A designer who taught herself how to paint in lockdown by watching YouTube tutorials has created a collection of portraits of famous faces - on PAPER BAGS.

Debbie Wingham painted portraits of Princess Diana, Kendall Jenner and Leonardo DiCaprio onto the bags because she had no access to canvas during her quarantine.

She spent hours learning how to paint with oils during the pandemic and credited her new hobby with helping her mental health during the shutdown.

Debbie, who is British but now lives in Marbella, Spain, said: “I don’t think I’ve painted a picture since I was 12 years old. I spent the whole of lockdown watching Youtube tutorials.

“Although the pandemic meant that I lost my entire work schedule. I acquired a whole new skill.

“I looked around me and all I had were paper bags so I used them.

“My house was in too remote a part of Marbella to get canvases delivered in time during the lockdown. I would have gone mad if I wasn’t painting.”

She added that painting with oils was particularly challenging as the wet medium requires plenty of time to build up layers.

“Oil is one of the most notoriously difficult mediums because it takes a long time to build up layers," Debbie said.

“I wanted to paint contemporary things using an old school technique.

“With oil painting, you have to build up the layers and you need to let it dry in intervals.”

Each portrait took around a week to complete and she completed a collection of 13 famous faces, including Jane Fonda, Frida Kahlo and Lady Gaga, which are now being exhibited at the Kempinski Hotel Bahía in Marbella.

This video was filmed in August 2021.