Painting World Records

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.

Suvodeep Chatterjee created the 896 square feet, 35 feet by 25.6 feet, “Save The World”, a multi colored painting in acrylic paint, using only his mouth. Learn more about the feat here.

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.

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

Micro-tip painter Shaik Ameerjan created 63 paintings of India's national heroes on tamarind seeds. The seeds average 168 square millimeters in size. The painting marathon lasted six hours, 12 minutes. He set the record to celebrate India's 63rd Republic Day.

As part of the "Dream Big - Read" summer reading program, Ingvild Herfindahl and her friends from Kasson Public Library blow-painted 160 dandelions on a table.

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

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.

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

Sujit Das created a painting measuring 4 centimeters in length and 3.5 centimeters in width.

Suzanne Kraus Mancuso painted 1,500 paintings of churches, temples and shrines.

Doug McManaman balanced a painting of Canada geese by Ted Evans on his thumb for one minute, 38.88 seconds.

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.

C. Kausik from SPK Schools in Namakkal, India created a thumbprint painting measuring 10 meters wide and 10 meters long. Dr. S.Prabu Kumar, chairman of the school institution, organized the record.

A group of students from SPK Schools in Namakkal, India created a footprint painting measuring 30 meters wide and 30 meters long. Dr. S.Prabu Kumar, chairman of the school institution, organized the record.