A woman takes a photo of a portrait of David at an art exhibition in Chongqing. (Photo/Chinanews.com)
An elderly Chongqing artist created a pretty impressive three-dimensional portrait of the head of Michelangelo's David by using only tiny wooden sticks, Chinanews.com reported.
Tang Jialu, a 68-year-old art enthusiast from Hechuan district spent two and a half months and 87,000 toothpicks creating the portrait with the help of a friend.
Tang said he started experimenting with various unusual items in his painting about two years ago, such as beans, rapeseeds, nails, buttons and cotton buds to create different kinds of images.
Tang's artwork, displayed at an art exhibition in Chongqing, attracted quite a lot of attention with visitors showing particular interest in his David portrait.
