How to use coffee as paint

Coffee Painting Workshops / Coffee Painting Parties

All workshops include a coffee painting kit with instruction and all necessary painting materials. They can be taught in private homes, community centers or business establishments. Individual private lessons are available. Sessions are 2 hours.

Some things you will be learning about painting with coffee

  • Experimenting with Value and Texture

  • Working with layers

  • Erasing Coffee ~ Moving Mud

  • Backgrounds and composition

  • Working with pencil lead mixed with coffee

  • How to use a Water Brush

  • Advantages of a kneaded or putty eraser

  • Importance of using High quality Watercolor paper

  • Why Paper Towels & Clean Water are a Must.

Coffee Painting Workshops can take place in the private homes. 

Home of Artist Eileen Ormiston.
There was a mix of beginners and well seasoned painters. Clearly something new and inspirational awakened everyone. More proof for me that there is something about painting with coffee that puts in into a new Comfort Zone. Beginners are encouraged because they realize that they really can paint and those more advanced are surprised by the new possibilities that coffee brings to their palette.

There are many things to be discovered while painting with coffee.