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I don't have Sky, and in general don't miss it - I can't afford to subscribe just for Formula I racing and the occasional arts programme.
And while I pretend this is because I loathe Rupert Murdoch and anything he touches, which indeed I do, meanness has more to do with it.
I take it though, from the comments made, that this particular programme eclipses the BBC's Painting Challenge offerings? Not that this would be terribly hard, frankly. But am I right in this assumption?
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I watched it and thoroughly enjoyed the show, even more so for having read this thread. Well done, Haidee-jo, for a marvellous painting and stalwart effort. The comp was a close call, I think, because of the high standard. I really admired the final three and thought the wild card was right up there. That combination is a rare treat for the viewer but it makes life difficult for the contestants.
We only see an edited version but I've often wondered about the day's proceedings, from arrival, lunch, coffees, toilet facilities (it's my age), time to set up, time to clear up, expenses, interaction with judges, follow up and everything else. Is it a daunting experience or quite laid-back and supportive? All of these things would make a difference to the artist's mood.
Once again I thought you were brilliant.
Best
Bri
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I've recorded it so will watch it later on today Jen.
Nobody commented on last weeks show for some reason. The submission and work on the day by the girl doing her small abstract paintings using a 5-inch brush were nothing short of a joke, how did she get through with that rubbish! Even the judges were struggling to come up with something to say.
For those of you who didn't watch it, I'm not knocking abstract work in any way, I love abstract, but this was ridiculous.
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Thanks for the reminder, Alan. I hadn't realised that this topic was ongoing. I've deleted the other thread, just in case you wondered where it had gone.
I was definitely more impressed with the wild card than the winners, in fact the wilds seemed to be much better all round.
The winner left me baffled, mainly because it didn't resemble the scene at all and he didn't have to be there to paint it. Also, I felt it looked like a ship trapped in the Antarctic ice.
Why travel all that way to ignore the scene. I understand and quite like the art but would the clients be happy with a similar style for their commission?
Bri
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I don't know why no one posted last week? Maybe we were all feeling a little bemused lol. I liked last week's winner too, I liked both her submission and her final piece, I found them both very different, and I kept on wanting to look at them, I haven't a clue why the abstract girl was there her work was nothing that represented the scene, even the colours didn't match the day? Or maybe that's just my opinion and others found her brilliant? I personally don't mind abstract but I really didn't get her work.
I really liked the guy who added the texture this week too, I found it very interesting, I thought the use of the bubble wrap gave the sea a kind of foamy look it gets when it making small waves. It was very clever. His work was very appealing to the eye.
I really think the winner has a lot more to give, but he won't go much further than this round. He's a wash and pen painter and even though he went through on this round I feel it was done to make it more interesting than a load of the same oil painters in the semis. I was happy tho to see another medium go through as it does get a little samey after a while. I'm holding out for a collage or charcoal painter to be a winner next week ha ha ha. Or maybe something even more out there!
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My thoughts, exactly, Margaret.
Although I feel all genres should be given a fair shake of the dice, I wish the selectors would pay more attention to quality and feasibility before accepting some applicants as contestants.
I also like abstract art, especially when it's BIG, but sometimes I can't help but feel I'm being conned. The abstract painter from last week's episode managed to throw up several paintings in no time at all, and I couldn't engage with any of them. They could have been of anywhere or anything or anyone. It seemed like a wasted opportunity to me because if the emotions aren't engaged, at least on some level, then the viewer is left flat or baffled.
Bri
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I thought the venue was Studley Royal gardens, not Fountains Abbey that featured in the first episode. On seeing the view in front of the contestants my immediate comment to 'her who always knows best' was that there was an awful lot of greens and it would be a real challenge. I think the challenge was too much for most and the results were IMO the poorest set of any episode to date, but I wouldn't have done any better! I thought the young girl who got through produced an interesting painting but wasn't sure what it had to do with the scene in front of her.
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I've just watched it and what a dreadful subject to be faced with. Boring or what?. I am referring to my own view here of course. Others may love all those manicured gardens, greens and twee little man-made architectural follies and statues.
They all struggled to some degree, and I also think that this was the poorest collection of work done on the day (not their submissions). The young girl with a fine art degree from Slade could paint, and I suspect that she could have completed that work in well under an hour. Why pick two though?, neither were that good in my view. Why then, didn't they pick two when Haidee-Jo was on the show, that just ain't fair!
Oh yes Marjorie, the vase!, a strange idea to bring that along - or am I missing the point?
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I've just seen it on catch-up and enjoyed the difficult subject and how the different artists approached the task. I was surprised by the final three and eventual winner, simply because I think the judges overlooked at least two much better paintings. But who am I to say.
The inconsistencies of the judging is weird at times, and yet I like all three judges very much for the different points of view they bring. I was a puzzled when Kate Bryan condemned a painting for the presence of birds (gulls) and white clouds in a seascape. It was weakened by them, she said. However, other episodes have found the judges extolling the virtues of realism, birds clouds et al.
My favourite was rejected, I think, because the foreground was too abstract, where the tourists on the beach were suggested. That was my winner. *grin*
Nevertheless, I still love the show and always look forward to it every week and year. I also like the portrait equivalent but landscapes is still my definite favourite.