Experiential Learning students Madison Argo, Lia Butterfield, and Guneet Singh.
By Guneet Singh
All photos by author
Journalism student Guneet Singh teaches us how to paint with coffee.
If there’s one thing Florence has a lot of, it’s coffee. You’ve seen the cafes lining every street corner. You’ve noticed the restaurants and even the gelaterias with dozens of coffee options to choose from. But coffee is more than just a caffeinated drink you can use to keep yourself awake.
You can actually use it to paint and that’s what blogger and artist Maham Iftikhar does.
She combines her love for coffee with her passion for art. Her blog contains tons of reviews about different coffee places from around the world and she even teaches people how to paint with coffee. “I encourage people to overcome their fear of mistakes and paint,” Maham said.
So how exactly can you paint with your morning beverage?? Well, we tried it so you can too!
1.Get cups of water, paintbrushes and a canvas or piece of paper ready
2. Take some coffee powder and combine it with water. Instant coffee will get you quicker results
3. Keep adding powder as you go. The more powder you add, the darker your “paint” will be. Adding more water will make the color lighter
4. Be prepared to smell like coffee afterwards
So if you ever have too much coffee, don’t let it go to waste! Paint yourself a picture.
Maham also paints with wine, matcha tea and plans to use other natural materials in the future.
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