Ebru, also called paper marbling, is an interesting way to paint paper. You have to drop paint onto a water-like medium in a tank, and produce designs by moving or dragging things along this medium.
I had done ebru before, but I was far too young to remember it. The art teacher present in the room, quickly told me the instructions of this unique artform. This was quite a challenge for me, as I still had no idea what I was doing, and I did not like communicating with children. Thankfully though, my friends and I managed to lead the kids through the process, and I even learned how to pull the paper off the tray properly. It was sort of like a magic show, where they put in the ingredient, and you cast the spell, creating a moment of suspense and then showing them all the beauty (or ugliness, depending on the colours they picked... oh oops maybe I shouldn't have said that) that they have created.
Soon enough we discovered how to make flower patterns and which colour combinations looked best, and I could say we had mastered it within an hour.
So I guess the point of this all is: although things seem unfamiliar and scary, if you stay open to new challenges and stand brave, you can do anything.
A design Ezgi and I created.
Two of our 'ebru's, in the process of drying.
