Painting World Records  

Atmakuru Ramakrishna, an innovation artist, used his fingers and hands as tools to paint 100 landscapes in a record 13 hours, 26 minutes. The paintings use oil medium and were painted on 100 12" x 16" stretched canvases. The record was set at the Indian Institute of Science campus on May 20, 2010.

166 artists who attended the Saint Louis Art Fair painted on the same canvas without using black. The finished piece was bought by Ale Uchitelle. To see the list of artists who created this work, click here.

103 artists who attended the Saint Louis Art Fair painted on the same canvas without using blue. To see the list of artists who created this work, click here.

1,175 students from SPK Schools in Namakkal, India handprint painted the Indian National Flag at once. Dr. S.Prabu Kumar, chairman of the school institution, organized the record.

156 participants of "Painting by the Lake" event painted plein air at once in Long Jetty, Australia. The event was hosted by the Central Coast Watercolour Society Inc.

400 students from Chinmaya Matriculation School in Coimbatore, India painted the national flag of India at once.

1,106 students at Bharathiyar Matriculation School in Salem, India participated in a group fingerprint painting.

Sujit Das built a paintbrush measuring 28 feet in length, 4.40 feet in breadth, and 22 kilograms in weight. He used the brush to paint portraits of Mahatma Gandhi, Sahid Bhagat Singh, and Bishna Prasad Rabha at Govt. Boys High School in Nagaon, India.

Nick Stoeberl painted a replica of the Eiffel Tower on a canvas using only his tongue. The painting measures 10 inches in width and 30 inches in height. He set the record to raise money for French Red Cross after terrorist attacks struck Paris, France. See all his paintings here.

Nick Stoeberl painted a beaver on a canvas using his tongue. The painting measures 24 inches in width and 36 inches in height.

Gurmej Singh created "The Transcendental," a 3444.91-meter (11,302 feet, 2.11 inches) long painting. He set the record to raise awareness about liberty, well-being, and the role of women in society. It took Singh 38 days to finish the whole masterpiece. The painting was displayed on the bank of the Grand Rapids River in Michigan, USA.

A student at the Chinmaya Matriculation School in Coimbatore, India made a portrait of the national flag of India that measures 216.23 meters in length.

A group of students at Chinmaya Matriculation School in Coimbatore, India made a finger painting that measures 504.75 meters in length.

Mark Evans bounced a tennis ball on the top of a spray paint can 1,108 times.

Parijoy Saha painted an abstract work of art using his bare hands in 0.92 of a second.

Parijoy Saha completed 51 paintings in 35 minutes using his bare hands. Read more about the feat here.