Bubbles

 Bubbles

‘a floating ball of air’

‘a small globule that is hollow and light’

‘a small body of gas within a liquid’

‘a thin film of liquid forming a hollow globe’

‘a noun or a verb’

Why a blog about bubbles?

Try it!

Say ‘bubbles’ three times.

I bet you’re smiling!

Artists have been fascinated with bubbles for ages.

Perhaps because they are so changeable? A challenge? Perhaps because they make their art models smile and giggle? A refreshing change from serious studio portraits?

Children and bubbles just seem to naturally go together-

‘Bubbles’, Frances Tipton Hunter, American artist

1896-1957

Street art

Whether realistic-

Mabel Rollins Harris

AI digital mash-up, artist unknown

Imaginative-

‘Bubbles’, Mary Blair, 1953

Artist Marion T. Ross, 1914

Or fantasy-

Victor Nizovtsev, Russian-American fantasy artist

British artist Nina K. Brisley, 1927

Bubbles are popular with everyone!

Early photographers took their first photos and included bubbles-

and the trend has continued to be a favorite-

with both photographers and artists.

American artist Zula Kenyon, 1873-1947

British artist Nina Kinnard Brisley, 1920’s

Bubbles and underwater mermaids frolicking just seem like a merry match -

Australian Peg Maltby, 1899-1985

South African artist Doreen Baxter

Australian artist Ida Rentoul Outhwaite (1888-1960) is known for her mermaid and fairy art. Here are a few that include bubbles.

Here are a few more artists that have included bubbles in their fantasy art:

‘Bubble Bridge Across the Daisies’ by New Zealand artist Harold Gaze

1908, English artist Florence Harrison

1949, Harold Gaze

British artist Hilda Theodora Miller, 1920’s

Can you say ‘Bubble’ backward?

:)

German artist Josef Suss, 1867-1937

‘’Passing Fancies’, Harrison Fisher

French artist Louise Icart, 1920

Bubbles are featured in advertising for different products. Here are a few-

1899 advertising poster

These illustrations are from a variety of artists-

Postcard, 1908

Vera Paterson

‘A New Garden of Verses’, Unknown artist, c.1925

Would you like to draw some bubbles? Here are 2 different how-to versions-

CraftyMorning.com

Pinterest

Let’s make some bubble solution. There are many slightly different recipes online. These are two I chose because there aren’t any specialty ingredients-

Bubbles have been featured on magazine cover art for many decades-

December 1924, The American Magazine

c.1928

Magazine cover, August 1935

‘Blow some bubbles and blow your worries away!’

Somewhere along the years bubbles became sexy.

The simple bath became a luxurious bubble bath.

I blame some advertising schmuck desperate for a new look, a catchy idea, a creative way to sell their product. So, we have Sexy Bubbles-

Actress Elaine Shepard 

Magazine advert

Ivory Soap ad campaign

Even the mermaids had to get in on it!

However you see them - realistic or fantasy, child-like or sexy, photographed or painted - bubbles will always be a happy serendipity you can give yourself.

‘Til next time,

inkspired