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Sky Arts: Landscape Artist of the Year 2022. Wed. 12 Jan. at 8pm.
Miss T Eye
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For all those who love watching talented artists paint, the new series of Landscape Artist of the Year starts on Wednesday, 12 January, 2022 at 8.00pm on Sky Arts and Sky Showcase channels. The spectacular Eden Project features in the first episode.
Looking forward to another great series.🙂
Looking forward to another great series.🙂
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On the other hand, I thought the top 3 were spot on and any of them could have won. Aleysha did well to edge it but Denise's and Doug's were great as well.
They were my three choices too and agree that anyone one of them could have won. I thought each of them had created strong submissions to gain a place in the first heat. I particularly liked Denise’s submission of the industrial building through the trees and Elisha’s excellent painting of the large smoking fire, which looked very atmospheric. I preferred Doug’s linocut of the Eden Project to his submission but that is probably because I didn’t know the island. I think it is quite tough for linocut artists in the competition because stark black and white paintings are not everyone’s cup of tea.
I really enjoyed tonight’s programme and can’t wait for next week’s heat already.
I think it is incredible how she managed to capture the huge Eden Project on such a super small canvas. We don’t often see the artist’s easel, finished painting and background scenery in the same camera shot.
I agree. The first three were right on and I liked the winner's fire, but not her supposedly 'eerie' domes 😐 The lino cut was excellent and I liked both Matlock lady's paintings.
The judges final choices baffle me sometimes.
With more famous artists I found a similar thing with Turner and Rothko paintings which were so much more impactful when seen directly in person.
I felt that when I saw Whistlejacket by Stubbs in the National Gallery. I actually gasped, the images I'd seen previously were nothing in comparison.
I thought this week's wildcard was better than last week's. At least it looked like the subject.
I have seen Rothko's paintings and was seriously underwhelmed!
I actually thought the wildcard was better than the picture that won the heat!
Yes and impressive that both paintings in her diptych were so good. Presumably the wildcard artists have a slight advantage in that they have as long as they want to paint. The style of the winning portrait was interesting, but the colours felt far too drab and old fashioned to me. Thought the lady's sewn landscape, using ties was one of the best we've seen - she got so much done in the time, with great lights and darks and it all read as a great painting from a distance.
I liked the sewn fabric landscape, not a medium I am familiar with. The winner's artwork was not one of my favourites but it's all subjective.
They get the same time ie 4 hours as the main artists. They might have an advantage in that they are not fixed where they can set up so greater choice of view to paint. I agree that the sewing lady's portrait was better than one they chose.
For anyone interested, here is a link to her website and wonderful art portfolio. I love her new art studio in her back garden!❤️
https://www.justinewarnerartist.com/
She was my favourite too. It was mind-blowing what she could make out of ties. The winner seemed to be their favourite from the start so I wasn't surprised when she won and I did quite like it even though the colours were a bit dark.
My favourite also but I do wonder sometimes if the judges are thinking ahead to the winning commission. Generally the commissioned pieces end up being quite large and there may be limitations on size that artist can do unless she patches or sticks panels together? Her machine might only be able to cope with a certain width of fabric especially when it is bunched up.
Oh, in all the years I've watched I always assumed the wildcards settled in for the day. It probably just appeared that way. Dragging along all their paraphernalia, food and drink, little chairs, partners, all weather hats and various plastic sheets and tents to keep their paintings dry - they generally just seem more relaxed, so just assumed they were in it for the long haul!
I was surprised how much I liked Desmond's though. All the way through I was thinking 'Why has he done that? It's just going to look like an industrial estate', but the finished painting really did represent a working harbour, and surprised me.