The Ancient Art of Painting on Water

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4 жыл бұрын

Garip Ay’s paintings come to life in the most extraordinary way. The Turkish artist uses an ancient technique called ebru, or marbling. He drops and flicks dyes onto water treated with a wetting agent that keeps the pigment from sinking. Then he swirls and shapes the vibrant colors into images that spring from his imagination. It takes a deft hand and special handmade tools to paint this way. Ay invites us into his studio in Istanbul to watch him create.
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@GreatBigStory Жыл бұрын

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@christiantran8454 Жыл бұрын

Sure

@bachirovthecollecter 4 жыл бұрын

stressful to the artist ... relaxing for the viewer ... this alone deserves respect

@bachirovthecollecter 4 жыл бұрын

@Telefono Airis sure

@ok-hd5bb 4 жыл бұрын

so true البشير فضيلي @

@adylenzomama2199 4 жыл бұрын

yes

@khabibs.shoootrufc2297 3 жыл бұрын

@Telefono Airis and telefono face wants to lecture lol...have some respect for yourself

@masonkim7 4 жыл бұрын

this guy should start his own KZfaq channel.

@fuac 4 жыл бұрын

He apparently does have one: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jZxlib17r7iolX0.html

@terehirata2291 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks guys!

@bachirovthecollecter 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@bigekurtman8517 4 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info

@dani_moo_ 4 жыл бұрын

He has one just search his name 😂😂

@monkeyfash8253 4 жыл бұрын

One can’t have more flexible canvas than water.

@dozzzor 4 жыл бұрын

Air

@pockeythepug7258 4 жыл бұрын

Florian ĸarl Both are equal

@geoffreyguestion2843 4 жыл бұрын

Digital.

@custodiojamal5150 4 жыл бұрын

While some artists literally just put a dot of paint in the canvas and get so much money for it

@pockeythepug7258 4 жыл бұрын

Jamal Custodio yea. It’s ridiculous smh 🤦🏻‍♀️

@reinkaos1445 4 жыл бұрын

my mother is an artist (who focuses mainly on oriental paintings like Ebru and Minyatur). I used to have really bad nightmares in my childhood. I remember waking up at 3-4 AM from nightmares (about 9 years old, 14 years ago) and my mother was making this beautiful Ebru masterpieces when I woke up. I remember being soothed and amazed by the flow during the act of painting and sleep on her legs. It is like a balance between chaos and tranquility.

@twisterededits517 3 жыл бұрын

@@AdityaDeo-cg6eu I get them ones 2 days

@parmaksizoglu2158 Жыл бұрын

🥺❤

@AverytheCubanAmerican 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, now that is impressive. He's such a talented artist

@quaintrelle_2333 4 жыл бұрын

Hey I see you in many comments

@RAMBO14001 4 жыл бұрын

Viva la revolusione

@juliawong7630 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve never realised how beautiful the language Turkish sounds. Damn

@RAMBO14001 4 жыл бұрын

He just have decent vocals

@lilliana8604 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I agree I went to Turkey a few times and Turkish sounds beautiful.

@salihkara2211 4 жыл бұрын

There are lots of accents. Some are actually ave aspiring. Personally I like old Istanbul accent better. It is extremely sweet and gentle. Not many speakers left though.

@cultri6659 3 жыл бұрын

Élégante personné turkish has a lot of french words in it

@etyiyensebze1466 3 жыл бұрын

Every language sounds beautiful, if you know how to speak propel.

@youwillbedealtwith 4 жыл бұрын

I can say that in a moment I was hypnotized with his neat and clear way of speaking Turkish, such a magical thing to experience. Everyone should be proud of his language thought, and proceed on the way of articulating and pronouncing it. Big up ❣️

@SuperBC1975 4 жыл бұрын

Ancient Art of Painting on Water. Such a beautiful and exquisite way to paint.

@nebahatcukur5071 4 жыл бұрын

He has a really good voice, he can express what he's saying really good

@selinali1500 4 жыл бұрын

Painter: I ran out of canvases! I can't paint anymore! Him: Allow me to introduce myself

@enderwiggins8248 4 жыл бұрын

Yo this is so cool, Turkish culture seems really neat, I know they also have great love for cats

@killuazoldyck2630 4 жыл бұрын

My neighbors kick cats-

@nadiaparamita101 4 жыл бұрын

@@killuazoldyck2630 Bruh-

@killuazoldyck2630 4 жыл бұрын

@@nadiaparamita101 quq

@archita5657 4 жыл бұрын

Loving cats is more of a muslim thing I believe !! Muslims in my area all have cats and feed them!!

@salt8888 4 жыл бұрын

@@archita5657maybe, i dunno. its a bad thing to have a dog in house in islam but having a cat isnt. I think because cats clean themselves and in islam being clean so important

@Chilly_Billy 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing. I didn't even know this art form existed.

@rusdanibudiwicaksono1879 4 жыл бұрын

Actually, there's similar art style developed in Far East.

@AdityaDeo-cg6eu 4 жыл бұрын

@@rusdanibudiwicaksono1879 far east ?

@thefingerofgod69 4 жыл бұрын

Rusdani Budi Wicaksono That’s the one I thought this was going to be. Imagine my surprise when I heard Turkish instead of Japanese. I’ll be honest, I find his work even more beautiful than the Japanese examples I saw a friend make one time.

@kokonana4086 4 жыл бұрын

For some odd reason, I was thinking about the drawing arts by coffee baristas all along. BTW, that's awesome arts works there.

@anotherdropintheocean5672 4 жыл бұрын

koko nana yeah I feel like he would be the best latte artist ever

@bruhmoment7895 4 жыл бұрын

2:44 *Me when the hot pockets are ready*

@raflamar4146 4 жыл бұрын

Me when I drop a piece of chocolate

@JetFalcon710 4 жыл бұрын

Me when I scratch my thigh on a sharp table corner

@5h4d_9 4 жыл бұрын

Me when I step on a lego

@elmonte4113 4 жыл бұрын

Me when I place the hot pocket on my tongue and my tongue burns off

@zozongamer705 4 жыл бұрын

@Raflamar yes

@gloriathewierdperson7171 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine watching someone do this or trying to do it while high.

@we3810 4 жыл бұрын

The colour will be on their face

@neverifnotfornow 4 жыл бұрын

Done

@JustCallMeElle 4 жыл бұрын

I can watch those paintings being painted all day. Watching it seems relaxing.

@beaudanner 4 жыл бұрын

That blew my mind. I'd love to see more on the process of transferring to paper. But also to see them transform from one image to the next was amazing, in not only beauty, but temporariness

@silyu97 4 жыл бұрын

you can just check his youtube channel. search for garip ay

@rudra7615 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing art And one more thing, I never knew Turkish sounded so awesome, its like french and Japanese mixed together for a first time listening. Not harsh like Arabic, very "smooth"

@rudra7615 3 жыл бұрын

@Ahmed El-Mhemadawi I KZfaqd Fairuz, different to find but it is okay. I guess language and accents are subjective, as someone who doesn't know the language, first time hearing it.. To me there is alot of halting in the speech, its almost like water in a bottle and it is flowing yet you quickly tilt the bottle and the water halts and starts flowing the other direction, that's how it is to me. Now water is smooth, yet when you halt the flow and change direction, there are moments where the flow is interrupted, that's how I feel when I hear Arabic. Like I said it is subjective and this Turkish just was a shock, I didn't realise it was so smooth

@tartagliathe11th33 2 жыл бұрын

Japanese and Turkish are from a closely related or same language family if I'm not remembering my Turkish lessons wrong

@beegyoshi1685 Жыл бұрын

@@tartagliathe11th33 they are all from the altay languages

@syrus3657 4 жыл бұрын

The process of making the art is a beautiful art itself, feels psychedelic.

@SatishKumar41 4 жыл бұрын

That's incredible talent out there. This artist shown in the video and the art of painting on water - Ebru needs to be appreciated. Hats off for this amazing talent 🙌🙏

@esmad6187 4 жыл бұрын

I love your videos. I am happy about see a Turkish in this channel. I love Ebru. It is an important art for our culture.

@Ash-ii4hg 4 жыл бұрын

Great Big Story is my favorite type of journalism- sort of videos. I love how diverse it is and each video always is intriguing without getting overly political. It’s nice to watch them when so many things are going wrong this year. Good job to the channel!

@ceymiss1 4 жыл бұрын

I used to do this in middle school, it really thought me patience, acceptance and how to improvise.

@Kenesbek 4 жыл бұрын

Draws well on the water , Merhaba in Kazakhstan Turkish brothers

@francesleones4973 4 жыл бұрын

His art is stunning. They're so beautiful.

@a7c777 3 ай бұрын

I had a science teacher from turkey that started an Ebru club. It was so fun, but the paint and chemicals had this unique smell that I’ll never forget

@kayabeyoglu3581 4 жыл бұрын

Adamsın Garip

@k4ny3w3st 4 жыл бұрын

Honestly I’m just in awe

@quaintleaf1208 4 жыл бұрын

such a beautiful art. beautifully filmed too thank you for sharing!

@huntress1013 4 жыл бұрын

I could watch easily an hour of this just with some music. So relaxing.

@ziinahere 4 жыл бұрын

I remember being fascinated by this as a child. This gave me such good vibes !

@iamtrinity8089 4 жыл бұрын

Your channel is a must! Love you!

@jasonpettit9984 4 жыл бұрын

This is absalutely beautiful,thank you for sharing this with me,I appreciate it

@albertocrescini2076 4 жыл бұрын

I would really like buying one of his paintings!

@tanvikhare9710 3 жыл бұрын

That's some skill he's developed!! Hats off to you. Also, The Scream's mouth expanding made me chuckle😂

@Ada-on8yy 4 жыл бұрын

This brings me back to when my mum would do this- We called it "Marbling" because of the effect it had on the paper. She just did it mindlessly, and it always turned out being so beautiful. She never aimed for something, like Ebru does, but it was a beautiful representation of colour.

@clssgn 4 жыл бұрын

Sometimes I could forget, how great are these great big stories videos.

@kenji1053 4 жыл бұрын

This video is mesmerizing to watch

@thomasbeach7436 Жыл бұрын

I used to water paint when I was a kid. This is a whole new level. Beautiful.

@miami1966 4 жыл бұрын

wow that's cool

@arijitroy2420 4 жыл бұрын

Damn ! Even dissolving the painting is another creation itself... an everlasting art...

@kubrasoysal929 4 жыл бұрын

He is veryyy talented artist. I tried to make ‘ebru’. It was so hard. Cause paint spread verry quickly. You must control this. But ıt was funny. I want to try again.

@harriotteworthington3147 3 жыл бұрын

It's like art and physics combined. Hard to master one or the other, sheer genius to bridle both simultaneously. No one can reach the heights of Garip Ay - so don't frustrate yourself! Keep playing, "go with the flow". Enjoy the experience in the moment, just have fun.

@anshorihasyir 4 жыл бұрын

I never search for this channel. But, I'm not regret for subscribing this channel.

@juliayk 4 жыл бұрын

I could watch this all day... the painting process is soo relaxing 🥰

@sahinay552 4 жыл бұрын

Ungewöhnlich perfekte wundervolle Kunst, Glückwunsch an den Künstler Garip Ay 👏👏👏

@ryotanada 4 жыл бұрын

I remember watching a kids show where there are some kids doing some experiments and trying some stuff, and oil paint in water is one of them. This brought me back, and I'm more impressed.

@cryingrain4812 4 жыл бұрын

I did this art when I was younger in elementary school. This is very relaxing and fun to make

@viewofT 4 жыл бұрын

This just made my day

@pattiespetitetanks6181 4 жыл бұрын

That was amazing ! What a medium and what a talent ! Spectacular and mesmerizing!!

@samjuli6393 4 жыл бұрын

This is incredible!

@killuazoldyck2630 4 жыл бұрын

Oooo I'm Turkish! owo

@ashutoshanand5195 4 жыл бұрын

Next level watercolor painting .

@ovuokeaghwotu2389 3 жыл бұрын

Learning so much from this channel

@shimicirque Жыл бұрын

Paint on water?! This is what you call a pure fascination of wonderful art!

@umuttekin4734 4 жыл бұрын

I remember doing ebru in elementary school, it was so much fun. I really recommend it.

@poojabagmayee7462 4 жыл бұрын

What a beauty! ♥️

@amannaikwade3118 4 жыл бұрын

And its me who can't even paint on paper.

@thefingerofgod69 4 жыл бұрын

Aman Naikwade I feel your pain! 🤣😂🤣😂

@lamardia414 4 жыл бұрын

Never clicked on a notification that fast

@cutedevil1356 4 жыл бұрын

I would love to have that animation as my wallpaper

@13thravenpurple94 2 жыл бұрын

Great work 🥳🥳🥳 Thank you 💜💜💜

@farhanadiyatma1931 4 жыл бұрын

This is so satisfying to watch

@Muhammad-ou9wh 4 жыл бұрын

This production quality alone deserves 10m subs.

@ahsanuddinredwan2374 4 жыл бұрын

Amaaaaazingg!!!!

@EtchisonDobbsBlair 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful.

@sana_fanboi 4 жыл бұрын

This is like the best art project for kids. Sure the ones I made back when I was little looked bad but it was hella fun

@vjnikm8730 4 жыл бұрын

It's mesmerizing.....

@rebegotadeagua8555 11 ай бұрын

A través de tus imágenes me hablas!!!! maestro. Gracias por existir!!!!

@artgeometrix6346 4 жыл бұрын

This is extraordinary. Such an interesting concept.

@tunacoskun8709 4 жыл бұрын

sooo im Turkish and i saw this for like 9999 times but i still dont get bored

@kellyeats_oats 2 жыл бұрын

So cool.....got to meet him and see him paint live in Toronto during the Van Gogh exhibit

@sametkurum 2 жыл бұрын

He does this a lot. I'm amazed 😯🌷

@sharini167 4 жыл бұрын

WOW 😲🤩😍.. Extremely extraordinary.. I wish I was an artist..

@kavanshukla8275 4 жыл бұрын

This content is really worth watching

@adampatino5372 4 жыл бұрын

If music were imagery, I'm pretty sure this would be it

@MiKi-sx3tt 4 жыл бұрын

I never know how magical turkish language sounds..

@nicolinagallo 4 жыл бұрын

This is amazing, I wonder how many people in the world practice this~

@kamilahdeniseinfante8288 4 жыл бұрын

Nice artworks so talented!

@xavierguzman7647 Жыл бұрын

Dude absolutely magical honestly got me sitting here in my bedroom laying on the floor thinkin like damn what if I could do that🤣🤣🤣🤣

@eidanruyao 2 жыл бұрын

I did this kinda thing in school before it’s really fun

@THIVOCALS 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing, It's unique technic

@matrix8744 4 жыл бұрын

I like how art can tell story's

@gp2779 4 жыл бұрын

2:43 Cristine shouting when she sees people watermarbling on a giant scale.

@rosieb9034 4 жыл бұрын

This is beautiful🤯🥺

@donosvan3623 3 жыл бұрын

That’s really cool

@debroyprasenjit 4 жыл бұрын

This is epic!

@Shawnqual 4 жыл бұрын

Mesmerizing!

@Physiology-E-Paathshala 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant

@HomeKitchenFoodRecipe 4 жыл бұрын

Thats really great art

@superlakitu99 4 жыл бұрын

This is so much better than paint pouring “artists”

@peggyloveoscar 4 жыл бұрын

so fascinating!

@Amitdas-gk2it 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@loyaaheibam6277 6 ай бұрын

It's mesmerizing

@anandirasoi 4 жыл бұрын

Wow nice 🙏👏

@ItsArtByDonna Жыл бұрын

Amazing talent...

@anotherinternetidiot6300 6 ай бұрын

I'm speechless😍 an incredible artist, incredible art. WOW

@bettatvtamil 4 жыл бұрын

Let meet after this video is recommended to us by yotube in another 5 years guys

@cunkonankara 4 жыл бұрын

I love ebru paintings but just as he said, it's relaxing to the viewer while it is actually stressful to the artist. I tried doing it once but I could not go farther than a mix of colors and a vague flower figure 😅