Pendulum Painting

 Today, we created art by dangling a cup full of water and paint over a piece of paper. This technique is called pendulum painting and it relates to us later looking into harmonographs.

After watching a few videos on YouTube about how to make a piece of art using a pendulum we set up one in our back garden, we did this by
punching holes through a cup, threading string through it and finally, hanging it off of our washing line. We then (to protect the patio) put down an old bed sheet and got two A3 papers and taped them flat. 

Once everything was in place, it was time for the paint. We chose black paint, since we had white paper, and used a phone to get a video to record our findings. Unfortunately, our first attempt was not very successful because instead of clean lines we got paint splatters. We thought that maybe the paint was too thick so we worked out the ratio 1:2 (One being paint and two being water) and set up attempt number two. 

Our second attempt worked a lot better than the last, however this time the cup was too low down so we raised it up and tried again. The third we realised that it was too runny and didn't hold the colour very well.

The fourth and final attempt, we got a larger cup and tried a 1:1 ratio, this worked a lot better and we set up a fresh piece of paper. This time we tried a more circular motion and got a more spiral look. 

We now have two giant-size paintings,  I really enjoyed making them and how they look.

Attempt No.4

Attempts No.s1,2 and 3