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Mr doodle artist10/4/2023 The BBC was treating him as if he'd invented a completely new way of creating art - which is what prompted this post. He has gone on to open solo museum shows in Shanghai and Shenzhen in China and set a new auction record by selling an original Doodle canvas for just under one million US dollars (£888,775).I watched a news item on BBC Breakfast TV this morning about a chap called " Mr Doodle" (his real name is actually Sam Cox). The artist’s videos on social media have attracted millions of views. Mr Doodle and his wife and dog plan to make the living artwork their permanent home (Gareth Fuller/PA) PA Wire/PA Images - Gareth Fuller To show off the creation, he has also produced a stop motion film which he said he created entirely by himself with 1,857 photographs taken between September 2020 and September 2022. Mr Doodle, his wife Alena and their dog now plan to make the living artwork their permanent home. The artist began drawing his monochrome, cartoonish style on the house two years ago (Gareth Fuller/PA) PA Wire/PA Images - Gareth Fuller “I am so excited that my doodles now have a permanent home in the UK.” The 28-year-old artist said: “The completion of the Doodle House is just the beginning of my childhood dream to doodle the entire planet and to encourage the art world to recognise doodles as an art form. Sam Cox, aka Mr Doodle, with his wife Alena in the Doodle House (Gareth Fuller/PA) PA Wire/PA Images - Gareth Fuller The project was completed using 900 litres of white emulsion paint, 401 cans of black spray paint, 286 bottles of black drawing paint and 2,296 pen nibs. The home now features his designs on every surface and object from his bedding to crockery. British artist Sam Cox has unveiled his latest project, the Doodle House, which he has covered inside and out in his signature hand-drawn doodles.Ĭox, aka Mr Doodle, began drawing his monochrome, cartoonish style over every inch of the 12-room house in Tenterden, Kent, two years ago.
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