Art with Unusual Materials
By Radiocity Team
Published Jun 26, 2025
Coffee as Ink & Texture
Artists like Giulia Bernardelli create dreamy, sepia-toned scenes using spilled coffee as their primary painting medium.
Human Hair for Fine Detail
Some portrait artists use real hair as a paintbrush—or even the medium itself—for delicate, surreal textural results.
Trash Transformed into Portraits
Recycling meets fine art as creators build layered images from plastic, wrappers, and discarded metal to make bold environmental statements.
Blood as a Bold Medium
Provocative artists like Vincent Castiglia use their own blood to paint hauntingly powerful, personal artworks exploring mortality.
Smoke & Flame-Stained Canvases
Artists harness candle soot or blowtorch burns to “draw” with smoke—blending destruction with beauty in hypnotic ways.
Salt & Earth for Natural Texture
Used in sacred and environmental art, materials like soil, sand, and salt add raw, organic textures impossible with traditional paint.
Makeup as Modern Paint
Eyeshadow, lipstick, and eyeliner replace oil paints as some artists use beauty products to create rich, colorful portraits on canvas.
Upcycled Fashion That Wows
