0:00:04 > 0:00:09It's 2012, the year of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee,
0:00:09 > 0:00:12and this weekend, millions of us up and down the country
0:00:12 > 0:00:15have been out enjoying the celebrations
0:00:15 > 0:00:18to mark a momentous occasion.
0:00:18 > 0:00:22But last weekend, a group of artists made their way to London
0:00:22 > 0:00:27to begin their celebrations with a very Royal challenge.
0:00:27 > 0:00:31They joined art student Anneka Rice and me, Rolf Harris,
0:00:31 > 0:00:36to pay a special tribute to our Queen through their art.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46- G'day. G'day!- ARTISTS:- G'day.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50Welcome to our pop-up art school. We are below Waterloo Station.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53You'll probably hear some trains rumbling overhead.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56And we're directly above the Jubilee Line.
0:00:56 > 0:01:01We have 60 artists who've joined us with one thought in their minds -
0:01:01 > 0:01:03to make some magnificent artwork.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07Yes, we've just got one day to create an amazing art tribute
0:01:07 > 0:01:10for the Queen celebrating an extraordinary 60-year reign.
0:01:10 > 0:01:14And if that wasn't enough, we've then got to transform
0:01:14 > 0:01:17this pop-up art school into a pop-up art exhibition,
0:01:17 > 0:01:19which you'll actually be able to see
0:01:19 > 0:01:22from this week until Sunday 10th June.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25Now, the 60 artists are in six groups of ten people,
0:01:25 > 0:01:27each one of those six groups
0:01:27 > 0:01:31representing a decade of the Queen's reign.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34- I think we're ready. ..Are we ready?- ARTISTS:- Yes!
0:01:34 > 0:01:38We all know what we're doing, don't we(?)
0:01:38 > 0:01:42OK, let's get ready and...
0:01:42 > 0:01:43kill the white. Start painting!
0:01:56 > 0:01:59So, as our artists get underway,
0:01:59 > 0:02:02remember, we've divided them into six groups,
0:02:02 > 0:02:06each reflecting ten years of the Queen's reign,
0:02:06 > 0:02:08from the 1950s to today.
0:02:08 > 0:02:13Each group has been briefed to produce a different type of art,
0:02:13 > 0:02:17from street scenes, to portraits, to still life.
0:02:17 > 0:02:21They will all work in their chosen medium - that's oils, acrylic,
0:02:21 > 0:02:25watercolours, pen, pencil, almost anything they want to use.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31Anneka and I will also be painting our own pieces today.
0:02:31 > 0:02:32I'll be in the 1950s group,
0:02:32 > 0:02:36and Anneka will join the 2000 group.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39And over the past few weeks, we've been meeting extraordinary people.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42- Hello.- Oh, hello. Nice to meet you.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44This is Margaret's house.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48- It's not a showroom. This is her sitting room.- This is where I live.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50And I took to the streets of Windsor
0:02:50 > 0:02:53to create a very special work of art.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57Not just any old painting, but a big painting.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01I didn't realise just how big it's going to be. It's BIG!
0:03:01 > 0:03:03And for the first time in years,
0:03:03 > 0:03:07I'll be working with my big four-inch brushes again.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10- Shall we get on with it? What do you reckon? Shall we do it?- Yes!- OK.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Here we go.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16And I can't wait to see how THAT painting turns out.
0:03:19 > 0:03:20Brilliant.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24So, let's start by rewinding back to the 1950s, and the group behind me
0:03:24 > 0:03:29are capturing the Queen's Coronation in 1953, so it's the street parties
0:03:29 > 0:03:33and all the colour and the excitement of this great State occasion.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38Our first group range in age and ability
0:03:38 > 0:03:41and have all chosen very different pictures
0:03:41 > 0:03:43from different moments throughout the decade.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47And some of our artists actually saw the Coronation.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50- I was 18 when she was crowned. - Were you there?
0:03:50 > 0:03:52I was round...
0:03:52 > 0:03:55- a television set.- Oh!
0:03:55 > 0:03:58I was...overwhelmed
0:03:58 > 0:04:01by the fact that she had this terribly heavy crown on her head,
0:04:01 > 0:04:03all diamonds and gold,
0:04:03 > 0:04:07and how she could stand up straight all day.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10Now, you're creating a scene... I can just make it out now,
0:04:10 > 0:04:14presumably watching the Coronation on the telly.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16Yes, this is what our street did.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18We had one television set in the street
0:04:18 > 0:04:20and we got as many people in our living room as we could.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23- So, you had the telly?- We had the telly.- You were very popular.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27I remember everyone smoking, and my grandmother had a toothache.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30And she was sitting there moaning and groaning.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34- And that's you down there, is it? - That's me down there.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36- Reading the Eagle. - Reading the Eagle!
0:04:36 > 0:04:41- And that was my first girlfriend. - What was her name?- June Taylor.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44(OK, June.) Good, right. So, tell us the moment
0:04:44 > 0:04:47where you see the Queen for the first time.
0:04:47 > 0:04:48Oh, it was pretty amazing.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52- Did anyone shed a tear? - My sister did,
0:04:52 > 0:04:54because she cried at anything.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57- But I don't remember shedding a tear.- Yeah(!)
0:04:57 > 0:05:00But I did look up when the actual Coronation...
0:05:00 > 0:05:05the coach came and the Queen got out. It was a bit exciting.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08I've been a bit ambitious with this painting, I think,
0:05:08 > 0:05:10but we'll have to see how I get on.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13- Well, good luck. I think it's coming together beautifully.- Thank you.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16I'd better go, actually. I haven't even started mine!
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Now, Mary, what are you up to?
0:05:31 > 0:05:36Oh, I'm painting my home, which was dressed up for the Coronation.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Tell me about these photos.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41They were all taken for the Coronation street party.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45Don't make me laugh!
0:05:45 > 0:05:48It's lovely, isn't it? Nice memories for you?
0:05:48 > 0:05:53- For me, yes. Sad memories as well. - Why sad memories?
0:05:53 > 0:05:54Because...
0:05:56 > 0:05:59- ..of people that have gone. - Yeah, I understood.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01We were such a happy street.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05You knew everybody in those days, eh?
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Well, everybody knew you,
0:06:07 > 0:06:10cos they looked out their windows.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14- Well, let's see if we can recapture those days, eh?- I hope so.
0:06:14 > 0:06:19I'm not a painter, now. This is my first time doing it seriously.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22- This is watercolours?- Yeah, watercolours.- With watercolour,
0:06:22 > 0:06:25you always have to make the colour a bit stronger
0:06:25 > 0:06:28than you should think it should be because when it dries out,
0:06:28 > 0:06:33it fades, so if you're at all worried about watercolour,
0:06:33 > 0:06:36give us a shout. I'll be setting up my painting just over there.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Thank you very much.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41Within voice distance. "Hello, Rolf?"
0:06:41 > 0:06:43THEY LAUGH
0:06:43 > 0:06:47This is serious. Stop mucking about.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50That's lovely, Helene.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52Some colour coming in there. Good.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03Of course, not everybody was around in the '50s, like me.
0:07:03 > 0:07:04So, for you youngsters,
0:07:04 > 0:07:08here's a little reminder of what that decade was like.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11# One, two, three o'clock Four o'clock, rock
0:07:11 > 0:07:14# Five, six, seven o'clock Eight o'clock, rock
0:07:14 > 0:07:16# Nine, ten, eleven o'clock Twelve o'clock, rock
0:07:16 > 0:07:19# We're gonna rock around the clock tonight
0:07:19 > 0:07:22# Put your glad rags on and join me, hon
0:07:22 > 0:07:25# We'll have some fun when the clock strikes one
0:07:25 > 0:07:27# We're gonna rock around the clock tonight
0:07:27 > 0:07:30# We're gonna rock, rock, rock till broad daylight... #
0:07:30 > 0:07:33SOMBRE MUSIC PLAYS
0:07:34 > 0:07:37# The way you walk, ah-hah-hah
0:07:37 > 0:07:40# The way you talk, ah-hah-hah
0:07:40 > 0:07:42# The way you smile and dance with me
0:07:42 > 0:07:45# Makes me believe no need to grieve
0:07:45 > 0:07:47# There really is a chance for me
0:07:47 > 0:07:51# When I hug you and I kiss you Well, you know I can't resist you
0:07:51 > 0:07:53# If you ever leave me, darlin' You know I'm gonna miss you
0:07:53 > 0:07:56# There can be no denyin' I feel just like I'm flyin'
0:07:56 > 0:07:58# But when you're not around
0:07:58 > 0:08:00# My feet hit the ground... #
0:08:02 > 0:08:04Today is another landmark,
0:08:04 > 0:08:08because television has made it possible for many of you
0:08:08 > 0:08:11to see me in your homes on Christmas Day.
0:08:11 > 0:08:17Wonderful. What I'm hoping to do is my memory of the Coronation,
0:08:17 > 0:08:20and I thought I would just kill the white and start.
0:08:22 > 0:08:27I stayed out all night the night before, in Hyde Park, and I had a...
0:08:29 > 0:08:31HE CHUCKLES
0:08:31 > 0:08:33I had a big blanket around my shoulders
0:08:33 > 0:08:35because it was drizzling with rain.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39I had my piano accordion on under the blanket
0:08:39 > 0:08:41and I would sing Waltzing Matilda
0:08:41 > 0:08:43to anybody who was fool enough to stop.
0:08:43 > 0:08:48Oh, gosh. I've made that a bit too fierce. Doesn't matter.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51I can make it lighter later.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54So, I'm painting from memory.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57I was in that crowd, and the Queen's coach
0:08:57 > 0:09:02seemed to come gleaming round the corner straight towards me.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06And I'm going to make this much darker...
0:09:06 > 0:09:10off towards the left...because I'm going to put the golden coach
0:09:10 > 0:09:14coming in there, and I want this to be a wonderful contrast
0:09:14 > 0:09:17when the coach comes round that corner,
0:09:17 > 0:09:19so I need that really dark in there.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24Because Rolf's joined the 1950s group,
0:09:24 > 0:09:27I decided to paint the Queen as she is today,
0:09:27 > 0:09:29so I'm in the group taking their inspiration
0:09:29 > 0:09:31from the last decade of her reign, the noughties.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35I'm just going to sketch out some of the shapes
0:09:35 > 0:09:37and some of the negative shapes,
0:09:37 > 0:09:41and then chuck some paint on and crack on.
0:09:41 > 0:09:42Although we want our artists
0:09:42 > 0:09:45to create a work of art they're happy with,
0:09:45 > 0:09:49we're also expecting some of the more advanced painters
0:09:49 > 0:09:50to help the beginners.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53It is an art school, after all.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55These are my two little boys.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57ROLF CHUCKLES
0:09:57 > 0:10:02# Two little boys had two little toys
0:10:02 > 0:10:05# Each had a wooden horse
0:10:05 > 0:10:06# Tiddly-poo
0:10:06 > 0:10:11# Gaily they played each summer's day
0:10:11 > 0:10:14# Warriors both, of course. #
0:10:14 > 0:10:16You're not supposed to be enjoying yourself.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20- Let's get back to this. - Good Lord, back to work(!)
0:10:20 > 0:10:23So, let's take a look at the next decade, the '60s.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27Now, that's a decade when the Queen had to combine her young family
0:10:27 > 0:10:30and her working life, but before we meet all the artists,
0:10:30 > 0:10:32let's take a look at that famous decade.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44# Sooner or later love is gonna get ya
0:10:44 > 0:10:48# Sooner or later Girl, you got to give in
0:10:48 > 0:10:51# Sooner or later love is gonna let ya
0:10:51 > 0:10:56# Sooner or later love is gonna win
0:10:56 > 0:10:58# It's just a matter of time
0:10:58 > 0:11:00# Before you make up your mind
0:11:00 > 0:11:03# To give all that love that you've been hiding
0:11:03 > 0:11:06# It's just a question of when
0:11:06 > 0:11:08# I've told you time and again
0:11:08 > 0:11:11# I'll get all the love you've been denying
0:11:11 > 0:11:15# Sooner or later love is gonna get ya... #
0:11:16 > 0:11:20# This is Major Tom to ground control
0:11:21 > 0:11:24# I'm stepping through the door... #
0:11:24 > 0:11:26It's one small step for man...
0:11:26 > 0:11:32# ..And I'm floating in a most peculiar way
0:11:34 > 0:11:40# And the stars look very different today... #
0:11:40 > 0:11:43Not surprisingly, the Royal Family are the most photographed
0:11:43 > 0:11:45and painted people on the planet,
0:11:45 > 0:11:49which is why we've decided this decade should be all about portraits.
0:11:49 > 0:11:55In fact, the Queen has sat for at least 129 portraits during her reign.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57One of those was for me.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00And what a thrill that was, what an honour.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03And joyful, because I love painting portraits anyway.
0:12:03 > 0:12:04Must've done about, I don't know,
0:12:04 > 0:12:07two dozen portraits of myself over the years.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09It's because you're such a cheap model -
0:12:09 > 0:12:13you don't have to pay yourself, you're always available.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Good tip to anybody interested in portraits -
0:12:15 > 0:12:17paint yourself over and over and over again.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Claire, that's fabulous.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24- Are you enjoying yourself today? - Yeah, loving it. It's good fun.
0:12:24 > 0:12:25Talk me through your painting.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27I'm trying to do an expressive painting of her
0:12:27 > 0:12:30as a mother and a young woman in the '60s,
0:12:30 > 0:12:32so I've chosen to do it quite colourful,
0:12:32 > 0:12:35- to represent the colours of the '60s.- Brilliant.
0:12:35 > 0:12:36Are you planning on a career in art?
0:12:36 > 0:12:39Yes, I'm studying graphic design, but I love to paint
0:12:39 > 0:12:41so I thought I'd continue that as well.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43It's really lovely.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Lenny, that's looking good.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49When I'm making a picture, and I'm close to it,
0:12:49 > 0:12:52I can't really see it properly. The light blinds me.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55So I have to strain my eyes to dim it and get the better view,
0:12:55 > 0:12:58but, for now, I think it's going really well.
0:12:58 > 0:13:04Just a few more...colours and I think it'll turn out.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07- And here we have Karen.- Hello. - Hi, Karen.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11- You're an art teacher, head of art at a school.- Yes.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14- Talk us through your painting. - Well, I chose to do
0:13:14 > 0:13:16just the iconic image of the Queen,
0:13:16 > 0:13:20just concentrate on her face from the forehead to the chin.
0:13:20 > 0:13:24What's the biggest challenge working in a place like this?
0:13:24 > 0:13:26- Is the distraction of everyone else? - Well, actually, no.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29It feels actually quite relaxed.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32It's nice to have the time to sit down and paint.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36- Yes, because you're a busy art teacher.- Yes, most of the time.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Good luck, anyway. Patrick.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41Now, you're actually a professional portrait painter, aren't you?
0:13:41 > 0:13:46- So you have a very interesting technique here, collage.- Mm.
0:13:46 > 0:13:47Where did that start from?
0:13:47 > 0:13:50It started because it was so much cheaper than buying paints.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53It was costing me a fortune, whereas these,
0:13:53 > 0:13:55I could go down the car-boot sale,
0:13:55 > 0:13:58pick up loads of old scraps, and then it suited itself really well
0:13:58 > 0:14:01to portraiture, because all the pieces you use that go into it
0:14:01 > 0:14:03can relate to whoever the sitter is.
0:14:03 > 0:14:04I love that idea.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07So every bit of newsprint and picture,
0:14:07 > 0:14:11- this all relates to the Queen? - Everything that goes into this one
0:14:11 > 0:14:13is relating to certain things going on in the '60s,
0:14:13 > 0:14:15mainly music and things like that,
0:14:15 > 0:14:17so there's loads of stuff about the Beatles
0:14:17 > 0:14:20- and things going into this one. - It's a great idea, isn't it?
0:14:20 > 0:14:23And a very cost-effective way of producing a portrait.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26- Anyway, I'll let you get on with it. See you later.- Thank you.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30Ron, I gather I'm not the oldest bloke here today.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32- It's you!- It's me. Yes.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35- What age are you?- 90. Yes.- Amazing.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37What are you doing today?
0:14:37 > 0:14:40I'm just doing the Investiture of the Prince.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42I thought if I can include this,
0:14:42 > 0:14:45this is the Tree of England, the strength here,
0:14:45 > 0:14:51her favourite dogs, little children that come and give her posies,
0:14:51 > 0:14:55and the daffodil, of course, for Wales, and the rose for England.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58- And it's a wonderful heritage, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00- Have you been painting all your life?- Yes.
0:15:00 > 0:15:05When I was at school, my art teacher gave me an old pair of boots.
0:15:05 > 0:15:06He said, "If you can draw those,
0:15:06 > 0:15:08"you're going to be an artist one day."
0:15:08 > 0:15:11And I drew them, and I've always wanted to paint.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14You know, I think it's important.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16- It keeps you going.- Yeah.
0:15:16 > 0:15:17Well, it keeps you young.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20It's something that can carry you along
0:15:20 > 0:15:23for the whole of your life, I think.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27It can transport you to all sorts of amazing places.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30Exactly, and when things are down...
0:15:30 > 0:15:33- I go down and do a bit of drawing and I'm all right.- Yeah!
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Good on you!
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Now, onto the '70s, my era.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40I've got many memories of my childhood -
0:15:40 > 0:15:43T. Rex, flared trousers, the Wombles, power cuts,
0:15:43 > 0:15:46but there was much more to the decade than just that.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48# Don't stop me now
0:15:48 > 0:15:51# Cos I'm having a good time Having a good time
0:15:51 > 0:15:53# I'm a superstar leaping through the sky
0:15:53 > 0:15:59# Like a tiger defying the laws of gravity
0:15:59 > 0:16:03# I'm a racing car passing by like Lady Godiva
0:16:03 > 0:16:07# I'm gonna go, go, go There's no stopping me... #
0:16:07 > 0:16:12# Cos I wanna be
0:16:12 > 0:16:15# Anarchy... #
0:16:21 > 0:16:25# Oh, I've finally decided my future lies
0:16:25 > 0:16:29# Beyond the yellow brick road
0:16:31 > 0:16:34# Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
0:16:35 > 0:16:41# Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah... #
0:16:41 > 0:16:44The thing that really stands, for me,
0:16:44 > 0:16:47for the Silver Jubilee is all the memorabilia that was created.
0:16:47 > 0:16:52There were coins, there were stamps, plates, cups, mugs, you name it.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55So I thought I'd put all these things together for a still life.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59But I needed some help, so I went to meet a very interesting lady.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04Well, tucked away here in a quiet corner of north London
0:17:04 > 0:17:09is one of the largest hoards of Royal memorabilia anywhere in the world.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12It's not in a gallery. It's not in a museum.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15It's just in a very ordinary suburban house.
0:17:15 > 0:17:16Did I say "ordinary"?
0:17:16 > 0:17:21This is the home of compulsive Royal collector, Margaret Tyler.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25So, I'm planning on borrowing some of her collection
0:17:25 > 0:17:28so that I can set up a still-life scene that will perfectly evoke
0:17:28 > 0:17:31the 1970s Silver Jubilee.
0:17:31 > 0:17:36- Hello.- Oh, hello. Nice to meet you. - It's lovely to see you.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39- Would you like to come and see my collection?- Yes.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45This is extraordinary, Margaret.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52I know. It's a lot of work, a lot of dusting, but I love it.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54- It's a labour of love.- Oh, my goodness. There's not a surface
0:17:54 > 0:17:57- that hasn't been covered in something.- No, no.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00It's got to that point now. I've been collecting for 32 years.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03- And how many pieces do you have? - About 10,000 items,
0:18:03 > 0:18:07starting with Queen Victoria. And I go to antique fairs,
0:18:07 > 0:18:10antique shops. My children buy me presents.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14My son in America can get me things that you can't get over here,
0:18:14 > 0:18:16so I'm very lucky, really.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19And where did this passion come from? How did it all start?
0:18:19 > 0:18:22I first became interested when I was eight years old,
0:18:22 > 0:18:24when it was announced that the King had died.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27And my mum and dad were absolutely forlorn about it,
0:18:27 > 0:18:31but then, obviously, the Coronation the following year was much happier.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33I was nine then, so I was able to participate more.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37And how do you clean it? I mean... this is Margaret's house.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40- It's not a showroom. This is her sitting room.- This is where I live!
0:18:40 > 0:18:43People can't fathom that.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45If you've got your friends round, where do you sit?
0:18:45 > 0:18:47Well, we have to get extra chairs in,
0:18:47 > 0:18:50but my friends are used to it now. They're very good.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Well, I can't wait to see the Silver Jubilee stuff.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55- There was a lot brought out for the Silver Jubilee.- Where is it?
0:18:55 > 0:18:58- That's across the hall. - Shall we go and have a look?- Yes.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00And there's more.
0:19:00 > 0:19:01ANNEKA GASPS
0:19:01 > 0:19:04Margaret, this is outrageous.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07I know, this is my Silver Jubilee room. I just love it.
0:19:07 > 0:19:12- We'd love to borrow a few pieces. - Yes. Is that one of them?
0:19:12 > 0:19:14- Well, it's got to be, hasn't it?- Yes.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16That colour and all the lovely reflections.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20- The thing about a still life, you want quite big pieces.- Yes.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23- Little things get rather lost. - That's true.- Could we borrow that?
0:19:23 > 0:19:25Yes, certainly. Yes, that's fine.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28- Oh, and I love the look of those samplers.- Yes, yes.
0:19:28 > 0:19:33- Those are the sort of thing you have in church, as a kneeler.- Yeah.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38From potties to mugs and teapots,
0:19:38 > 0:19:41I just can't get enough of this memorabilia.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Let that one go. Yes, OK.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51GLASS CLINKS
0:19:51 > 0:19:54It's quite nerve-wracking.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57- Margaret, I think we're done.- Yes? - We'd better start packing.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03Margaret's also letting me raid her collection for a few props
0:20:03 > 0:20:05to give our artists some extra inspiration.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12Margaret, thank you so much, I've just had the best time.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16- Will you come and join us on the day? - Definitely, yes.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18- OK, bye-bye. - Bye-bye, take care.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21Not quite sure how I'm going to get all this on the Tube!
0:20:25 > 0:20:30Well, thank goodness Anneka got back with everything in one piece.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32And, as you can see,
0:20:32 > 0:20:35our artists are using Margaret's still life to inspire them.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45- Hello.- Hello.
0:20:45 > 0:20:46Hi, Sarah.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49This looks very intricate. Explain what you're doing.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52This is a linocut on linoleum tile, and I'm doing a picture...
0:20:52 > 0:20:56I'm sort of taking some of the things there on the still life,
0:20:56 > 0:20:59but also bringing in fun elements, like Rolf on a Chopper.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01Rolf on a Chopper?
0:21:01 > 0:21:03Yeah, the Queen's in a teapot with her corgis.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05- Oh, that's Rolf!- Yeah, that's Rolf.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08So, what happens next?
0:21:08 > 0:21:10What happens once you've cut everything out?
0:21:10 > 0:21:13Then I get a roller and I ink it up, then I'll put some paper on top
0:21:13 > 0:21:16and take a wooden spoon and burnish the back of it,
0:21:16 > 0:21:19- and then we'll see the print, - So it's like the old potato cuttings?
0:21:19 > 0:21:22Yeah, you never quite know what it's going to look like
0:21:22 > 0:21:24until you print it, and then it's like magic.
0:21:24 > 0:21:25And are you a royalist?
0:21:25 > 0:21:29- You have made an effort today, Sarah, I'd like to say.- Thank you!
0:21:29 > 0:21:31- I'll let you get on with it. - Thanks very much.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33And we've got Keith here. Hi, Keith.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36Now, you're quite a beginner, aren't you?
0:21:36 > 0:21:39Yes. Not been doing it long - two, three years.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42From scratch? Before that you'd never done any art at all?
0:21:42 > 0:21:45Not painting, no. Only at school, and I enjoyed it then.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47That's beautiful.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51- This is watercolour pencils. - They're good, these, aren't they?
0:21:51 > 0:21:52I do like watercolours,
0:21:52 > 0:21:55but you get more vibrant colours with the pencils.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58So, when you put the water on, will it bleed, the colour?
0:21:58 > 0:22:03No, because I've got an atomiser just to give a fine film.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05I mean, I do use these.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08- They're great because they're so easy to carry around.- Absolutely.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11Whereas watercolour can be fiddly by the time you've got
0:22:11 > 0:22:13all the palettes and everything.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16And this is really simple, and you're very much in control of this.
0:22:16 > 0:22:17- Yeah.- I'll leave you to it.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19Thank you.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Now, Trixie, where's she?
0:22:23 > 0:22:24Good grief!
0:22:24 > 0:22:26THEY LAUGH
0:22:37 > 0:22:40So, Trixie, what are you finding most difficult?
0:22:40 > 0:22:45I probably found the shapes, getting the right shapes, most difficult.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Yeah, I mean, the way to work round that,
0:22:48 > 0:22:52instead of drawing objects, is to draw the negative shape,
0:22:52 > 0:22:55which is the shape in between the objects.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57You've started to do that really nicely there.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01Can you see, that shape is very distinct, if you look at the handle?
0:23:01 > 0:23:03What you're doing is creating the inside shape,
0:23:03 > 0:23:05not the actual china bit.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08And then you'll find that everywhere you look
0:23:08 > 0:23:12there are negative shapes - between there, between there...
0:23:12 > 0:23:17It's quite a clever way of making sure that all these jumble of objects
0:23:17 > 0:23:19all stand in the right places.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22That's lovely, how you've got it there. Really nice. It's brilliant.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24There's about three hours to go.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27- Do you think you're going to finish in time?- I hope so.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Good luck, Trixie. It's looking brilliant.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39Knowing that some of the people were painting memorabilia today
0:23:39 > 0:23:43got me thinking, and I wondered if I could create my own
0:23:43 > 0:23:46piece of memorabilia for the Diamond Jubilee.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49BAND PLAYS ROUSING TUNE
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Oh, wow!
0:23:54 > 0:23:59Windsor is my big local town, so it's very special to me.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03And Windsor Castle is hugely special to the Queen,
0:24:03 > 0:24:06because it's where she and her sister, Princess Margaret,
0:24:06 > 0:24:08spent most of their childhood.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10So...
0:24:10 > 0:24:15I think this castle is an ideal subject for my painting today.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17Yeah!
0:24:18 > 0:24:22And not just any old painting, but a big painting!
0:24:22 > 0:24:25I said to the man, "Make it eight foot square,"
0:24:25 > 0:24:28and until I saw it here, I didn't realise how big it's going to be.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30It's BIG!
0:24:30 > 0:24:32But the reason it's that big is,
0:24:32 > 0:24:37we're going to reduce the whole thing down to the size of a plate,
0:24:37 > 0:24:39creating our own bit of memorabilia.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42- What do you reckon, shall we do it? - CROWD: Yes!
0:24:42 > 0:24:44OK.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47"Good luck, Rolf," they cried in unison...
0:24:47 > 0:24:49CROWD: Good luck, Rolf!
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Right, let's do it.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55That's a good start. What do you think?
0:24:55 > 0:24:59Of course, the first thing I always do is to kill the white.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04ROLF WHISTLES
0:25:07 > 0:25:08CROWD CHEERS
0:25:08 > 0:25:11APPLAUSE
0:25:11 > 0:25:13ROLF CHUCKLES
0:25:13 > 0:25:16I'm going to try and get the lighter areas of the castle.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19We've got to get the sunlight on that first bit.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22It's going to be up there, somewhere, like that.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39OK, this is a darker colour. Nice, shadowy colour.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45That's going to go up sort of there-ish.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49I just love using these big four-inch decorator's brushes.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52It means I can make huge, bold brushstrokes,
0:25:52 > 0:25:55and when it's reduced in size, they still register.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59CHILD CALLS OUT
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Yeah, I'm going as fast as I can, kid, don't panic!
0:26:01 > 0:26:03LAUGHTER
0:26:05 > 0:26:07I've got to get those soldiers marching in now.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14That's a good bit of colour, eh?
0:26:14 > 0:26:18My main aim is to get an impression of this whole scene,
0:26:18 > 0:26:21with the soldiers marching out of Windsor Castle,
0:26:21 > 0:26:25so that when you step back about a mile, it looks like the real thing.
0:26:26 > 0:26:32I'm really loving doing these huge canvases again. Great feeling.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37Now I'm going to try and get all the piping
0:26:37 > 0:26:41and the little bits of white on the costumes of the guys.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45The guards here are the Household Guards,
0:26:45 > 0:26:49and they've guarded the Sovereign since the 1660s.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Not this actual group, obviously!
0:26:51 > 0:26:55But they're all part and parcel of that same force
0:26:55 > 0:26:58that looked after the Monarch for all those years.
0:26:58 > 0:26:59Rolf!
0:26:59 > 0:27:03- I was a Guard in 1952. - You were there?- I was there, yes.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05Well, it's the tall, handsome one, that's you.
0:27:05 > 0:27:06Thank you very much!
0:27:06 > 0:27:07THEY LAUGH
0:27:07 > 0:27:10- You were there when?- 1952.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13I'd just arrived in this country then. I didn't see you.
0:27:15 > 0:27:16How nice.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19- Does it convey the image to you? - It's superb.
0:27:19 > 0:27:20Just as I remember it.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22Thank you very much.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24OK. Good one.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31- Can you tell what it is yet? - What is it?
0:27:31 > 0:27:35It's supposed to be Windsor Castle, with all the people in the front,
0:27:35 > 0:27:38with cameramen and the soldiers marching along,
0:27:38 > 0:27:40and this fellow with the blue scarf here.
0:27:41 > 0:27:45Shall we pretend the skies are brilliant-blue today?
0:27:45 > 0:27:46What do you think?
0:27:46 > 0:27:50With some lovely, fluffy white clouds and stuff like that?
0:27:58 > 0:28:00Did you know that Windsor Castle
0:28:00 > 0:28:05is the oldest occupied castle in the world?
0:28:05 > 0:28:08It's been the home to kings and queens of this country
0:28:08 > 0:28:10for something like a thousand years.
0:28:10 > 0:28:15Amazing, isn't it? I've only lived in my house for 31-odd years!
0:28:18 > 0:28:21That should do it, yeah.
0:28:22 > 0:28:23Yes.
0:28:37 > 0:28:41Got to have a Union Jack flag in a Diamond Jubilee painting.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45Well, I'd better sign it. All done.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50I've got to get the signature in somewhere here,
0:28:50 > 0:28:53because if I do it down there, where I normally would,
0:28:53 > 0:28:58it's going to be cut off when they reduce it to a circle for that plate.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00So, if I have it somewhere there,
0:29:00 > 0:29:04I think it's got a chance of being in it.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07BAND PLAYS
0:29:15 > 0:29:18I just can't wait to see what this great eight by eight foot painting
0:29:18 > 0:29:22looks like when it's reduced to the size of a plate
0:29:22 > 0:29:24that I could hold in my hand.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29Well, there you go. That's a sort of test pressing, you might call it,
0:29:29 > 0:29:33although it's not a record, it's a plate.
0:29:33 > 0:29:38But I think it's worked well, going from a square into a circle.
0:29:38 > 0:29:40A couple of things I want to change,
0:29:40 > 0:29:43and with a bit of luck, it will go into production
0:29:43 > 0:29:46and you'll be able to get your very own piece of memorabilia
0:29:46 > 0:29:48for the Diamond Jubilee.
0:29:48 > 0:29:49It's brilliant, Rolf,
0:29:49 > 0:29:53and proceeds to charity what's not to love about it? OK?
0:29:53 > 0:29:56Now, listen, don't want to put any sort of panic on the proceedings,
0:29:56 > 0:29:59but...two hours to go, everyone!
0:29:59 > 0:30:02Well, you've filled me with panic, for a start!
0:30:03 > 0:30:07And it's not just us two that need to buck our ideas up.
0:30:07 > 0:30:11It seems everyone is under pressure to finish their work.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17I need to get the crowd into my canvas,
0:30:17 > 0:30:18starting with me at the very back.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21I hadn't grown my beard at that time,
0:30:21 > 0:30:25so I was clean-shaven - charming young bloke, I was.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27HE CHUCKLES
0:30:29 > 0:30:33And I've started to fill out the figures on my canvas, too.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52I don't know where I first learnt this technique,
0:30:52 > 0:30:56but it might be a help to you in some stage, when you want to do some
0:30:56 > 0:31:02fine spray of something or other, like a half-toned, blurry thing.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04I've got everything blues and greys,
0:31:04 > 0:31:07and now I want to add the golden sunlight
0:31:07 > 0:31:09of that coach coming round the corner.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12You get some water on a toothbrush
0:31:12 > 0:31:16and you mix it up with the paint until it's really sloppy.
0:31:16 > 0:31:21Tap off the excess water, and then you get your finger there
0:31:21 > 0:31:24and you spray little bits,
0:31:24 > 0:31:28and the sharper the bristles are, the better the spraying happens.
0:31:28 > 0:31:33Now you're getting some gorgeous sprayed highlights.
0:31:35 > 0:31:40I hope you can see that gradually increasing in intensity,
0:31:40 > 0:31:43that spray there.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45Wow!
0:31:45 > 0:31:47That's the sort of effect I want to get.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50Yes.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58Is everyone having a lovely time?
0:31:59 > 0:32:01I just thought I'd better check!
0:32:02 > 0:32:06Cos I am. I love painting with other people in the room,
0:32:06 > 0:32:10because you've got company. You can just occasionally say,
0:32:10 > 0:32:12"Hello! Do you want a cup of tea?"
0:32:12 > 0:32:16But you can get very much into your own painting zone. Great stuff.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19Next stop, the '80s.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22MUSIC: "Beat It" by Michael Jackson
0:32:31 > 0:32:35# They told him Don't you ever come around here
0:32:35 > 0:32:39# Don't wanna see your face You better disappear
0:32:39 > 0:32:42# The fire's in their eyes and their words are really clear
0:32:42 > 0:32:44# So beat it, just beat it... #
0:32:46 > 0:32:50MUSIC: "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid
0:32:52 > 0:32:56# Feed the world... #
0:32:58 > 0:33:00Prime Minister, there are millions dying,
0:33:00 > 0:33:02and that's the terrible thing.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05# ..Feed the world... #
0:33:16 > 0:33:19So, sticking with the theme of graffiti
0:33:19 > 0:33:22seemed to be a very good idea.
0:33:22 > 0:33:26Ignore the train, welcome to our artists for the '80s decade,
0:33:26 > 0:33:30and if you're wondering why they're all looking so casual and relaxed,
0:33:30 > 0:33:33they painted their canvas earlier.
0:33:33 > 0:33:37It's no ordinary canvas, it's a wall, and today we're going to be doing
0:33:37 > 0:33:40a mural based on '80s graffiti art,
0:33:40 > 0:33:43which is when it became really popular in this country,
0:33:43 > 0:33:45and it is when we all started out.
0:33:45 > 0:33:50And, yeah, hopefully, it's going to be a great piece of work.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53Looking at a big space like that is always quite daunting.
0:33:53 > 0:33:57Got lots of good ideas. Hopefully we're going to pull it off.
0:33:57 > 0:34:02Over the next six hours, four professional graffiti artists
0:34:02 > 0:34:07will transform this huge blank wall into our '80s artwork.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10We're marking out the initial design on the wall.
0:34:10 > 0:34:14It's a very loose sketch, which is going to change as the day goes on,
0:34:14 > 0:34:18so we're just getting in the basic shapes and composition.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21Here to help them get the job done are six art students
0:34:21 > 0:34:24who've never done this before.
0:34:24 > 0:34:27So, first off, a bit of tuition.
0:34:27 > 0:34:31What you need to do is make sure the cap is pointing the right way,
0:34:31 > 0:34:33or you're going to spray yourself or someone else.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36Really obvious, but it happens loads.
0:34:36 > 0:34:39Using a circular technique...
0:34:40 > 0:34:42That's it.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44Keep the can moving, that's great.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49As the day wears on, the image begins to take shape,
0:34:49 > 0:34:52so I thought I'd pay them a surprise visit.
0:34:54 > 0:34:59I love graffiti art, and I couldn't resist coming down
0:34:59 > 0:35:02and seeing how the whole gang are getting on with this.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05And, maybe, with a bit of luck,
0:35:05 > 0:35:07get to have a go myself, spray-painting.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13G'day, everyone! Julian!
0:35:13 > 0:35:14Good stuff. How's it going?
0:35:14 > 0:35:17It looks fantastic!
0:35:17 > 0:35:18- What are we doing?- Right, OK.
0:35:18 > 0:35:22So what we're doing here is, we're doing our '80s-inspired mural.
0:35:22 > 0:35:28So we've got a classic kind of '80s cassette tape,
0:35:28 > 0:35:30then we've got a great big hip-hop b-boy character,
0:35:30 > 0:35:33and he's got a great big medallion round his neck,
0:35:33 > 0:35:36and that is the pound coin, with the Queen's head on.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38And that was introduced in the '80s, wasn't it, the pound coin?
0:35:38 > 0:35:41Yes, I think it was '83, yeah.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43So we're going to have 1983 written round the side of it.
0:35:43 > 0:35:49Really bright, lots of shines on it, so it's going to be really striking.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52- Can I have a go at something? - You certainly can, yeah.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54We're going to get you to have a go on the central bit,
0:35:54 > 0:35:56- which is the coin.- Aye-ee!
0:35:56 > 0:35:57You've done it before, though.
0:35:57 > 0:36:01- I've done a little bit, but I was rubbish.- Oh, right, OK!
0:36:01 > 0:36:03So you've got to point me in the right direction.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06What we're going to do first is just fill in a big area,
0:36:06 > 0:36:08so behind the Queen's head, here.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11So if you're doing the lines going up,
0:36:11 > 0:36:14- I just want you to go up to the white lines there.- Yeah, yeah.
0:36:14 > 0:36:17And then literally move it round in little circles,
0:36:17 > 0:36:20so you get a nice solid base, like that.
0:36:20 > 0:36:24- All right? So, over to you. - Stick with me, kid.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26In case I get it all wrong!
0:36:26 > 0:36:28- Keep moving, keep moving. - Yeah, keep moving.
0:36:28 > 0:36:32I'll try it where it doesn't matter too much, here.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35It dries pretty much straight away,
0:36:35 > 0:36:38so if you make a mistake, you can go straight over it.
0:36:38 > 0:36:39So there's no problem.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41That's pretty good, I'm happy with that.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44- Come in close on that. - Yeah, that's it.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46- Oh, yeah.- See?
0:36:47 > 0:36:48Ah, good.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51You've got to beware of standing still, haven't you?
0:36:51 > 0:36:55- If you hold it still, it all runs, I guess.- Exactly.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58You've got to keep moving all the time, yeah.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15Oh, gosh!
0:37:15 > 0:37:19It's not as easy as you'd think when you're going to do it.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25- I've got a picture, actually. - Have you got a picture?
0:37:25 > 0:37:27Yeah, here we go. Look at that.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29Wow!
0:37:29 > 0:37:31Oh, that's lovely.
0:37:31 > 0:37:32OK, so...
0:37:43 > 0:37:47When you're planning the whole thing, do you sketch it out first?
0:37:47 > 0:37:51We normally sketch it out directly onto the wall,
0:37:51 > 0:37:53so it's all from our heads.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56There's still plenty of work to do to perfect the artwork,
0:37:56 > 0:38:00and just like Impressionist painting, they refine and refine
0:38:00 > 0:38:02and then refine again.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04Well, thanks, everybody, for involving me.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06Thank you, Rolf!
0:38:06 > 0:38:08I can't wait to see the finished product. Good one.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10It's been great to have you involved.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12- Good on you.- Cheers.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15- See you, now. - Thanks, Rolf. Bye!- Bye!
0:38:33 > 0:38:35And, finally, it's finished.
0:38:35 > 0:38:39It has taken 10 people - plus me, of course - over six hours,
0:38:39 > 0:38:43and I think it's a work to be proud of.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56Julian, were you all quite happy with the end result?
0:38:56 > 0:38:59Yeah, we were all very pleased, it came out really well.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01Have you always been involved in graffiti art?
0:39:01 > 0:39:04Yeah, from a very early age, about ten years old.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06I was always scribbling on everything,
0:39:06 > 0:39:09and then, after a few kind of brushes with the law,
0:39:09 > 0:39:12I decided to go legit and start doing commissions,
0:39:12 > 0:39:16and then eventually I went to college and studied fine art.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19How did you find the difference between graffiti and fine art?
0:39:19 > 0:39:23Well, with graffiti art, it's all about working with others
0:39:23 > 0:39:25and getting the community involved, as well.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27We do lots of big community projects,
0:39:27 > 0:39:30getting all age groups, especially young people.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32- Great. Well, thanks again. Thank you.- OK.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37Well, the original has probably been painted over by now,
0:39:37 > 0:39:39but we actually have a perfect copy on film,
0:39:39 > 0:39:41and that is going to be projected here.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43So, when you come to the Old Vic Tunnels,
0:39:43 > 0:39:46as I hope you will, you'll be able to see that image
0:39:46 > 0:39:49here in our pop-up Diamond Jubilee art gallery.
0:39:49 > 0:39:56Details of our exhibition are on our website at...
0:39:56 > 0:40:00Our next decade is in many ways the most difficult.
0:40:00 > 0:40:05The Queen called 1992 her "annus horribilis", her horrible year,
0:40:05 > 0:40:10but the 1990s were a decade of great change as well.
0:40:11 > 0:40:15# Hold on
0:40:17 > 0:40:20# Don't be scared
0:40:22 > 0:40:28# You'll never change what's been and gone
0:40:29 > 0:40:33# May your smile... #
0:40:33 > 0:40:39It has turned out to be an annus horribilis.
0:40:41 > 0:40:46# Hasta manana
0:40:46 > 0:40:52# Always be mine
0:40:52 > 0:40:54# Viva for ever
0:40:54 > 0:40:58# I'll be waiting
0:40:58 > 0:41:02# Everlasting, like the sun
0:41:02 > 0:41:04# Live for ever... #
0:41:04 > 0:41:07BELL TOLLS # ..For the moment
0:41:07 > 0:41:12# Ever searching for the one. #
0:41:16 > 0:41:20It's hard to think that that was only 15 years ago.
0:41:21 > 0:41:25Our artists here are taking a different approach in their work.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27First of all, they're doing all their work
0:41:27 > 0:41:30on the same size piece of paper
0:41:30 > 0:41:33and they're all doing it in black and white,
0:41:33 > 0:41:35so when we bring all those images together,
0:41:35 > 0:41:39we will have a pictorial chronology of the '90s.
0:41:39 > 0:41:43Oh, I love it! The Scream! What prompted that?
0:41:43 > 0:41:46It just came to me.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49Gosh! I wouldn't know what to suggest to make that any better.
0:41:49 > 0:41:54- And this is the annus horribilis. - Absolutely.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58I decided to go for Hubble and Halley,
0:41:58 > 0:42:01because it was with Hubble that in the '90s
0:42:01 > 0:42:04we also discovered the first planets outside our solar system,
0:42:04 > 0:42:06so it's lots of nice science.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09Are you going to get some feeling of roundness on that?
0:42:09 > 0:42:12Yeah, I was thinking of using some silver ink
0:42:12 > 0:42:17and giving a shine to one surface of the telescope
0:42:17 > 0:42:21because, obviously, the sun is over there.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24It won't be back again for another, what, 63 years or something.
0:42:24 > 0:42:29- And will you draw it then, when it comes back?- If I'm around! - If you're around!
0:42:29 > 0:42:31ROLF LAUGHS
0:42:31 > 0:42:33That's good. Scarlet, what are you up to?
0:42:33 > 0:42:39I'm doing something to represent the IRA ceasefire in 1994.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41When the ceasefire happened,
0:42:41 > 0:42:45I moved over there, so it's got a personal thing for me as well.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49So I've just put it into fingers crossed.
0:42:49 > 0:42:54- Hope it works.- To hope the peace continues.- That's lovely.
0:42:54 > 0:42:59And this represents all the people laying flowers for Diana.
0:42:59 > 0:43:03What I did was I restaged the event with just one person,
0:43:03 > 0:43:08so I took my wife and baby and laid flowers just earlier this week.
0:43:08 > 0:43:11- Wow.- The last stages will be to darken the grass,
0:43:11 > 0:43:16perhaps add some washes into the sky, but I like the openness,
0:43:16 > 0:43:19- the space.- Yeah, it's lovely.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21Letting the white of the paper speak.
0:43:21 > 0:43:24- Do all the work, yeah. - Yeah, absolutely.
0:43:25 > 0:43:30I thought I'd have a look at some of the positive happenings in the '90s,
0:43:30 > 0:43:33so I looked at the construction of the Channel Tunnel,
0:43:33 > 0:43:37which was the first meeting of Europe and the UK
0:43:37 > 0:43:39in over 8,000 years,
0:43:39 > 0:43:44and the erection of the London Eye in preparation for the Millennium.
0:43:44 > 0:43:46You're going to darken all these blobs up?
0:43:46 > 0:43:49I'm going to... Yeah, shade the bottom of them.
0:43:49 > 0:43:53Well, as we now know, the country and indeed the Royal Family saw in
0:43:53 > 0:43:58the new millennium with a new-found strength, and what a decade it was.
0:44:01 > 0:44:03# ..For auld lang syne... #
0:44:19 > 0:44:22CHEERING
0:44:27 > 0:44:30SIREN
0:44:36 > 0:44:41# So throw those curtains wide
0:44:41 > 0:44:47# One day like this a year would see me right
0:44:48 > 0:44:52# Throw those curtains wide
0:44:52 > 0:44:58# One day like this a year would see me right
0:44:59 > 0:45:05# Throw those curtains wide
0:45:05 > 0:45:12# One day like this a year would see me right for life
0:45:12 > 0:45:17# Throw those curtains wide
0:45:17 > 0:45:24# One day like this a year would see me right for life... #
0:45:24 > 0:45:27Wow, what a fantastic weekend it's been,
0:45:27 > 0:45:30to celebrate the great job our Queen has done,
0:45:30 > 0:45:32and I can't wait for the Olympics.
0:45:32 > 0:45:34It's very exciting, we're right up to date now.
0:45:34 > 0:45:39Let's look at the last decade and see what's been inspiring our group.
0:45:42 > 0:45:46I'm doing a large-scale photographic collage of Buckingham Palace,
0:45:46 > 0:45:48this fine building.
0:45:48 > 0:45:51I will take probably around 100 photographs
0:45:51 > 0:45:54of the vista going across from left to right,
0:45:54 > 0:45:58not with the intention of making them into one single image
0:45:58 > 0:46:00but putting the photographs together so that it makes you look
0:46:00 > 0:46:05more carefully at the building, it makes you see it in a different way.
0:46:05 > 0:46:08I try to get into a space of my own
0:46:08 > 0:46:11where I'm responding to what I'm taking,
0:46:11 > 0:46:13rather than planning too much,
0:46:13 > 0:46:16and that's when interesting, exciting things happen.
0:46:20 > 0:46:23- Francis, this is great. - Hello. Thank you very much.
0:46:23 > 0:46:27- Wow, that's one of our camera ladies.- It is, that's Fleur, yes.
0:46:27 > 0:46:30- And in fact the last photograph is just about to be stuck.- Good.
0:46:30 > 0:46:31- So shall we do that?- Do it, yeah.
0:46:34 > 0:46:36I'll need these.
0:46:36 > 0:46:38ROLF CHUCKLES
0:46:40 > 0:46:42How many pieces have you got, all told?
0:46:42 > 0:46:45Well, there were about 140 photographs in the shoot.
0:46:45 > 0:46:49Um, probably 100 of them have ended up in the collage.
0:46:49 > 0:46:52It's amazing, actually, as a building. I live in London,
0:46:52 > 0:46:54haven't been to Buckingham Palace for many, many years.
0:46:54 > 0:46:57Going down there, you see what a beautiful place it is.
0:46:57 > 0:47:00Not only the palace but the areas around it as well.
0:47:00 > 0:47:02I tell you what's nice - the fact you've got
0:47:02 > 0:47:05all the characters all on that one shot.
0:47:05 > 0:47:10They're all perfect there, and then everything else is a hotchpotch
0:47:10 > 0:47:13- at different times and different colours and things.- Yep.
0:47:13 > 0:47:15- But that is stunning. - It's the focal point.- Yeah.
0:47:15 > 0:47:18- But the rest is slightly more quirky.- Yeah.
0:47:23 > 0:47:27Blaze, one of our other artists in this group, was also working
0:47:27 > 0:47:31with photographic paper but not in the traditional way.
0:47:32 > 0:47:36I'm going to sprinkle some sequins onto the paper,
0:47:36 > 0:47:40then we should end up with really nice silhouettes of the sequins.
0:47:40 > 0:47:42I don't know how this will turn out.
0:47:42 > 0:47:45It might be brilliant, it might not work.
0:47:45 > 0:47:47That's the wonder of working in here -
0:47:47 > 0:47:51you never know how your prints are going to turn out, and it's exciting.
0:47:51 > 0:47:54Sometimes a little disappointing, but mostly just exciting!
0:48:00 > 0:48:03Blaze, tell me about this. How does it all work?
0:48:03 > 0:48:05Well, it's photograms.
0:48:05 > 0:48:09Instead of using a negative to make a picture,
0:48:09 > 0:48:11I used newspaper articles, pictures,
0:48:11 > 0:48:13anything I could collect on the Diamond Jubilee.
0:48:13 > 0:48:17And how did you make them into negatives, then?
0:48:17 > 0:48:20- In some cases, like the big photo... - Yeah, Tower Bridge.
0:48:20 > 0:48:23..I covered them with resin to make them semi-transparent
0:48:23 > 0:48:25and then I got a direct print from them.
0:48:25 > 0:48:31Wow. And this is the sequence they have to be in to please you, is it?
0:48:31 > 0:48:34- Is that...?- Yes.- You want it that way and no other way?- No.
0:48:34 > 0:48:37So you're going to, what, take a photo of that so...
0:48:37 > 0:48:41- Yes. I'll take a photo so... - ..whoever's hanging it will know? - Yeah.
0:48:42 > 0:48:48- Have you taken it?- Yeah. - I was expecting a huge click.
0:48:49 > 0:48:54Helen is taking her inspiration from various London landmarks.
0:48:54 > 0:48:58I'd like to do a portrait of the Queen but I thought, to make it a bit abstract,
0:48:58 > 0:49:04throughout her hair, I'd do a mixture of sort of pen and watercolour images and collage,
0:49:04 > 0:49:07a whole representation of the noughties.
0:49:07 > 0:49:09Today, I'd really like to do some sketches
0:49:09 > 0:49:12and illustrations of some of the fantastic architecture
0:49:12 > 0:49:14and aspects of the Millennium.
0:49:14 > 0:49:18I'll do them large to start with, then bring them down in size,
0:49:18 > 0:49:21so that they will form a smaller part of the Queen's hair,
0:49:21 > 0:49:24so that's what I'm hoping to achieve today.
0:49:24 > 0:49:26My last colour.
0:49:27 > 0:49:31- ROLF CHUCKLES - Any good?- Very good, yeah!
0:49:31 > 0:49:36- That's great. What a lovely likeness.- Do you like it?- Yeah.
0:49:36 > 0:49:40Everybody tells me you're the fastest drawer in the West.
0:49:40 > 0:49:41So they say.
0:49:48 > 0:49:52And the other members of this group also created some surprising pieces.
0:49:58 > 0:50:01So, Sarah, tell me,
0:50:01 > 0:50:04how does this relate to the Queen's 60 years on the throne?
0:50:04 > 0:50:10- If you want to grab that end, Rolf, I'll show you.- Oh. And...?
0:50:10 > 0:50:12Just pull it.
0:50:12 > 0:50:14HE LAUGHS
0:50:14 > 0:50:16Next one?
0:50:17 > 0:50:19Oh, I like it.
0:50:21 > 0:50:24HE LAUGHS HEARTILY
0:50:27 > 0:50:32- It's compulsive, isn't it?- It is. - You can't stop. What a great idea.
0:50:32 > 0:50:37- That's fantastic.- Thank you. - Good idea, beautifully executed.
0:50:37 > 0:50:41I don't know what I'm doing -
0:50:41 > 0:50:43I haven't even finished my own painting!
0:50:57 > 0:51:00I'm working from a reference photo of the golden coach
0:51:00 > 0:51:04and trying to get it blurry and sort of...
0:51:05 > 0:51:08..mixing in with the background a bit
0:51:08 > 0:51:11so that it looks mysterious and magical
0:51:11 > 0:51:16and almost like a fairy tale. I remember it well.
0:51:16 > 0:51:19I think, while that's drying off a little bit,
0:51:19 > 0:51:21I'm going to sign this picture.
0:51:22 > 0:51:24What, with a nice red? Yeah.
0:51:27 > 0:51:30HE CHUCKLES
0:51:31 > 0:51:34I'm pleased with the progress I've made
0:51:34 > 0:51:38and the composition generally, but I think I was a little overambitious
0:51:38 > 0:51:41with the number of people sitting in the living room watching television.
0:51:41 > 0:51:44In fact, there were more on the real day,
0:51:44 > 0:51:47but I'm quite pleased with it.
0:51:47 > 0:51:52If I have another go at it at home, I might even finish it properly.
0:51:53 > 0:51:56This is when I find out if it really worked. Here we go.
0:51:58 > 0:52:04- Oh, yes! I love linocuts. It's me, is it?- Yup, it's you!
0:52:04 > 0:52:08- In the '70s, anyway.- Oh, it's lovely. Sarah, it's lovely.
0:52:08 > 0:52:09Thank you very much.
0:52:09 > 0:52:12- And the corgis! - Actually, you've got three legs!
0:52:12 > 0:52:17- Oh!- I just saw your Jake The Peg last night on YouTube.
0:52:17 > 0:52:18THEY LAUGH
0:52:20 > 0:52:25Isn't it exciting, when you suddenly see how it's all working?
0:52:25 > 0:52:26I love it, this is the best moment.
0:52:26 > 0:52:28You've been working on it all day
0:52:28 > 0:52:31and you really have no idea what it's going to look like.
0:52:31 > 0:52:34Let's see. How exciting!
0:52:40 > 0:52:42- Well...- It's not bad.
0:52:42 > 0:52:45I love the three-legged bit and the dogs.
0:52:45 > 0:52:48- What is that bit behind there? - That's the teapot from the display.
0:52:48 > 0:52:50Oh, I see. The teapot! I see it.
0:52:50 > 0:52:52I love the dogs.
0:52:55 > 0:52:56Wow, that's lovely.
0:52:56 > 0:52:59- Isn't that good?- Thank you, Rolf.
0:52:59 > 0:53:03You've got the attitude, the feeling and the electricity of it all.
0:53:03 > 0:53:06- It's just perfect.- Thank you, Rolf.
0:53:06 > 0:53:08You saying that is praise indeed.
0:53:08 > 0:53:11I thought we should come bang up to date, though,
0:53:11 > 0:53:15because of the Olympic torch going across the country at the moment.
0:53:15 > 0:53:19We were talking about the Olympics earlier. So, I've got my tablet here
0:53:19 > 0:53:23and I've become really obsessed with doing quick little sketches.
0:53:23 > 0:53:29I did this, literally, you can see, yesterday, over a cup of coffee.
0:53:29 > 0:53:33It's Zara, the Queen's granddaughter,
0:53:33 > 0:53:36holding the flame as she goes round Cheltenham Racecourse.
0:53:36 > 0:53:38There it is, bang up to date now.
0:53:38 > 0:53:41I think we can safely say we've done 60 years.
0:54:05 > 0:54:08Well, it's been a fantastic day.
0:54:08 > 0:54:12As everyone finishes their paintings and packs up their materials,
0:54:12 > 0:54:16I know we're going to have a brilliant tribute to Her Majesty The Queen.
0:54:43 > 0:54:46Oh, crikey, what a day!
0:54:46 > 0:54:48It was amazing but I'm not quite sure
0:54:48 > 0:54:51how we're now going to transform this into an exhibition space.
0:54:51 > 0:54:54But very exciting, just the variety of artwork.
0:54:54 > 0:54:55It's been amazing.
0:54:55 > 0:54:57I must say I can't wait to see it
0:54:57 > 0:55:00when you've transformed it into an exhibition.
0:55:00 > 0:55:03Thanks, Rolf, neither can I!
0:55:14 > 0:55:16Oh, wow, look at this!
0:55:16 > 0:55:20Everyone's gone, everything's been packed away,
0:55:20 > 0:55:22the place is completely empty.
0:55:22 > 0:55:27We've now got to transform this into an art gallery.
0:55:29 > 0:55:31OK, guys.
0:55:44 > 0:55:47Are you happy with that, guys? That's good.
0:55:47 > 0:55:49And despite being exhausted,
0:55:49 > 0:55:53we all worked against the clock to create our very own art gallery.
0:57:15 > 0:57:19Wow, you must have been up all night to get this hung like this!
0:57:19 > 0:57:20It's fantastic.
0:57:20 > 0:57:22It's just brilliant, I'm thrilled.
0:57:22 > 0:57:25So, here you have it, it's our own Diamond Jubilee tribute
0:57:25 > 0:57:29to Her Majesty The Queen, created by some of her people.
0:57:29 > 0:57:31And the gallery is now open until Sunday 10th June.
0:57:31 > 0:57:35Entrance is free, so please come along and see the exhibition.
0:57:35 > 0:57:38It's at the Old Vic Tunnels at Waterloo.
0:57:38 > 0:57:39Cup of tea afterwards?!
0:57:39 > 0:57:45We hope this has inspired you to pick up a brush, pencil or crayon
0:57:45 > 0:57:47and create your own works of art.
0:57:47 > 0:57:50What have you got to lose?
0:57:50 > 0:57:52Do it!
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