Painting is often associated with the use of acrylic, oil and watercolor. But today, we're going to use a new material – coffee. Coffee painting is popular nowadays and the result is unique plus the aroma of the art work. In fact, there are artists who specialize in using coffee for painting. - Pornchai Lerthammasiri - Thai artist well known for his coffee paintings.15 years ago, however, he felt the need for more challenge in his work the reason why he ventured into using coffee for a change.
- Hong Yi, Malaysian artist, uses the bottom of an espresso cup in her painting. Known as Red in the art world, she is famous for her coffee painting .
Coffee Painting On Postcard
Material
- Coffee, postcard
- Monotone colour
Introductory Activities
- Learn about the basic knowledge of coffee bean, where the coffee beans are grown and the different levels of coffee roast.
- Grind coffee beans and brew coffee for painting.
- Introduce Artists who using coffee in their artworks.
Step
- Draw the outline - Who you want to give the postcard?What design the recipient might like to have?
- Colour the drawing with liquid coffee - Utilize different concentration of coffee to create tones of your painting, you need to use watercolour techniques like wet on wet and wet on dry.
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