When Accidental Art Is Better Than Your Actual Art (202 Pics)

Some people study art and go through years of practice until they create a masterpiece. Or at least something close to that. And others make breath-taking contemporary art without even intending to. Bored Panda has compiled a list of accidental art to show that sometimes the most beautiful art is just pure luck. Have you created an accidental masterpiece? Then add it to the list below and don’t forget to vote for your favorite!

#1 The Guy At Walmart Looked At Me Like I Was Weird For Taking A Picture Of My Paint Before He Could Mix It. I Thought It Was Awesome

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#2 Deer Formed From An Accidental Drop Of Black Paint

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#3 I Accidentally Painted A Silhouette Of A Forest In My Last Sip Of Coffee

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#4 My Daughter Dumped Out Her Acrylics In The Sink

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#5 Work In A Paint Store, The Tint Came Out Looking Like A Volcano Erupting

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#6 She Chose The Wrong Place To Take A Nap

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#7 Polished Layers Of Car Paint From An Old Factory In Detroit

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#8 How It Looked After Tinting Paste Dropped Into Paint

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#9 This Is What Happens When The Triple Foam Breaks At The Car Wash

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#10 My Paint Fell On The Floor And It Looks Way Better Than Anything I’ve Done

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#11 Truck With 14 Tons Of Paint Rolls Over Painting The Road In Vibrant Colors

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#12 The Sink After A Day Of Art

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#13 When Your Camera Hangs At Your Side And Randomly Shots

#14 Rain + Pollen

#15 This Pattern Of Bubbles In A Squeeze Of Acrylic Paint

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#16 After Easter Clean Up

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#17 New York Skyline Accidentally Taken From A Tour Boat

#18 Beer Whale … Poured A Beer Into My Glass How The Foam Came Together After A Few Minutes ….

#19 Paint Truck Breaks Long Standing Speed Record – Hits 88 Mph

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#20 Dried Top On Printing Ink Tin

#21 A Splodge Of Paint Flew Of My Roller

#22 What The Plumber Left In Our Bathtub After He Was Gone…

#23 Japanese Art Teacher Photographs Aftermath Of Cleaning Up An Acrylic Paint Spill

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#24 My Son Staring At His Plate At Dinner Time: “huh? I Made A Horsey With My Sauce!”

#25 Pollen, Algae And Leafs In The Water Of The Baltic Sea At Swedens East Coast.

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#26 Accidentally Perfect Wood Chip

#27 Walls Of A Salt Mine In Romania

#28 This Moss On A Wall Of A Cemetary Looks Like A Shadowy Gathering Of People From The 1800s.

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#29 Ink Accidentally Made A Dragon

#30 A Glass With A Floating Moth In My Sink

#31 Nature’s Art

#32 Live Web Camera That Overlooks Dubrovnik (king’s Landing) Didn’t Load As Fast As I Expected

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#33 Created Jellyfish By Accidently Stepping On Wet Paint

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#34 Car Wash

#35 Accidental Art… In A Sink

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#36 My Watercolor Box After Taking Out The Colors To Clean It!

#37 The Cosmic Depths Of Dirty Dishwater

#38 Peeled Banana Reveals Phoning Cyclist

#39 Forest On The Side Of My Van Created By Dust And Rain

#40 My Egg Cracked Open While Being Boiled And Formed A Duck #painfulreminder

#41 I’m A Food Stylist. That’s What Happens When You Mix Food Colouring And Coffee

#42 Coffee Stain

#43 Cup Where Watercolors And Acrylic Paint Brushes Are Washed Off

#44 Accidental Camera Shot… At Melbourne Sealife Aquarium

#45 The Horse Of Fire

#46 The Face Of Winter

#47 My Coffee Loves Me

#48 My Hands Shaking Because Of The Cold Wind At A Trip To The Eiffel Tower In Paris.

#49 I Accidentally Painted A Unicorn With Frothed Milk…

#50 Sky Dragon Over The West Virginia State Line

#51 Forces Of Nature

#52 Look, Mum! A Snowy Sleepingbag!

#53 The Underside Of My Yogurt Lid Looks Like A Haunted Graveyard

#54 Paint Awaiting Its Fate!

#55 Sand Painting – Not By Hand But By The Wind.

#56 Art Nature!

#57 Old Paint On A Rusted Container

#58 Did Some Hand Sewin, Threw Leftover Threads In Garbage Cane

#59 Construction Workers Reveal Art

#60 School Is Cool.

#61 My Painting Glass

#62 Saw This Pig When In My Washcloth.

#63 Finished My Meal And Found A Unicorn!

#64 Dumped A Bunch Of Glass Gems In The Sink To Clean

#65 Smiling Eggs Before Being Scrambled!

#66 Underwater Pensive Cat Painted By The Sun

#67 Preparing Dinner

#68 Spilt Chocolate Milk On My Stacked Notepads – One Of Them Dried Like This

#69 My Coffee Decided To Smile

#70 Oil Spill, Paint And Old Paint

#71 Dipped Her Finger In Butter And A Duck Came Out!

#72 Tint Added To Paint Base Before Mixing. Looks Like A Combination Of Deep Sea And Deep Space.

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#73 Mold In The Form Of A Tree

#74 One Colour, But So Many Shades

#75 Raindrops On My Sun Roof

#76 Red Cabbage

#77 Super Happy “ninja Turtle” Soap Bar

#78 Thought It’d Be Fast But Took With 1/10

#79 #accidentalart #paintinabucket

#80 Direct Hit. Bird Poop Art On The Side Of A Lexus.

#81 Ghost Appeared Under The Papertowl Cleaning Coffee And Sugar Off The Countertop

#82 Dried Paint In A Cup That I Soaked In Water

#83 One Man’s Junkyard – Barn Wall.

#84 Dragon

#85 I Spilled The Flax Seeds Atwork And Was Too Chicken To Clean It Up.

#86 Car Wash Soap

#87 An Arctic Cold Front And Strong Gales Coat The St. Joseph (mi) Lighthouse In Ice

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#88 Happy Tractor :)

#89 Accidental Garden Shot

#90 I Cleaned My Brush And Got A Pretty Donkey.

#91 My Half-washed-out Silkscreen After Printing Shirts For Some Landscaping Business.

#92 Wall Deco, Jw Marriot Marquis, Dubai

#93 Kids Behind A Fabric Screen During A Festival In Toronto

#94 Little Girl In Beer Foam

#95 Picture Taken From A Motor Boat In Bako National Park, Malaysia Ends Up Looking Like A Painting

#96 Windows Of Light

#97 Tried To Take A Picture Of A Dog In A Car Next To Me And Accidentally Moved.

#98 Rain Against Grate

#99 Creepy Monster In The Sky..

#100 I Was Eating My Fruit Cocktail From The Can Whilst Building A Stadium In 2006. It Smiled Back.

#101 The Sun Shone Through The Window, Turning Dust Into Magic…

#102 Fire Making Its Own Art

#103 Four Leaved Clover – Capsicum (bell Pepper)

#104 Paint Rag, After Months Of Making Art It Becomes Art Itself.

#105 Bird Poo On The Sidewalk

#106 What Happens If You Accidentally Press The Shutter Button As You Put Your Phone In Your Pocket

#107 Windshield During The Elite Carwash.

#108 Drapery Dropcloth As Art

#109 T.p. Weiner Dog On My Dogs Nose

#110 We Dropped Some Play Sand And Accidentally Made A Swan.

#111 Air Elemental Anyone? :)

#112 1557 Channels And Nothing’s On (my Cracked Hdtv)

#113 A Bunch Of Old Photos Got Left In The Rain

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#114 Green Tea Latte Giraffe!

#115 A Tree In My Ipa

#116 Ribcage In My Ipa

#117 I Think Cheese And I Go Well Together!

#118 I Knew This Pic Would Come In Handy One Day. This Was After The Mural I Painted

#119 Tupperware Flare

#120 Ghost / Face – Capsicum (bell Pepper)

#121 Very Ancient Lettering Made By Dried Vines On A Wire

#122 The Remaining Water After I Threw Dead Flowers Out.

#123 Milk, Food Coloring, Dish Detergent Science Experiment Made A Tree!

#124 Hardened Surfboard Resin On The Floor

#125 My Ipod Case Is Pink, And Covering Up Some Of My Flashlight. Took This Pic In The Dark And…

#126 Ned Kelly Water Drip Portrait

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#127 Ice Cream Monster, Attacked On Christmas Day!!!

#128 Independence Day 2003 With Nikon Coolpix

#129 Mud Spattered On Black Car

#130 Alien Invasion

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#131 The Velveeta Virgin (and Baby Cheeses)

#132 Moo Shu Jesus

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#133 Section Of Board Where I Randomly Clean Off My Paintbrushes.

#134 Dropped Some Bathfoam Shaped As A Heart

#135 Beer Is Magical!

#136 Hair After A Life In Color Concert

#137 My Daughter Mixed Paint Together And Got This Magical Thing

#138 Candy Dust!

#139 Drips Of Gelato Form Interesting Pattern

#140 Bird Poo Created Lady In Dress

#141 Diver By Accident

#142 Phoenix In Milk And Food Coloring – Trinityhawk ©

#143 Soap Sudz…on My Window!

#144 Nature Adding Beauty To Something Not So Beautiful.

#145 I Accidentally Washed An Analog Film Roll…

#146 Chere Pickers, Dusk, At The Whitestone Bridge

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#147 Tri-berry

#148 Our Lady Of Chicle (aka The Abc Virgin) (looks Like Michelangelo’s Pieta, Except Gum)

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#149 Fish Swimming In My Beer

#150 Pastel Chalk Empty Drawers

#151 Jello In The Sink

#152 Surprised Eggs!

#153 Neon Owl

#154 Accidentally Moved While Taking A Picture Of A Dog In A Car.

#155 I ❤️ Windmills

#156 Pour Acrylic Color In A Sink

#157 Ned Kelly Water Drip Portrait

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#158 Heart Of Mushrooms

#159 This Light In My Rav4 Looks Like A Face.

#160 I Took Pics Of My Son And Nephew Playing, It Was Really Bright Outside

#161 My Trip To Nyc

#162 Creepy Sweet Potato Face

#163 A Stegosaurus And A Giraffe In My Cocoa Nibs

#164 Angle Dove Rising To Heaven – Trinityhawk ©

#165 In The Sink…

#166 Moonscape

#167 Exploded Black Gesso

#168 Worked At Walgreens, Found This In The Photo Trash, Took It Home And Got It Framed.

#169 Acrylic Paint Mixing Palette That Turned Out To Be A Mountain Scene.

#170 Took The Pic Too Soon. Fireworks That Look Like A Sperm…

#171 Mother Nature, Bears Walking Up The Mesa.

#172 #180 My Friend Took This Photo At A Party

#173 “…you Talkin’ To Me?”

#174 When My Water Color Palette Becomes A Face.

#175 The Time I Was Going To Bed And Accidentally Snapped This.

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#176 The Invisible Worm – I Picked Up A Blob Of Melted Wax To Form Neck And It Was A Male Torso

#177 Green Tea Heart-shaped Residue

#178 Big Bag Wolf…huffing And Puffing (over The Croton Reservoir, Croton, Ny)

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#179 A Big, Fat, Sloppy, Wet Kiss From God… (totally Unretouched)

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#180 Sunset Looks Like Forest Fire

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#181 Tomato Face

#182 Maxfield Parrish Sky (hudson Valley)

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#183 My “pimp My Bottle” Using Nail Polish

#184 I ❤️ Windmills

#185 Shadowshot

#186 Nature’s Art

#187 Playing With The Curtains!

#188 After Dumping Out The Kid’s Sidewalk Paint

#189 Shanghai At Night From A Tour Boat

#190 Bird Poop On The Trunk Of My Car.

#191 Seeing Through Light, Selfie, Guggenheim Item Abu Dhabi

#192 E Motion

#193 I ❤️ Windmills

#194 Stretching Tree! She Is Beautiful.

#195 Selfie In The Global Village, Dubai

#196 My Kid Dropped Their Frootloops On The Floor #helping

#197 Parking Deck Walls

#198 When Your Hair Is Pink…

#199 Accidental Crowd Shot Taken By Ph Camera

#200 Wine Stain

#201 Wasabi Poo?