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Johnnyinthe56 Art & Life Blog — football

What I Think About When I'm Not Thinking About Football or Art...

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What I Think About When I'm Not Thinking About Football or Art...

So the football season is well and truly over and life's other distractions can take over for a few short weeks. A moment to draw breath and look about us before the next season, with all it's excitement arrives! So, I was thinking about things other than football and here are some of highlights, in no particular order!   Posca pens - these are great art pens - they're my favourite art thing - I know I said not thinking about football or art, but that's not really possible. Waterslides & roller coasters - they please my inner-child. Joe Strummer's...

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Time For A Bit Of A Clear Out! ART SALE!!!

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Time For A Bit Of A Clear Out! ART SALE!!!

Spring is properly here now, and the longer, brighter days, are making me feel a bit restless and that I need to be moving more. So I'm having a bit of a clear out . I'm going through my stuff bit by bit and just clearing out anything that I don't really like or use and more. It's really energizing - I've found a few things that were lost and seen a few bits and pieces to inspire some new ideas for paintings along the way. Anything that can be reused has been donated, so all in all a pretty...

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March Murals....

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March Murals....

If you follow me on Instagram you'll have noticed that for the last few months my feed has been full of the mural work I'm doing at Elland Road the home of LUFC. I've been having a fantastic time, working in collaboration with the artist and author Rob Endeacott and between us we're once again transforming the East Stand stairwells with our Leeds United themed murals, featuring players from the past and present. You can see it all here, on my Instagram feed. If you're interested in taking a look at my LUFC inspired art, you can view it here:...

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New art drop this week....

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New art drop this week....

Hi, it's been another busy week! I've been spending a lot of time at Elland Road East Stand working on the murals - follow me on Instagram and you'll see the daily progress pictures. If you have a mural project you can find out more about what I do on the website Johnnyinthe56 murals page. We've also added more of the 100's of art pieces to the website: Another Steve McQueen portrait - this one pictured. A piece of Space Art called 'The Lost Planet'. And a Scooby Doo inspired monster painting. Have a great week! Johnnyinthe56

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