On March 24th 2020 the UK went into lockdown because of Covid 19. As this was rather terminal to my entertainment career, I decided to challenge myself by asking people for suggestions of what to draw. So the ‘Lockdown Art Challenge’ was born. First broadcast on the 23rd March, I asked for art topics. I then spent that day creating before unveiling my creation the next day. below is everything I have created on the show.
Week One
The Music Man
Thrud the Barbarian
Vent Puppets
Dr. Who
In support of the NHS
In support of the NHS
Week Two
Stuck in Lockdown
Timmy Taylor
The Chicken Project
The Chicken Project Download
80’s Kids TV
Blackadder
Four Candles
Balloon Aquarium Installation
Balloon Aquarium Installation
Balloon Aquarium Installation
Balloon Aquarium Installation
Balloon Aquarium Installation
Mike Hammer
The Four Horsemen
Building the Pyramids
In support of the NHS
First live draw
Week Three
At the start of Week Three I decided to push myself further by having people suggest subjects live on the show and I tried to incorporate them together in a drawing. It all got a bit weird after that!
Two Monkeys in a bath
Isolation Imagination
In Honour of Honour
Two Fish in a Tank
Welsh Dragon
NHS Superhero
NHS Superhero Download
Magicians fighting outside Winchester Cathedral
Painted for the Good Friday Service at St. Margarets Church, Rainham
Two Penguins on an iceberg
Hot cross bunnies
Week Four
Missed Show
In memory of our balloon fish
Good Idea?
Easter Animal Bonnett
In memory of the 96
Multi tasking
TV Chefs
NHS Thursday
Howdy!
A bird who’s swallowed a plate
Halfway to Heaven
Animal Band
A new feature on the show, The weekly Compilation. Created from all the ideas received I did not use during the weeks speed draws.
Week 4 Compilation
Week Five
Left Behind
Unfair
Captain Tom’s 100th Birthday
The Green Side
Squiggle Game
Drawing of Rachel
Christmas Stick Insect
NHS Thursday
In Trouble again!
Octopus DJ
Week 5 Compilation
The black and white cartoon was done for Captain Tom Moore’s 100th Birthday and a greetings card was created from this and sent to him.
Week Six
Good work Boris?
3D Animal Band
Zoom Last Supper
Sorry!
Pigs in Space
NHS Thursday
Pole Dancing Frogs
Key Workers
London Trip
First watercolour
Week 6 Compilation
Week Seven
Cube painting
Week Eight
This week started a more reserved style, drawing and painting more slowly.
Minesweeping the 19
Week Nine
Week Ten
Week Eleven
Week Twelve
This was the first day of the second week. Over the weekend I had decided to take on a different challenge. The Bake Off Challenge! Given a kettle as a subject my wife and I would create a cake in the shape of a kettle! This turned out to be far more difficult than we had expected! Especially when it turned out we had limited resources and equipment.
Bake Off Challenge Week 2, A Biscuit Chess Set
Bake Off Challenge Week 3, A Gingerbread House of Cards.
We forgot to take photos before the testing, so the top part of the house is made of alternate biscuits not used in the actual challenge.
Bake Off Challenge Week 4, A Meringue Easter Bonnet.
