Paint Chip Art

Found this paint chip Marilyn Monroe:

paint chip art

paint chip art marilyn

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Awesome! From Apartment Therapy.

There are more great ideas on the interweb:

paint chip art manet

And this one, which I luuuurve so much it was my computer wallpaper for a while:

paint chip art mod wall

Those last two are from Greenwala.

UPDATE:
A reader named Griffen sent a link to a Flickr set of a beautiful pixel mural in a Brooklyn pilates studio, made of 14,000 Post-It Notes cut into 1″ squares. This is awesome- thanks, Griffen!

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30 Responses to Paint Chip Art

  1. eggcomfort says:

    Wow, those are amazing! So inventive with beautiful artistic results.

  2. prettyproject says:

    I am a little dizzy now. The last one with the paint samples is very creative! :)

    http://www.theprettyproject.com

  3. BluEyedDaizy says:

    Why paint when you can paint chip? LOL! I love it! :D

  4. Flower Boy says:

    Manets at the bar folies bergere – amazing!

  5. esvobod2 says:

    I wonder if the employees at the paint store got suspicious?

  6. hopevictoria says:

    So great! Very professional.

  7. Steven Harris says:

    Warhol would be proud.
    http://doctorbeatnik.wordpress.com/

  8. arman says:

    Warhol would be proud

  9. arman says:

    So great! Very professional. my web :http://www.mugglehub.orq.ir

  10. I love ‘em! High art out of common every day materials. Nice.

  11. DecalDude says:

    Nice article. That Marylin pic is awesome.

  12. adiblogger says:

    wow! imagine the time they pent and invested! respect!

  13. Griffen says:

    Dilectible creative juices are just flowing out of this idea. It reminds me of a pilates studio in brooklyn, that did something partially similar ;)

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/russellelbert/2897705069/in/set-72157607566116028/

  14. randomthoughtsflowthorughlikepencilonpaper says:

    I love the fish one !! :D

  15. ashleythinks says:

    I don’t have the patience! haha

  16. Most impressive! I’m tempted to do it myself.

  17. just more ways to make great pieces of art, nicely done, (http://www.redlinemg.net)

  18. globalinternational says:

    its awesome.

  19. gwbankowned says:

    i would have never have thought to do that with paint chips, what a good way to outlet creativity.
    - http://www.gwbankowned.com

  20. kcjacinto89 says:

    wow! i was stunned!

    this is GENIUS!!!

  21. Alex Handers says:

    I also love the wall with the paints samples ;)

    Reminds me of that artist who printed digital pictures with pixels centimeters large…! Can’t remember his name now :(

  22. Kristy Towery says:

    That is so smart! I love it!! What a cheap and resourseful project!

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