“Mr Doodle”
‘Living work of art’: British artist doodles all over his mansion and Tesla
“I’ve always wanted to live in a completely doodled house,” says Sam Cox, aka “Mr. Doodle.”
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During the corona-related lockdown, the artist “Mr. Doodle” was forced to spend a lot of time at home. He used this to fulfill a childhood dream – he doodled all over his house.
British artist Sam Cox’s estate in Kent in southern England has 13 rooms – and he has scribbled in each of these rooms down to the smallest detail. Bedding, toilet seats, cooking utensils, doors and even the exterior of the house – no surface was spared from his drawings. “I’ve always wanted to live in a completely doodled house,” Cox, aka “Mr. Doodle,” told the Washington Post on Tuesday.
“It’s a living work of art,” said the 28-year-old. Last week, the Brit published a video on social media, which has since been viewed millions of times. It shows a time-lapse video in which he draws his entire house by hand bit by bit – over a period of two years.
Even as a child, he drew the furniture and walls of his room
For the 28-year-old, the most natural way to create art and the most instinctive process is to pick up a pen and start drawing. Even as a child, he filled hundreds of paper packets with drawings. He then asked his parents if he could start drawing on the furniture and walls of his bedroom, to which Cox said after “a little persuasion” they agreed.
The pandemic-related lockdown in the UK played a crucial role in his latest project. “We were forced to be indoors and my main project was so easily accessible because that’s where we live,” says the artist. First he drew on the walls and furniture in the bedrooms, eventually working his way down from the upper floor to the lower floor. Finally, he sprayed the exterior of his property and his car, a Tesla.
Hundreds of liters and cans of paint
If Cox made a mistake while drawing, he didn’t fix it. “The nature of a Doodle is to let it be,” he says. In total, the doodle project used 900 liters of white paint, 401 cans of black spray paint and 286 bottles of black drawing paint, as well as 2296 replaceable pen tips.