Ink made from Root Beer

Canadian artist Marcel Dzama works with ink made from root beer - now you can too! It's cheap, easy and the results are quite nice to work with.

Step 1 Find yourself some natural root beer.

Look for root beers with sasparilla in them - this natural colorant will last longer than the molasses and dyes used in your average soda pop.

Comments

[Marx047]

Pretty sweet way of making ink; that Marcel Dzama guy makes weird paintings though (and way to pricy for his kindergarten art).

[phoenyxashe]

I've come across people painting with coffee and tea, but this is the first time I've seen root beer! Cool stuff!

[Oryctolagus habilis]

Aaah! All that wonderful root beer gone to waste! What a fantastic idea, though.

[lemonie]

And he's asking $3,000 for UNTITLED (nude woman births cowboy), 1998 Ink, watercolor, root beer 12 x 9 inches?! L

[theRIAA]

ahahhaah

cool ink though!

[SicilianMafia]

wow....how is that guy gonna sell anything with those prices with that quality of art. Coll stuff though.

[inkfed]

@guardianfox - doesn't appear to be any issues, I've had one on my walls for almost 2 years now, not even sticky to the touch. I wondered that, too. @lemonie - he's still got mad style - the pic above is one I did as a class assignment to emulate an artist @theRIAA - thanks! I really like the look of it.