As I love trying new and fun techniques, I decided one day to dip my brushes into some of my favorite beverages and with a little practice, I was able to create the paintings below. Some might celebrate their daily work at the easel with a large glass of red wine, I just prefer to pour it on my watercolor paper!
To use coffee as paint, I have to brew it quite strongly. Tea is simply lovely when painted but is just too light to show up in a single pass – I normally brew a couple of tea bags in a shot glass of boiling water for about 10 minutes to make the tea as dark as possible. Wine, red ale, and Guinness build much more beautiful and I use them straight out of the bottle or can!
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Monsieur Café
Mister Tea
Don Tinto
Sir Guinness
Doctor Red Ale
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Share on FacebookSounds like a good challenge! Thanks June :)
Load More Replies...What happens to your brush? ( 0 o 0 ) Will it get ruined by the drinks??
Hey Koko, I also thought coffee or wine would ruin my brushes but they did not lose a single hair! Actually beer even soften them hehe
Load More Replies...Thanks Baran! I painted it with a mix of roiboos tea, peppermint tea and fennel tea! :)
Load More Replies...hey Mirable, all the paintings did smell for a while but after almost three months, only the coffee one still smells a bit (which is pretty cool if you are a coffee lover like me!!)
Load More Replies...Hehe give it a try Leni! Wine and coffee are really nice to paint with as you can get lots of different shades and the colours can be very vibrant :)
Load More Replies...These are brilliant, you should make some copies just in case the colours fade
Sounds like a good challenge! Thanks June :)
Load More Replies...What happens to your brush? ( 0 o 0 ) Will it get ruined by the drinks??
Hey Koko, I also thought coffee or wine would ruin my brushes but they did not lose a single hair! Actually beer even soften them hehe
Load More Replies...Thanks Baran! I painted it with a mix of roiboos tea, peppermint tea and fennel tea! :)
Load More Replies...hey Mirable, all the paintings did smell for a while but after almost three months, only the coffee one still smells a bit (which is pretty cool if you are a coffee lover like me!!)
Load More Replies...Hehe give it a try Leni! Wine and coffee are really nice to paint with as you can get lots of different shades and the colours can be very vibrant :)
Load More Replies...These are brilliant, you should make some copies just in case the colours fade
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