Theses amazing portrait were created by Michael Aaron Williams. He took ledger paper from the 1920s and 30s and carefully brushed layers of coffee on, to form beautiful arts of work.
"Coffee is great medium because it has a natural organic colour. It seems to just fit right in to the natural colours found in antique paper. It can be used very much like watercolours except it's less expensive and it smells great! You just have to brew it strong" - Williams
"I also use some ink for the darker areas because one drawback of coffee is that it can get brittle and shiny when you make it too dark so it helps troubleshoots this problem. It can get a little stickier than watercolor but you get used to it." - Williams
Williams found this ancient paper in an abandoned Appalachian store that was owned by his great, great grandparents.
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