French bulldog by Spencer Lambeth-Angell

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Like this , it’s skilfully done Spencer.

Clever and very good

Beautifully done, Spencer!

My wife saw a picture of this bulldog and challenged me to paint it my way. With my colour blindness I find that my squinting at a picture I can pull out the segments that really show the object or animal in a different and segmented way.

Very clever Spencer

Nice one, a readily recognisable abstract !

Another good one

Love the way you create your work Spencer.

Thank you all so much for your lovely comments. I really appreciate it.

Love the style and subtlety of colour

Great set of postings Spencer.

And it just IS a French Bully - very cleverly done, so much depending on the accuracy of the shapes vs. negative space: one slip and you'd lose the likeness, especially in the muzzle and mouth area: but you didn't make any slips.

You've hit on something which makes very interesting paintings Spencer.

Thank you all for your great comments. Much appreciated.

Hang on Studio Wall
10/05/2026
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Segmenting the sections of the bulldogs face allowing negative space to create the image in tones of brown. A4 watercolour on 300gsm paper.

About the Artist
Spencer Lambeth-Angell

I only took up painting during the lockdown so a lot of my work is experimental trying to find out what techniques work well for me. Decades ago I trained as a Primary School teacher with art and design as one of my subjects but textiles was my main area of work. I enjoy painting and drawing but am…

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