Paint Handy has a microfiber cloth that holds up to a pint of paint without spilling, even if you hold it upside down. The paint transfers easily to a brush or roller, and you can put excess paint back to its container.

Using nothing but Pantone color swatches, artist Nick Smith creates pixelated versions of famous works of art which look become more and more accurate the further away you view them from.

Artist Michael Aaron Williams creates amazing images by painting coffee and ink on sheets antique ledger paper. We’re particularly smitten with the image of the women with buildings and trees for hair, and the bears are truly awesome.

David Irvine loves to get paintings from yard sales, thrift shops or from the street and then paints in pop culture elements to humorous effect. On one hand, this makes the original art stand out. On the other hand, ceiling cat.

If vanilla paintball doesn’t get your pulse racing anymore, try what the folks at Pimpstarlife Clothing Co. did. They brought dirt bikes to the battlefield and let chaos and hilarity reign.

(NSFW: Language, Crude humor) One person has figured out a way to get us to look at fine art – by imagining what their subjects’ text messages would be like. Apparently most of them are drunk, horny or both.

As we sat and stared at this masked speed painter work his magic, we tried to figure out who his subject was the whole time. But it’s not until the last few seconds that his true ability to render portraits is revealed.

Established by Mehdi Ghadyanloo and backed by the government of Tehran, Blue Sky Painters turns drab buliding facades in Iran’s capital into murals with eye-catching illusions or drawings that interact with their surroundings.

Put the pain in paintball with RAP4’s made-to-order replica of the Breda M37, a heavy machine gun used in World War II. It has an automatic paintball feeder and semi-auto, 3-shot and full-auto firing modes.

YouTuber Benjamin Dalsgaard Hughes shares this trippy painting in Windsor, England that reveals a different perspective depending on how you look at it. The trick is simpler than you think. We wonder if it works just as well in person.

LA indie rockers Warpaint turn in a download-worthy rendition of David Bowie’s 1980 classic in a backstage performance during Glastonbury 2014. Fortunately, you can find the track on the 2010 tribute album We Were So Turned On.

Loren Stump makes murrine – glass artwork made by layering different colors of molten glass and then stretching them into a rod. When the rod cools, the intended pattern will be seen in the rod’s cross section.

Artist John Poppleton has created a series of body paintings wherein he uses fluorescent painting and then photographs the finished work under ultraviolet light, making the fluorescent pigments stand out. More here and here.

TapPainter is an iPad app that virtually repaints walls. It accounts for the lighting conditions in your room and lets you try out different paint brands. There’s also a Kickstarter for an Android and iPhone version.

Gyula Benczúr’s The Recapture of Buda Castle in 1686 painstakingly recreated in 3D by graphic artist Zsolt Ekho Farkas. It took him a total of about two months to complete. Learn more about how he made it on Behance.

The music video for Forever, a track from Painted Palms’ eponymous debut album. If you’re a fan of Tame Impala, Best Coast, Panda Bear and other psychedelic surfer pop (yes, that’s a genre) then give these guys a listen.

A promising project is underway by two Oscar-winning animation studios. Custom proprietary painting animation tech and some support from you will hopefully make the world’s first fully-painted feature film, Loving Vincent, a reality.

Eclectic Asylum Art spent a total of 50 hours making this realistic portrait of Santa Claus on Microsoft Paint. It’s not as jaw dropping as Kyle Lambert’s iPad finger painting, but come on. It’s freaking Microsoft Paint.

Artist Kyle Lambert used the Procreate app on his iPad to make an incredibly realistic painting. It’s a replica of a photographed portrait of Morgan Freeman taken by Scott Gries. It took Kyle over 200 hours to finish the portrait.

Combining the art of candymaking with a more traditional medium, Nendo’s edible chocolate paint tubes are filled with delicious “pigments” like strawberry, melon, brandy and blueberry. Too bad they’re only available in Japan.

(NSFW: Language) Sign Painters is a documentary by Faythe Levine and Sam Macon about an invisible – and slowly dying – artform. Features interviews with sign painters in the U.S. It also has a companion book. More here.

What happens when you cover a car with thermochromic paint and it gets wet? Something pretty cool, as shown in this clip of a Nissan Skyline that’s been pimped out with the stuff. It’s also great for messing with car wash workers.

Ukrainian artist Oleg Shuplyak creates surreal portraits which double as optical illusions. Each image offers at least two completely different perspectives on its subject matter thanks to his clever composition.