Art
Artist Maria Aristidou Uses Coffee To Give Painting A Whole New Meaning
Commercial artist, illustrator and cake designer Maria A. Aristidou has a very interesting take on painting. She took her regular cup of brewed coffee, a paintbrush and created something spectacular.
Instead of using ordinary colors, she dipped her brush in five types of coffee brews and put together some truly spectacular paintings. From pop culture icons to animals and even robots, with hues of russet, tan, auburn and brown.
Maria said that she did her first coffee illustration by accident, but the results were so good that she decided to create more. She enjoys making coffee paintings of some of her favorite people, characters and animals.
To create this effect, she uses water paper and up to five different coffee blends, depending on the subject. Let’s have a look at her artworks.
A caffeine edition of Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa.
https://instagram.com/p/4RpW0iwHWe/?taken-by=ma_aris
Ta da!
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We want this sketch of Pinkie Pie in our rooms!
https://instagram.com/p/4M7ojhwHRS/?taken-by=ma_aris
Is that an Americano that he’s having? Such swank!
https://instagram.com/p/4JknedQHSI/?taken-by=ma_aris
Oh my! That crazy detailing!
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Seriously? We couldn’t give that amount of detail with a pencil!
https://instagram.com/p/3r31UqQHWL/?taken-by=ma_aris
Ok we need a moment here to hyperventilate.
https://instagram.com/p/3vu9DcwHe8/?taken-by=ma_aris
Something’s fishy in here. Oh wait, that’s just coffee.
https://instagram.com/p/3cVSZZwHaw/?taken-by=ma_aris
Wait, that’s not print? *faints*
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Things like this make the world beautiful.
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Can’t get enough of the beauty, can you? Follow the artist on Instagram to get your regular dose of coffee!