Heinz ED-chup: Man paints portrait of Ed Sheeran out of KETCHUP

By Douglas Whitbread via SWNS

These stunning photos show a portrait of Ed Sheeran made out of tomato KETCHUP.

The "Bad Habits" singer appealed on social media for an emoji to be made of the famous red sauce.

And Nathan Wyburn, 30, who often makes portraits from food, responded to the singer’s request with the artwork saying: "At least I made you this”.

The striking piece features the platinum-selling singer peeping out from beneath his tousled red hair while resting his head on a bottle of Heinz “Tomato Edchup”.

The unusual bottle featured in an ad campaign the household brand ran in 2019 to celebrate its 150th anniversary, which was fronted by the singer-songwriter.

Despite replying to Ed Sheeran on Twitter, the singer didn’t immediately write back to Wyburn to say if he approved of the unique portrait.

Ed is facing court proceedings over allegations that he may have plagiarized parts of his hit song "Shape of You".

The pop banger has been streamed over 3 billion times on Spotify, the most of any track on the music platform.

But songwriters Sami Chokri and Ross O’Donoghue have accused him of taking parts of a song they wrote, called “Oh Why” to create it.

The lawsuit dates back to 2018, and since that point, the royalties from it – estimated to be around £20m – have been frozen.