scooj

5930. Cumberland Basin

Bean, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, March 2024

I suspect that this is just a little taster of what is to come from Bean later on this year, as he dropped a couple of pieces during what I suspect was an early spring break from his studies. His work is really developing well, and his stylised cartoon characters are each so unique.

I like the way that Bean has added a bit of a buffer around his character, allowing it to stand out a little better from the ‘noise’ or artwork that he has overpainted, it certainly makes a significant difference to the outcome. I would love to see some of his work on a fully buffed wall, maybe this summer. This piece is a cracker, and the character feels really animated, with lots of movement in his hair and from the spray can.

5929. Dean Lane skate park (701)

Kid Crayon and SPZero76, Dean Lane, Bristol, March 2024

What an absolute pleasure to see SPZero76 and Kid Crayon teaming up this spring to bring us some more EAT Crew joy. This is a fabulous collaboration celebrating the Terminator film franchise, painted in the styles of the two artists, but remaining reasonably honest to the film’s characters. The middle ‘liquid metal’ section spells out EAT.

Kid Crayon, Dean Lane, Bristol, March 2024

On the left, is a brilliant rendition of a terminator robot by Kid Crayon, complete with smoking gun. The dystopian future character is menacing enough, although Kid Crayon’s soft edge style takes some of the heat out of the menace. There is some great detail in the mechanical workings of the robot, and the whole thing is finished really nicely.

SPZero76, Dean Lane, Bristol, March 2024

To the right, SPZero76 adds his own twist to the motorcycle-riding Schwarzenegger character, with the inclusion of a couple of racoons that tend to frequent his pieces. There is movement and drama in the piece, which is clean and sharp, just as you’d expect to see from SPZero76.

All in all, it is just to see these two collaborating again, and I sincerely hope that they manage to do so more frequently this year than last. I’ll be back!

Pre-dawn chorus

Nighttime thunderstorm

eclipsed by green collection

five thirty ay em

by sleep-deprived Scooj

5928. Cumberland Basin

Laic217, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, March 2024

Once again, Laic217 seems to be pushing the envelope with his work, most recently with this unusual piece in the little tunnel at Cumberland Basin. Although the fingers of thee character are a little bony, there isn’t a skull or skeleton in sight.

The way that this piece has been painted, it almost loos like oils on a canvass, slapped on in layers. Laic217 has worked cleverly to achieve depth in perspective, but also depth in textures through his use of dark and shade. I don’t know what the arrow represents, but it looks great. It is a nice touch to with the letters LAIC tattooed onto the fingers. Classy stuff.

5927. St Werburghs tunnel (416)

Mr Draws, St Werburghs, Bristol, March 2024

I haven’t been posting nearly enough pieces by Mr Draws as I ought to have done, especially as I consider him to be one of a small band of artists who represent the beating heart of the Bristol street art scene. My archive is full of unposted work by Mr Draws, and I might have to do a trawl and put them all into one post.

This recent piece from the tunnel is really typical of his work. Some nice big letters, filled with a camouflage pattern and colour palette bounded by a thin yellow border. There are some nice white highlights with drips for good measure. A cracking piece from an artist who just keeps on plugging away.

Thursday doors – 4 April 2024 – Doors of Nottingham

Doors 259 – Doors of Nottingham, November 2023 (Part I)

This collection of doors is the first in a series taken from two recent visits to Nottingham, the first in November 2023 and the second in March this year. Funnily enough some of the doors I photographed on my second visit were duplicates of doors from my first – obviously doors of merit.

Nottingham is a wonderful city which has a very positive vibe about it, and which is small enough to not feel oppressive. A university and a modern tram system are always attractive features.

I hope you enjoy this first selection of doors:

Open door and peek inside, Nottingham, November 2023

Black doors and wonderful stone surround, Nottingham, November 2023

Wide stone entrance and blue doors, Nottingham, November 2023

Red doors, a beautiful stone arch and boot scrapers on either side, Nottingham, November 2023

Nicely curved corner doors, Nottingham, November 2023

Ornate windows and shop front with rather plain doors, Nottingham, November 2023

Double doors - no door furniture, Nottingham, November 2023 — Double doors – no door furniture, Nottingham, November 2023

Gotta love a pink door, Nottingham, November 2023

That’s it for this week – more to come in this series next time.

If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.

by Scooj

Dog days are over

Swimmer’s tail suffered

inducing dog depression

in recovery

by Scooj

5926. M32 Cycle path (257)

Sepr, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, March 2024

I haven’t managed to catch up with Sepr for an eternity, so it was so good to be in the right place at the right time and find not only Sepr but also Inkie and Haka painting this spot together a week or two back. I was surprised to see them painting on this wall behind the Black Swan because, Haka aside, this is not a spot that you’d expect to find their work.

I asked Sepr if he works to a drawing or comes up with his designs in his head and freestyles them. He immediately pulled out a crumpled piece of paper from his pocket and showed me his design for this piece – he said he keeps all his designs, which is amazing. I guess he may use some of them for tattoos. In this piece a fox or cat is juggling batons with his tongue while a from looks on from the safety of his trilby. A crazy scene perfectly presented with incredible sharpness and style. This piece is sheer class from my favourite character artist. Wonderful.

5925. Manchester, Northern Quarter

LostHills, Northern Quarter, Manchester, February 2024

I wanted to make sure I posted a few more pieces from Manchester before moving on and losing them in my archive. As I have said many times before, I would think that 60% or so of all the street art I find and photograph never gets published on Natural Adventures, and my backlog now spans almost ten years. I try to find ways to upload as much as I can, but it is difficult, especially as I like to write a little about each piece.

I am going to break from tradition a little with this post, and present it as a gallery of wonderful paste ups from LostHills and portrait pieces by Ethan Lemon and Frodrik.

Back to normal for my next post.

Ethan Lemon, Northern Quarter, Manchester, February 2024

Ethan Lemon and Fredrik, Northern Quarter, Manchester, February 2024 — Ethan Lemon and Frodrik, Northern Quarter, Manchester, February 2024

5924. M32 roundabout J3 (562)

Elvs and Rusk, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2024

This is a wonderful collaboration from two brilliant artists, Elvs and Rusk. I’m not sure I have seen these two painting together since Upfest 22, so this came as a very nice surprise indeed. Elvs has had quite a quiet year painting in Bristol and I would like to think (hope) that this piece signals a few more visits for 2024. Elvs’ writing is so incredibly unique and recognisable – I don’t think that I know of anyone that writes large block letters etched out with thin black lines in this way. Fine writing.

I would say that Rusk is better known for his writing or writing/character combination pieces, so this ghetto blaster hip-hop character is something of a rarity. The old-school style character has all the hallmarks of street art/hip hop culture and Rusk carries it off brilliantly. A rather nice silhouette of an urban skyline polished the collaboration off nicely. Great collaboration.

	paulh121 on Omie
	scooj on Sea Spurge (Euphorbia par…
	scooj on 7606. M32 roundabout J2 (…
	scooj on 7603. Dean Lane skate park…
	scooj on Omie

	paulh121 on Omie
	scooj on Sea Spurge (Euphorbia par…
	scooj on 7606. M32 roundabout J2 (…
	scooj on 7603. Dean Lane skate park…
	scooj on Omie

Share this:

Share this:

Share this:

Share this:

Share this:

Share this:

Share this:

Share this:

Share this:

Share this: