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Ellie Kemp

Artist unveils 12-bedroom mansion covered in doodles

A British artist has unveiled his special 12-bedroom mansion - which he's covered from floor to ceiling in doodles.

Sam Cox, known as Mr Doodle, and his wife Alena revealed the details of the impressive property in a video on social media over the weekend. The house, which is located in Tenterden, Kent, has been scrawled inside and out with the artist's trademark monochrome, cartoonish hand-drawn doodles.

The project has taken Mr Doodle two years to complete and the home now features his designs on every surface and object from his bedding to crockery. Some 900 litres of white emulsion paint, 401 cans of black spray paint, 286 bottles of black drawing paint and 2,296 pen nibs were used to complete the mammoth task.

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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. I am so excited that my doodles now have a permanent home in the UK.”

Mr Doodle, his wife and their dog now plan to make the living artwork their permanent home. 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.

The Doodle House will be home to Mr Doodle, his wife and their dog (PA Wire/PA Images)

The artist’s videos on social media have attracted millions of views. 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).

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