Who Needs a Paintbrush When You’ve Got Magic Fingers
You probably thought finger painting was just for kids, but Iris Scott is determined to prove you wrong. Wearing a pair of latex glove, the American artist dips her fingers in color paint and wiggles them on the canvas to create beautiful work of art. “I see the world through ‘finger painted’ colored glasses,” Seattle-based […]
Self-Taught Amateur Artist Paints with Ground Coffee and a Pinch of Sand
Alexander Wald works as a plumber in the Ukrainian city of Lviv, but in his spare time he likes to exercise his artistic talents by painting with unusual mediums like ground coffee and sand. Painting with coffee is not exactly unheard of. Artists like Karen Eland and Steven Mikel have been doing it for years, […]
Vernon Spicer’s Incredible Pasta Paintings
Self-taught artist Vernon Spicer, from Alabama, uses pasta like spaghetti, macaroni, lasagna and noodles to create his detailed paintings. I’ve seen some pretty unusual materials used in paintings, but pasta is definitely a first for me. 71-year-old Vernon Spicer, a Vietnam veteran and pastor at a church in Selma, Alabama, got the idea of using […]
Russian Artist’s Paintings Are Made with Dead Butterfly Wings
Vadim Zaritsky, a former police officer turned artist and entomologist uses a very strange medium for his artworks – butterfly wings. The subjects of his unique paintings range from landscapes and still life to portraits of political figures and famous artists. I know it sounds cruel, but before you label Vadim Zaritsky’s art as a […]
Living Art – Museum Masterpieces Painted on Human Bodies
Chadwick Gray and Laura Spector have found an ingenious way to combine their passion for 19th century art with modern body-painting. The artistic duo recreate classic paintings from museums around the world on to Chadwick’s body, in a special art collection aptly named “Museum Anatomy“. We’ve featured some pretty impressive example of body-painting in the past, but […]
English Artist Creates Masterpieces by Painting with Tea
Liverpool-based artist Carne Griffiths creates magical artworks by combining traditional mediums like ink with drinks like tea, vodka, brandy, whiskey and other alcohols. 39-year-old Carne Griffiths relies on drinks to make his art stand out. He isn’t the only artist to find his inspiration in drink, famous masters like Vincent Van Gogh and Salvador Dali enjoyed a […]
German Artist Creates Art from Chaotic Splotches of Tea, Coffee and Juice
Stains of coffee and fruit juice are dreaded by most people, but German artist Angela Mercedes Donna Otto actually uses them as the basis for her creative artworks. She randomly pours colored drinks on paper canvases and spends hours contemplating the splotches, looking for familiar shapes. At the base of Angela Mercedes Donna Otto’s art is “apophenia”, a […]
Amateur Artist Turns Apartment Building into Urban Art Gallery
Dmitry Bochkarev, an amateur artist, from Moscow, Russia, has turned an ugly communist-era apartment building into a colorful art gallery, by covering the walls, staircases and doors with various painted artworks. While most graffiti artists sneak around to find places where they can exercise their artistic talents, amateur artist Dmitry Bochkarev asked people’s permission before he […]
Robin Eley’s Incredible Hyper-Realistic Paintings
There’s no way to tell, but you’re actually not looking at a photograph, but a hyper-realistic painting by London-born artist Robin Eley. Armed with a simple paintbrush he’s able to create photo-quality works of art that draw attention instantly. Born in London, raised in Australia and educated in the United States, Robin Eley is a […]
The Mind-Blowing Date Stamp Paintings of Federico Pietrella
Italian-born Federico Pietrella uses an item usually associated with corporate offices to created incredible works of art. It’s simply mind-blowing how he can use a restrictive tool like the date stamp to achieve this level of detail. Looking at Federico Pietrella’s artworks from a distance, you’d never guess they were actually executed using a date stamp. But […]
Talented Artist Paints on Discarded Pennies
American artist Jacqueline Lou Skaggs uses tiny discarded pennies as canvases for her miniature paintings. The level of detail she’s able to achieve is truly awe-inspiring. Initially these coins were going to be spent- nestled with other coins in an exchange of goods. Or tossed back to the sidewalks from whence they came. Nice thoughts. However, […]
Vinyl Portraits of Famous Musicians Created with Thousands of White Dots
Daniel Edlen, from Phoenix, Arizona, is probably one of the world’s most patient artists. Using just white acrylic paint, he dabs thousands of tiny white spots on black vinyls to create amazingly-detailed portraits of famous musicians. But why would an artist go through a painstaking process of dabbing white spots on records, instead of painting […]
Guy Paints and Draws Incredible Portraits with One Continuous Line
Think about the most impressive maze you’ve ever had to solve, and I guarantee it’s not as cool as what this Reddit user can create with a single continuous line. I could never draw or paint anything worth looking at, but I’ve always been fascinated by what some people can accomplish if they’re given a […]
Chuck Close’s Incredible Fingerprint Portrait Will Blow Your Mind
It’s not every day that you get to have your mind blown by a phenomenal piece of art, but today is one of those rare days. Feast your opticals on this unique portrait made by Chuck Close using only his fingerprints. Entitled Fanny/Fingerpainting, this giant portrait was created in 1985, and depicts the artists’s wife’s late […]
Artist Uses Ink to Turn People’s Faces into Ephemeral Artworks
Pinpin Co, a Chinese artist raised in Japan, uses a simple gel ink pen to turn her subjects’ faces into temporary works of art that are then washed away in a few seconds. You’ve probably seen impressive body painting before, but what Pinpin Co does is truly unique. Using an 0.38mm gel ink pen, the […]