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He often introduces a particular segment by showing the finished piece, then the litany "Come have a look at this!!". When a piece involves painting or gluing or anything else that requires time to dry or set, he puts the piece — with a few slops of paint or such over it — to one side and says, "and here's one I made earlier", or "and then you'll have something that looks like this". His works are designed so children can follow his technique and make their own copy of his piece, and they are generally pictures with some quirk added to them, e.g. 'Lolly Lettering' (a type of calligraphy using lolly sticks) and using cardboard squares as paint palette knives to create a painting of a ship. In several episodes he makes something that included lots of torn-up newspaper and Papier-mâché (using a solution of PVA Glue and water), like the 'Dinosaur Banks'. Once he has finished explaining his work, Neil says the famous "Try it yourself" line to the viewers. One of Art Attack's most famous inclusions is the Big Art Attacks. These are pieces of art done by Neil on a huge scale, often on a playing field, tarmac ground and similar. One of his most well-known is a 'picture' of Queen Elizabeth II made up of £250,000 worth of £10 banknotes. Also memorable is 'The Head', an animated stone bust who laughs and recaps the steps needed to produce the last art piece made. In the later series of Art Attack, The Head was replaced with different 'the Heads', until being removed altogether. The programme was originally a TVS production, devised by Neil Buchanan and Peter Urie . The pilot was made in 1988 , and the series began the following year. When TVS lost its Franchise , Peter Urie and Neil Buchanan produced the programme through their company, "The Media Merchants". The Media Merchants is now a hit entertainment company. The production team is as follows:
The show is especially popular among children in Canada , where it was shown on Family Channel . |
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