It is difficult for most ordinary people to imagine the process of creating an artistic masterpiece from an idea to a finished work, even when it comes to the most ordinary watercolor. Therefore, therefore, artists who use strange materials or methods in creating their paintings invariably create a sensation. In our review of 10 incredible ways in which artists create amazing works of art.

1. Drawings with rollers

Those who find it difficult to paint a picture with a regular brush can only imagine how difficult it is to create landscapes using roller skates. This is exactly what Haisu Tian, ​​a talented young artist from Fremont, California, is doing. She even came up with a name for her technique - "landskating". Haisu attaches ink bottles to the toes of modified roller skates. As you move, the ink drips from the front wheels onto the rice paper canvas. The result is huge traditional Chinese ink paintings, which in this case are black and white landscapes. Haisu started drawing at the age of three, but she has been using roller skates for quite some time now. According to the artist, with simple shapes she manages to convey the whole range of emotions.

2.Jet Art

Princess Tarinan von Anhalt creates abstract art, throwing plastic containers of paint into the air between the canvas and a running jet engine (usually the princess uses Challenger, Citation, Gulfstream and Lear aircraft). Von Anhalt called her unusual art Jet Art or "jet art". One preparation for the creation of such a picture takes several months: you need to get permission from the airport, prepare an area with platforms covered with a plastic tarpaulin, agree with the pilot and invite 50 to 300 guests to the show. People pay the princess up to $50,000 just to see what she can do. A finished painting will cost anywhere from $25,000 to over $1 million.

3. Painting with fabric paint

John Bramblitt was not an artist until he became blind due to complications from epilepsy. The artist began to lose sight when he was only 11 years old, and by the age of 30, John was completely blind. Initially suffering from depression, he decided to bring color back into his life with granular embossed paint. Initially, Bramblitt imagines the image he wants to create, and then transfers it to the canvas by touch. At the same time, the blind artist produces surprisingly realistic, accurate portraits.

4. Basketball art

Malaysian-born Hong Yi is better known by her pseudonym "Red". In 2012, she created a portrait of famous basketball player Yao Ming using a basketball and a bucket of red paint. Instead of brushes, the artist uses tools that have helped the people she paints become famous. In Yao Ming's case, it was a basketball. She painted a portrait of Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei from sunflower seeds (an allusion to an exhibition in Tate Modern called "Sunflower Seeds"). The portraits of football stars Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar and Lionel Messi were painted using a soccer ball.

5. Auto-drawing

British artist Ian Cook, who goes by the pseudonym "PopBangColor", creates his paintings using remote-controlled cars. Sometimes he just uses car tires to create a backdrop for a painting. FROM early childhood Ian had a passion for cars and then tried to combine his two hobbies (cars and painting), discovering that car tires leave unique brush strokes on canvas. Soon, the Briton began to succeed in creating complex paintings in a style that he called "popbang".

6. Painting with fireworks

Rosemary Fiore creates abstract art using colored smoke from fireworks instead of paint. "She throws empty sheets from thick paper various fireworks that explode leaving traces. At the same time, Rosemary uses various devices (such as a lawn mower, floor polisher and glass cleaner) to move fireworks gushing sparks around the future picture. Her works are quite large, sometimes up to 2 meters wide.

7 Vinyl Record Portraits

Thierry Guetta, also known as "Mr. Brainwashing", is a controversial French director and street artist from Los Angeles. Some even consider him a famous graffiti artist who paints under the pseudonym Banksy. Thierry Guetta believes that everything in modern life is the result of brainwashing. In addition, he became known for his concern for environment- the artist turns garbage such as old tires and TVs into his art. One of the most unique and popular forms of "Mr. Brainwashing" art are portraits from vinyl records. He breaks the records into thousands of small pieces, from which he then collects portraits of famous musicians.

8. Drawings with lips

Natalie Irish became famous for her artistic kisses. She uses her lips instead of a brush and lipstick instead of paint. Natalie literally "kisses" portraits on canvas. She first tried this method of painting 10 years ago, and since then her paintings have become a huge success. Unfortunately, the unusual art was not in vain for the artist - she constantly has chapped lips and her eyes hurt.

9. Eggshell paintings

Patterns on egg shells began to be made back in the Stone Age, and the Vietnamese Ben Tre decided to revive ancient art. He uses a drill to carve amazingly detailed lettering, landscapes and celebrity portraits into eggshell. Ben has already managed to carve portraits of Albert Einstein, Karl Marx and Queen Elizabeth II. What is most surprising is that Ben does not process the shell in any way, despite its fragility. It takes him about three hours to create a landscape, and a couple of days to create a portrait.

10. Hitofude Ryu

Dragon Art Kousyuuya is a shop in the Japanese religious center Nikko that specializes in creating dragon drawings with just a stroke of the brush. unusual art was named "Hitofude Ryu". The dragon's head is drawn separately with a few strokes of a small brush, and its multi-colored curved body is drawn with one long stroke of a special tool called the sumiye brush. As the Japanese believe, images of dragons should bring good luck.

It often happens that nature itself becomes the artist. Confirmation of this

Not every person can understand true works of art. But, here there are truly amazing and strange works of masters who fell in love with the public.

We have prepared for you a list of the 10 strangest works of art, which can be found below.

• Opening our selection is Onememt Vi, which is valued at $43.8 million. Created by New York-based abstract artist Barnett Newman, the artwork was sold in 2013 at Sotheby's. The painting, measuring 2.6 by 3 meters, was painted in 1953, which depicts a dark blue background with a vertical stripe blue color right in the middle. This is the last painting out of 6 created by the artist

• Zhu Cheng is considered to be a talented sculptor who helped Chinese students create the sculpture of Venus de Milo. Everything can be understood, but the creation itself consists entirely of excrement. One Swiss collector decided to purchase the piece for $45,000. So that visitors do not feel an unpleasant smell, the statue is in a glass box.

• Andreas Gursky had no idea when he took the picture of Rein in 1999 that the picture would fetch $4.3 million. This is the most expensive photograph ever sold at an auction in New York. Maybe the buyer was attracted by perfectly straight lines and dull boring weather? Only the buyer knows the answer to this question.

• Have you ever seen human hair leaves? Shereos Janine creates such items using human hair, sewing, twisting and joining them together. To bind the hairs, it is necessary to use water-soluble materials.

• Look at the sculptures that are made from a pile of rubbish. If you direct light at them, then clear images of people appear. Masters Webster Sue and Nobel Tim use various materials in the process of creation: wood, metal. As a result, recognizable images are obtained from the garbage.

• Talented artist Jane Perkins creates real masterpieces from plastic. She selects shades using the smallest details, creating works in 3d format. She managed to create a reproduction of the Girl with a Pearl Earring, a portrait of Mona Lisa, Queen Elizabeth II and US President Barack Obama.

• Funny figures are created by a talented Japanese sculptor Sayaki Hans. The material used is plastic. The master claims that each creation has its own soul, which he breathes into the created works. In all works, the dynamics of movement is clearly expressed.

• Erica Simmons creates celebrity portraits from cassette tape. The material used is a cassette tape with recordings of the singers themselves. Externally, the creations look more than convincing and deserve attention.

• Brian Detmer came up with an original purpose for the books. He creates sculptures from them, sealing the edges and creating monolithic structures. Then, with the help of tweezers and surgical knives, images are cut out.

• Jim Reinders decided to recreate the famous Stonehenge, located in the UK. An American sculptor built a full-scale replica using cars. It took him exactly 38 machines to create Carhenge. Maybe future descendants will consider this an observatory?

Amazing works of art are created all over the world, but here are just a few of them that attract the attention of the public and become popular. Maybe you also create some unusual and original sculptures, paintings, remaining in the shadows. In an instant, your life can turn upside down, and your hobby will bring fame and money. It is enough just to believe in what you are doing, and success will surely come. If you are engaged in unusual creativity, share in the comments.