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Creating Paint Using Cow Dung
Eats. [laughter] so it's kind of like watercolors. He then uses very dry, gentle brushstrokes, and he works in layers to get the desired effect. It takes a little bit of time, but I would say that's the least of his worries. [laughter] He does address that, you know, there is a little bit of a smell to it, which, like, fucking, obviously, of course, it is shit.
Like, there will be a scent. But he states that he's also had some issues with the consistency of the paint, because then there's clumps of grass and straw and various other different things that the cows have eaten throughout the day, week, whatever, however quick their digestive tract is. So he has to, kind of, like, take those22:23]10:00] pieces out as he's trying to22:25]10:00] This grosses me out22:28]10:00] so much.
But he has to22:31]10:00] remove those as he's trying to create a22:33]10:00]22:33]22:34]22:34]22:35]22:35]22:36]22:37]22:37]22:38]22:39]22:40]22:41]22:41]22:42]22:43]22:43]22:44]22:45]22:46]22:46]22:47]22:48]22:48]22:49]22:50]22:51]22:51]22:52]22:53]22:54]22:54]22:55]22:56]22:57]22:57]22:58]22:59]23:00]23:01]23:01]23:02]23:03]23:04]23:04]23:05]23:06]23:07]23:07]23:08]23:09]23:10]23:11]23:11]23:12]23:13]23:14]23:14]23:15]23:16]23:17]23:17]23:18]23:19]23:20]23:21]23:21]23:22]23:23]23:24]23:24]23:25]23:26]23:27]23:27]23:28]23:29]23:30]23:31]23:31]23:32]23:33]23:34]23:34]23:35]23:36]23:37]23:37]23:38]23:39]23:40]23:41]23:41]23:42]23:43]23:44]23:44]23:45]23:46]23:47]23:47]23:48]23:49]23:50]23:51]23:51]23:52]23:53]23:54]23:54]23:55]23:56]23:57]23:57]23:58]23:59]24:00]24:01]24:01]24:02]24:03]24:04]24:04]24:05]24:06]24:07]24:07]24:08]24:09]24:10]24:11]24:11]24:12]24:13]24:14]24:14]24:15]24:16]24:17]24:17]24:18]24:19]24:20]24:21]24:21]24:22]24:23]24:24]24:24]24:25]24:26]24:27]24:27]24:28]24:29]24:30]24:31]24:31]24:32]24:33]24:34]24:34]24:35]24:36]24:37]24:37]24:38]24:39]24:40]24:41]24:41]24:42]24:43]24:44]24:44]24:45]24:46]24:47]24:47]24:48]24:49]24:50]24:51]24:51]24:52]24:53]24:54]24:54]24:55]24:56]24:57]24:57]24:58]24:59]25:00]25:01]25:01]25:02]25:03]25:04]25:04]25:05]25:06]25:07]25:07]25:08]25:09]25:10]25:11]25:11]25:12] consistent paint.
I would, fucking, die if I tried to do this. I am so grossed out by it. [laughter] but, kudos to him, he found a sustainable way to create paint, so, you know, like, you do you, that is great. People have raised, obviously, health concerns when dealing with feces, like, there could be E.
Coli, there could be these22:53]10:00]22:54]22:54]22:55]22:56]22:57]22:57]22:58]22:59]23:00]23:01]23:01]23:02]23:03]23:04]23:04]23:05]23:06]23:07]23:07]23:08]23:09]23:10]23:11]23:11]23:12]23:13]23:14]23:14]23:15]23:16]23:17]23:17]23:18]23:19]23:20]23:21]23:21]23:22]23:23]23:24]23:24]23:25]23:26]23:27]23:27]23:28]23:29]23:30]23:31]23:31]23:32]23:33]23:34]23:34]23:35]23:36]23:37]23:37]23:38]23:39]23:40]23:41]23:41]23:42]23:43]23:44]23:44]23:45]23:46]23:47]23:47]23:48]23:49]23:50]23:51]23:51]23:52]23:53]23:54]23:54]23:55]23:56]23:57]23:57]23:58]23:59]24:00]24:01]24:01]24:02]24:03]24:04]24:04]24:05]24:06]24:07]24:07]24:08]24:09]24:10]24:11]24:11]24:12]24:13]24:14]24:14]24:15]24:16]24:17]24:17]24:18]24:19]24:20]24:21]24:21]24:22]24:23]24:24]24:24]24:25]24:26]24:27]24:27]24:28]24:29]24:30]24:31]24:31]24:32]24:33]24:34]24:34]24:35]24:36]24:37]24:37]24:38]24:39]24:40]24:41]24:41]24:42]24:43]24:44]24:44]24:45]24:46]24:47]24:47]24:48]24:49]24:50]24:51]24:51]24:52]24:53]24:54]24:54]24:55]24:56]24:57]24:57]24:58]24:59]25:00
Much! But he has to remove those as he's trying to create a consistent paint. I would fucking die if I tried to do this.
I am so grossed out by it. But kudos to him, he found a sustainable way to create paint, so, you know, like, you do you. That is great.
People have raised, obviously, health concerns when dealing with feces, like,
Health Concerns and E Coli in Dung Art
There could be E. Coli, there could be these myriad different things, like, you should not be handling poop. But Hartl is not concerned about it.
He says that he actually thinks it's helping his health, which, like,
Whatever. You do you, man. If you think it's good for you, just, I guess, keep do- you keep doing you.
What's funny, though, is that these paintings are actually very well done. Like, he's a great artist. They look really nice.
He does a really good job. If I didn't know that they were made with poop, I'd be like, "Oh, that's interesting that he's using, like, a brown kind of, like, charcoal or something." But it looks rustic. It's extremely fucking rustic because it's poop!
Scent and Psychosomatic Response to Dung Paintings
So,
I do wonder if there is, like, a scent to the painting after he has made it. If he's selling these, I hope he at least seals it, so then you kind of can't smell it in your house. I don't know.
I feel like either way, you're going to smell it, whether it's just in your head, like, you're you're freaking yourself out. It's like a psychosomatic sort of thing where you're, like, "I can smell shit in my house." Personally, I would never have these paintings in my home. I wouldn't even have them in my garage.
I wouldn't have them fucking anywhere. But it's a really cool idea, I guess. I was thinking about the Andy Warhol piss paintings when I was reading about this as well, just because that's, like,
Andy Warhol Oxidation Paintings Using Bodily Fluids
It's another bodily function, I guess, where he would take – I forget what it was, I think it was, like, chromium dioxide or something fucking weird like that. Okay, so that's what it was. It was piss oxidation and cum paintings.
So it would literally be
Pouring or dripping urine onto canvases prepared with either copper or gold-colored paint, so then it would oxidize and, like, a bunch of other bodily fluids. So I guess what you could learn from this is that, you know, if you're ever in a creative slump, you can use some of your bodily fluids and maybe it'll inspire you to be a little bit more creative or just create something totally new.
Up to you, whatever you'd like to do. I personally would say don't fucking do it. That is very gross, but, whatever, it's sustainable, I guess, for the future.
Buy More Art Podcast Closing Remarks
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Anyway, that'll do it for this episode of Buy More Art. It was very chaotic and all over the fucking place, but hopefully, you got at least some sort of value from it. I don't know.
If you like this episode, please be sure to like it. I don't blame you if you didn't. It was chaotic, so you do you.
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Never stop creating.
Even with your bodily fluids. I am going to puke. That is so gross.