bubble wrap because I wanted to try something new. I could have followed the videos and made a tree. Instead, I played around with the technique and ended up with something completely different. And I love how it came out.
Is it perfect? Nope.
Does it look like a realistic brain? Definitely not.
Do I care? Not even a little. I like the weirdness of it.
