12.05.2014
amazing pictures from products and edible landscapes creates Carl Warner is an Australian photographer based in London. He creates all this by looking at products in supermarkets for a long time.
Carl Warner, an illustrator by education, a master of the genre, is also its creator, “Foodscapes”, that is, food landscapes. His paintings depict grain mountains, trees - broccoli, cabbage waves, in general, he has plenty of imagination.
Its main goal is to instill in children a love for healthy and proper nutrition. His paintings are distinguished by immediacy, fabulousness and extraordinary realism. They bring delight and kind smiles on their faces.
According to the complexity of execution, laying out landscapes from food is nothing harder to write oil paintings. Creating one edible landscape takes a couple of days.
First, products are selected according to the sketches. Then building a landscape, photographing, retouching and combining all the layers and elements of the photo. In the end, a magnificent illusion is obtained.
According to Karl, children prefer to eat chips and sauces, as they look more attractive and appetizing than vegetables and greens. Food paintings and edible landscapes completely negate the notion of homeliness. useful products nutrition. They are often used by nutritionists and doctors.
At first glance, these images look like ordinary painted landscapes. But if you take a closer look, you can see that the mountains on them are made of bread, the trees are nothing but broccoli, and baked potatoes play the role of stones. And these are not paintings, but photographs! Almost everything you see on them is made from real food!
Australian photographer Carl Warner, who works in London, says: “I try to create very traditional landscapes in order to convince the viewer that he is seeing ordinary paintings at first glance. When people understand what my work is really made of, they always smile - and for me this is the best reward.”
Karl is truly a master of his craft, and his imagination simply has no limits! Well, who else would have come up with the idea to depict a storm using waves from ... cabbage leaves?
In the process of creating each picture, two or three days are spent on building a landscape and photographing it. But food spoils very quickly under the light that is necessary to create successful pictures. Each scene is photographed in layers from foreground to background. It takes a couple more days to retouch and combine all the elements of the image.
Carl spends a lot of time planning each image before he starts creating it. And he can also look at vegetables in supermarkets for a long time, which is why others consider him a little strange.
Carl Warner began his career by attending art college and wanting to become an illustrator because he had a talent for drawing. However, later he realized that photography brings him real pleasure. IN last years Carl is constantly receiving orders from many European advertising agencies who want to get his unusual shots for their clients from the food industry.
Food in the history of art has always been a source of inspiration for artists, many of whom turned to it as nature for their still lifes. And in our time, it has also become a material for artistic creativity. Some designers and stylists have begun to use the products to create unique pieces of art that have come to be known as food art. The work of the photographer and food stylist Tatyana Shkondina is a clear confirmation of this. She creates amazing replicas of food famous paintings classical artists.
A creative person can find inspiration in the most ordinary things. And the fact that food photography is her vocation, Tatyana realized immediately, as soon as she began to professionally engage in this art.
In a new genre contemporary art the photographer has already achieved quite a lot of success and recognition, as world-famous companies have long been interested in her work. Tatyana has worked with brands such as Campbell's, Bounduelle, Norge, Valio, Lurpak, Jacobs, Gastronom, and others.
Tatyana Shkondina also made a unique creative project, which included a whole series of works dedicated to the paintings of the great masters of past centuries. The photographer recreated the most accurate and original paintings by Salvador Dali, Vincent van Gogh, Kazimir Malevich, Andy Warhol and other equally famous painters, using an original approach and the most ordinary products.
On her masterpieces we see blueberries and apples, slices of watermelon and cheese, pasta and meat, caviar and herbs, coffee beans and much more that can be found in the kitchen of any housewife. By the way, the hobby of the photographer-stylist, who has the education of radio engineering, began from her own kitchen.
Vincent van Gogh, Starry Night. (1889).
Rene Magritte, "Son of Man"
Katsushika Hokusai, South Wind, Clear Day. (1832).
Tatyana Shkondina herself comments on her work in the following way: "For the Hokusai painting, I chose common Japanese foods: salmon, green tea and fig. They are simple but have bright color, taste and texture, like many things in Japan."
Salvador Dali, The Persistence of Memory. (1931)
"...One of the most complex work became The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali: I had to show volume, but at the same time keep the composition flat."
Wassily Kandinsky, Several Circles. (1926).
"...My favorite art style- abstractionism, I love the work of Wassily Kandinsky. His masterpiece "Several Circles" has become my favorite project. For him, I chose fruits - bright, tasty and slightly transparent.
Andy Warhol, "Dollar Sign"
"... And Andy Warhol's "Dollar Sign" has a little joke. Since the word "cabbage" sometimes means money in Russian, I decided to recreate this work from four types of cabbage."
Vincent van Gogh, Sunflowers. (1888).
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What modern canvases are not created from. For them, they use not only paints, leaves, paper, but even coffee beans, pasta, cereals. Craftsmen do beautiful pictures from eggshell so that not everyone will understand what such a work of art is created from. The main thing is to properly prepare the materials, and then you can start creating.
Do-it-yourself cereal paintings
Yes, yes, such colorful relief paintings are created from ordinary cereals. You can use any, but most often such canvases are created from:
- lentils;
- rice
- millet;
- buckwheat.
If you are creating crafts from cereals, then in the process of dyeing the grains, do not pour water into it or, if necessary, add very little. Then, during drying, make sure that the grains do not stick together. To do this, sometimes mix them with your hand or a dry spoon.
But not all grain paintings require grain coloring. Yes, you can use White rice or semolina, brown buckwheat, yellow millet. In addition, you can take other bulk materials available in the kitchen: seeds, peas, pasta.
For a picture of cereals, you will need a photo frame with a backing. You can buy an inexpensive one that has a plastic film on top instead of glass.
beautiful baby pictures
If you and your child want to make such a panel, then start by drawing future picture. To do this, use a simple pencil. Try not to press hard on it finished work the lines of the stylus were not visible.
To do this, first stick a sheet of paper on the substrate. In this case, pink is used, and then create graphic basis future composition.
If the child can draw a picture himself, then let him do it. In the meantime, prepare your materials.
It is better to pour each type of cereal into a separate bowl or deep plate. Then the colors will not be confused, and the main material for the paintings will not be scattered on the floor.
Start filling the canvas with a small fragment. It is better if they are closed. Cover the fragment, in this case one flower, with a brush dipped in PVA glue, sprinkle it with cereal desired color. The contrast of the detail can be added by gluing dry tea between the grains of yellow millet or directly on them.
The top of the second flower consists of buckwheat, middle part and bottom - also from millet. Tell the child that the stem of the plant will look good if you stick halves of dry peas on it. It is possible to coat each large element with PVA and glue it, while for attaching small cereals it is more convenient to apply glue to the base.
Bean grains framing the vase are also best glued one at a time, applying PVA to each. Inside the vase, you can place pasta, which also looks beautiful, and you will soon see this once again. Frame the picture and hang it on the wall.
Making a panel of pasta
Continuing the theme of paintings from bulk products available in the kitchen, we can tell you how to make such a wonderful canvas.
For him you will need:
- a frame with a strong plywood or cardboard base;
- PVA glue;
- semolina, buckwheat;
- peas;
- pasta in the form of a spiral, horns, tubules, rounded;
- sponge.
Now grease the PVA tree trunk, glue buckwheat to it. From above, also with glue, attach the pasta as shown in the photo. Do the same for 2 small trees.
The blades of the mill are made of tubular pasta, and the building itself is made of dry halves of peas. Create a path from spirals, then let the original creation dry. While this is happening, you can create other interesting works art, using egg waste for them.
shell mosaic
Don't be surprised when you find out what this great job in the mosaic technique. Crushed eggshells were the perfect material for such a magnificent painting.
For a shell mosaic, in addition to it, you need:
- a sheet of thick cardboard;
- PVA glue;
- a small wooden stick to press the shells (a sushi stick or a manicure stick will do);
- tweezers;
- acrylic paints;
Egg shells should be washed in warm water remove the inner film from it and dry it. Professionals use just this one, since the boiled surface is looser, while the raw one is harder.
But you can take, for example, the colored shells left over from the painted Easter eggs and boiled from simple.
First, a sketch of the future mosaic is drawn on cardboard. You can stick a picture from a children's coloring book on it and create a panel directly on this basis. If the shell is large, press on it with your hands to get smaller fragments. If it is dark and light or colored, pre-sort by color.
You can post it in two ways:
- Paint the shell in different colors, lay it out separately, let it dry, then grind it and start gluing piece by piece, choosing the right shades.
- Glue the shell, and when it dries, then paint the finished picture.
Now about how to make an eggshell mosaic. Lubricate a small area of PVA cardboard, attach a few fragments to it. If you get a big piece, just press on it wooden stick so that the shell cracks and falls apart.
Leave the same distance between the fragments so that the panel is done neatly and looks good.
After the work is finished, and the entire canvas is filled with mosaic fragments, let the glue dry completely, then paint the shell if you used unpainted. When this layer is dry, varnish the surface.
Here is a mosaic you can do with your own hands. There are many options, so choose which one you like best and get started.
You can use other materials to make DIY paintings, such as coffee. It makes attractive and delicious-smelling wall panels.
coffee pictures
From fragrant grains, you can make the frame itself for a future panel or for photography, music. Take a finished wooden or plastic one. Lubricate the flat side of each grain with glue and attach close to each other on the edging. For such work, coffee is ideal, the shelf life of which has expired, and it is a pity to throw it away.
But even if the beans are not old, you can donate a few to make a picture of coffee. An invigorating aroma emanates from it and it will be pleasant to be in such a neighborhood. And is it possible to pass indifferently, for example, by such a one? Not only an intoxicating aroma emanates from her, she attracts glances, first arouses surprise, and then, admiration.
And such pictures are created from coffee beans quite simply. In addition to this basic material, you need to prepare:
- a frame with a substrate of the desired size;
- sheet of soft paper;
- twine;
- glue;
- brown and white satin ribbon.
Now draw an ornate pattern around the heart. Apply glue gradually on it with a thin brush or from a thermal gun and attach the rope.
You can not first draw a pattern, but immediately glue the twine, folding it as you need. Of course, this is if you have already done similar work, and your hand is “full”.
Start gluing it on the left side, then bottom left and going up to the top of the picture. Here, twist the excess thread evenly in a spiral, after applying glue to this circle. Fix the coffee bean in its center. Glue the flowers on the bottom satin ribbons. How to do them, you will learn in one of the following articles. Let the coffee picture dry, attach it to the wall or hang it on it.
From this fertile material for creativity, you can make various crafts with your own hands or with the involvement of children, relatives, friends. Surely a loved one will be surprised if, waking up in the morning, he goes to drink coffee in the kitchen and finds that his mug has become so original. If you are thinking what to give your soulmate for Valentine's Day, then such a mug with flowers and a heart made of grains will come in handy.
For a romantic evening, you can decorate candles like this. These coffee crafts will also not go unnoticed.
If you want to know how quickly a coffee painting is made, watch the video. It explains how blush can be used to distinguish elements and why it is more beneficial for athletes to smell such pictures than to drink a fragrant but strong drink.
From these videos you will learn how and what other pictures you can make from cereals, coffee and eggshells:
Another case in point unusual creativity in the world. At first glance, these paintings look like oil-painted landscapes, complete with towering hills, wild seas and stormy weather. However, if you look closely, you will see that the sea and the storm are just cabbages. In other photographs, broccoli, potatoes, bread, cheese serve as “models”. These are not paintings, these are real photos!!! And all the details of landscapes are real products!
The author of the works is the famous Australian photographer Carl Warner, who graduated from art college and planned to become an illustrator, however, he found his true calling in time. His work is amazing!
And if you think about how much time, effort and effort each photo takes (products quickly lose their "face" - you need to work quickly and professionally, in addition, the pictures are multi-layered - Karl superimposes images on top of each other), surprise may well turn into admiration.
Only upon closer examination, you understand that these are not drawings at all, but real photographs of real vegetables, fruits, bread, cheese and other food products! That is why his food landscapes are also called foodscapes.
The popularity of the photographer after his edible landscapes gained popularity has increased greatly. Many product companies want to get such an original photographer to make advertisements, booklets about their products. After all, usually for filming ads they use special replicas, not real products, and Carl Warner works with real products, and even with such a sense of humor and imagination!
Working on such photographs is also difficult because the food very quickly loses its appearance, withers and deteriorates under bright lighting, and it takes two to three days for the author to directly build a composition of vegetables, fruits and other food and photograph!
Much more time is spent processing the resulting photos and connecting disparate elements, planning each photo (long before Carl picks up a camera), drawing sketches ... And what are the many hours of looking at vegetables in the supermarket (many people who saw him in store, probably considered slightly abnormal)!
The main thing that we can take away from the work of Karl Warner is that even food is a field for fantasy. Your children will surely appreciate the new creative serving of dishes and even vegetables will be eaten with great appetite!
Carl says: "I try to draw the most traditional landscapes because I want to make the audience think that this is an ordinary picture. Realizing the real ingredients of the picture brings a smile, and for me this is the main thing."
Have you been able to keep from smiling looking at his photos?
The first photo that started Carl's fascination with edible landscapes started with a test "Mushroom Savannah", after which he began to use many more different edible components in one landscape:
This is how the process goes...
Carl Warner at work
