What does Timmy's painting of a wheel and half of a cart have in common with 142 other paintings? Answer? Rolf on Art the Big event!
Trafalgar Square in London was the setting for BBC1's flagship live show Rolf on Art - the Big Event when over 140 artists gathered to recreate Constable's famous painting the Haywain. Each panel was 30x20" and together they formed a giant work of art that covered the side of the National gallery.
Timmy was invited to take part and together with Rolf Harris, Jane Seymour, David James, Fern Cotton, Anneka Rice, Linda Barker, Mark Speight, Peter Cockcroft, Jim from eastenders, and Bill Oddie made up the celebrity central panel.
Starting at 11am the artists had a few hours under the glare of the TV cameras and thousands of people who had gathered to watch. The panels were then assembled during the live TV transmission that evening.
ready to start? Timmy and 140 other artists face blank canvases!
Linda Barker looks for inspiration from Timmy's top!
Timmy starts with a canvas painted bright red to match the carpet!
Trafalgar Square filled up with thousands of eager onlookers
Anneka Rice and Jane Seymour have difficult bits of the carthorse to paint!
Lorraine Kelly and family came to see how it progressing...
Rolf has advice in making sure the paintings will fit together..
Bill Oddie's is a little bit out of synch...
a few finishes touches...
under Rolf's watchful eye...
Jane Seymour flew in from the US for this show.
Mark decides to smarten up Timmy's top...
surely these don't fit together, do they?
Isn't that Jim from Eastenders?!
Wow! that's starting to look right...
Can I have your hat Fern?
England goal keeper David James explains to Timmy how painting regularly helps you grow taller!
The finished panel!
Rolf's is top left, Timmy's bottom right... I think that's the Haywain alright!
And here it is at 8pm live on TV in front of the National gallery!
Rolf on Art - The Big Event - Mona Lisa. There's more here!
