Artist captures every meal

A British artist has kept a record of every meal he has eaten for the past year by painting every single morsel that passes his lips.

A British artist has kept a record of every meal he has eaten for the past year by painting every morsel that passes his lips.

David Meldrum, from Essex, South East England, has illustrated everything he has consumed since June 2010, from Vietnamese delicacies to TV dinners served in plastic trays.

Using watercolour, collage, ink, pen and acrylics, the results of the experiment revealed he scoffed a total of 122 Cadbury Freddo chocolate bars, 1,360 cups of coffee and 305 pints of lager.

He said: "I take a digital photo of everything and keep any packaging. The illustration takes anything from one-and-a-half to two hours, depending on the quantity of subject matter.

He added: "I never missed a day as I would only have been cheating myself. Now the project is over I will have time to assess and reflect on my diet!"