# Photorealistic Confectionery Paintings Artist Howard Lee Uses a Paintbrush to Create Sweet Images By Ady Floyd | Published 2015-11-05 | Lifestyle Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/howard-lee References: [designtaxi](http://designtaxi.com/news/381595/Photorealistic-Paintings-Will-Have-You-Guessing-Real-Items-From-The-Fake/http://designtaxi.com/news/381595/Photorealistic-Paintings-Will-Have-You-Guessing-Real-Items-From-The-Fake/) & [instagram](https://instagram.com/howard__lee/) Artist Howard Lee creates divine [photorealistic paintings](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/painting-exhibition) of delicious candies using only paint and colored pencils. The images are so realistic that the consumer might immediately reach out a hand, just to test their luck at snatching a sweet treat. The artist utilizes social media to post images and hyper-accelerated time lapse videos of his creations. The videos are a way for Howard Lee to show his talents because he will create [confectionery treats](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/luis-gimeno) while incorporating [one piece of real candy](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pantlers-rations). This allows the consumers to seek out the candy that doesn't belong. For example, he created an image of jelly beans pouring out a bag and placed one real jelly bean alongside the fake ones. This artist’s talents are a combination of immaculate accuracy and playful tricks that allow the audience to be part of the experience through the interactive scavenger hunts. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.9/10 - Popularity: 57% | Activity: 23% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 30% men, 70% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Lifestyle](https://www.trendhunter.com/lifestyle) > [Food](https://www.trendhunter.com/food) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Photorealistic Art:** Opportunity for artists to create highly detailed and realistic artworks using new techniques and tools. - **Interactive Social Media Content:** Opening up avenues for artists to engage with their audience through interactive and visually captivating content on social media platforms. - **Scavenger Hunt Experiences:** Potential for businesses to create immersive and interactive experiences that engage customers in solving scavenger hunts. ### Where This Applies - **Art and Design:** Disruption opportunities for artists to leverage new techniques and mediums to create unique and engaging artworks. - **Social Media:** Innovation potential for social media platforms to enable interactive and immersive content creation and sharing. - **Entertainment and Hospitality:** Possibility for creating memorable and engaging experiences through immersive scavenger hunt activities for customers. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Fine Art-Covered Chocolates](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/m-cacao-artbars.md) - [Painterly Chocolate Bunny Kits](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/solid-chocolate-bunnies.md) - [Architectural Sugar Sculptures](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/a-story-of-salt-and-sugar.md) - [Candy-Like Colorful Glass Sculptures](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/gele-series.md) - [Confectionary Graffiti Murals](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/jolly-rancher-gummie.md) - [Street Art-Style Gummy Packaging](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/jolly-rancher-gummies.md) - [Design-Centric Dynamic Artful Cakes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/artful-cake.md) - [Vibrantly Colorful Dynamic Artwork](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/kayla-rumpp.md) - [Edible Artist-Created Gifts](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mothers-day-artist-collection.md)