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I had the same thought's as Marjorie! That scaffold guy made a fabulous start, (nice painterly strokes), and I also tipped him as the winner before he messed the lower half up completely. I can't say that I was overly impressed with the winner mind you, not particularly inspiring in my view.
I did like the illustration style watercolour sketches from the young girl who had a degree in illustration. She was talented and could draw.
It's impossible to know exactly what the judges are after - obviously they are looking for a work that isn't a copy of the scene, no point in that as we all know. An artist's personal statement of the subject in front of them I suspect, that's what painting should be about in my book!
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What about this weeks contest?
Interesting work from the girl using a typewriter and she made the top three, probably because it was totally different from the norm. (although I have seen a typewriter used in this way). The middle guy of the three selected who joined two boards together to make a panoramic shape produced a stunning landscape in my opinion, and should have been a clear winner.
The monochromatic painting that won didn't depict anything of the scene, and left the building out completely. How it took four hours to complete I'll never know, his submission was a lot better. Other's may disagree with me of course, but I was left amazed by the judge's decision - not for the first time either!
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I pretty much thought the same. The winner did grow on me but it could have been of anywhere. The typing was absolutely super and she held my attention all the way through, but would that style suit the eventual remit/commission? All in all I thought it was a very interesting episode, although I wasn't blown away by the winner. Still love the show, though.
Bri
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Yes Marjorie, he did indeed add a bit of colour this time, quite successfully too. My winner on the day was Karl, but the judge's didn't agree. He's the chap that won the first episode, Haidee-Jo was in that also. (just in case anyone has forgotten). I really liked his work, but what do I know?...
We'll find out tomorrow of course, I can't pick a winner from these three and it may well be Mr Mono!
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I thought this year's competition was the weakest yet by far. The two guys in the final were pretty good but one was too inclined to paint the whole scene in front of him with very little interpretation, while the other (the Scots guy) produced more interesting work which I preferred. I thought the lady in the final was incredibly lucky to be there at all as her first round and semi final paintings were underwhelming to say the least. She produced a good painting of Brighton pier in the final but I thought her 'landscape' of Greenwich Park was a joke. The judges spend a lot of time talking what was termed in another thread on here as 'art bollocks' so perhaps we shouldn't be surprised at the outcome.
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I cannot believe she won! The other two were by far the better artists in my opinion. Peter I love your comment about 'art bollocks' which is exactly what the judges say.
It beggars belief that from all the thousands who applied we get a winner like that. I haven't yet watched the final programme where she has to paint the winning commission, I don't even know if I will waste my time looking as I can't for the life of me, believe that it can be worth it!!
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Clearly the judges had one eye focused on the IWM commission when they made their decision. There was no way that they (or the IWM) wanted an accurate representation of the current view of the scene of this bloody WW1 battlefield. I state the obvious here of course. Mind you, what a fabulous vista it was, I was instantly inspired and would love to have had the opportunity to put my own take on it.
it wasn't the easiest of briefs if we're honest, and to have your work standing next to some of the best war artist's that have ever lived must be a daunting but exciting prospect to say the least - but what a fantastic challenge to any artist. Her finished work will always be subjective, as with Hockney's recent window, but good luck to her in her future progress.
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Just watched both programmes late last night and was very surprised by the winning painting. To be honest I couldn't fathom the result, to say this was the winning piece out of all the entries. I tried and tried to find something constructive to say about it, but was simply left flatter than the Bonneville salt flats.
However, her commission, and the programme for that matter, was/were great. I also found myself liking her, which helped me to review everything with a more sympathetic eye. The colours and mood were excellent.
My favourite painting, by a golden mile, was the Scottish guy's lighthouse painting. I loved it for so many reasons.
Bri