Is it difficult to draw? She painted for 365 days using the tea bags she drank! The finished tea bags are not only wet, but also stained with tea stains. In the eyes of many people, they are things that can be discarded directly, but in her eyes, the finished tea bags are unique canvases, wet and soft. The texture is just right and the size is just right for creating small watercolor paintings
Ruby Silvious, a Filipino designer living in the United States Teacher, loves to drink tea and draws with soaked tea bags every time. Because of this, she also started a tea bag painting campaign on Instagram called 363 Days of Tea. From then on, there will be tea on her Instagram every day. Updates on Bao Painting
January 3, 2015, was the first day of the 363-day tea bag painting battle. At that time, Ruby was sitting bored In a cafe in New York, I scribbled pictures on a tea bag, took a photo and posted it on Instagram
Ruby was pleasantly surprised when she saw more than 10 fans saying they liked it. Because she never thought that her tea bag painting would actually have an audience, so she kept doing this cute little tea bag painting for 363 days
During these 363 days, Ruby also had time to travel, and these tea bags just happened to be It has become the best diary of her travels. The themes of tea bag paintings are also very rich, ranging from large scenery to small snacks. In addition to the experience of traveling, eating and drinking, there are also many local arts and paintings incorporated into it
Eat, drink, walk and paint every day during the tour, Ruby They are all recorded with watercolor paintings, and local tea bags are used, which is very commemorative in itself. Maybe as soon as you see the pictures on the tea bags, you will recall the fragrant taste of this cup of tea and the story that happened that day
Because tea bags are not like ordinary drawing paper, When painting on a small area, you need to observe the object more carefully, so for Ruby, tea bag painting gradually became more than just a record, she could also learn many new painting techniques and cultural things
When talking about why she created tea bag paintings, Ruby said that people have a traditional stereotype about art. She hopes to use tea bag paintings to subvert this impression. When the audience sees waste products, When they can become art, their understanding of art may be expanded
16 years later, Ruby’s tea bag painting project It is still going on, but it has changed from one painting a day to one painting a week, and it has been renamed 52 Weeks of Tea (52 Weeks of Tea Bag Painting Battle)
It costs money to paint tea bag paintings It takes a lot of time and energy, which is a big challenge for Ruby, a full-time graphic designer. At first, she wanted to test herself and see if she could challenge her limits
Now, she will draw tea bags on weekend nights Drawing, compared to the past when tea bag drawing was a daily task that had to be clocked in, now it is more like a way to have fun and relax after a hard week of work
