Listening to the various rationales for choosing favorites, never appeases me. I like realism, like I'm looking at a photograph of a place I'm likely never to get to travel to.
Its so fun to Watch and listen to the different artists saying a few words of their approach and compairing with the results during the total process - and for me it elegantly illustrates that making art and experiencing art and judging art it not something you “can hang on a linear evaluation “ its , when heart moving, made as a wonderfull entanglement of the impressions of a moment caressed and blended with memories, associations, longing, colors, texture, intuitions feelings and ….. its so much fun and it can open into deep experience each time you are present. Art is truly a multidimensional communication of a moment of Life 🎵💜🎶🦄🦋🙏
Completely off topic here, but am I alone to think that Ms. Joan Bakewell is looking younger with every episode?! She's amazing and so is this series!! TY for sharing with us. Cheers from sunny FL 🙂
The posting of a new episode is always the highlight of my week. This was a particularly difficult subject. And they all did a wonderful job. The final paintings were so unique that it’s almost like comparing apples and orange. I can’t imagine the difficulty of the task of choosing a winner.
Yes! Thomas's painting is immeasurably provocative. This painting along with the first submission painting, although in different style, seem to hold deep secrets. Somewhat like a fuzzy memory or a dream that vanishes once you open your eyes.
I would have loved to have seen the female artist with the messy abstract chair advance to the semifinals. I just love her style and I think it's a lot more interesting than the winner. In fact, although I like the winner's work, I wouldn't have picked him for the top three. Beside my favorite mentioned, I also liked the collage lady and the colorful painting by the older gentleman with the hat and round glasses. I thought those three were the strongest.
How could they have excluded the collage from the shortlist? And then to choose a messy, ugly one with a chair in it? They complsined about the chair in the one painting, but then pick that ugly one as a top 3?
I really liked Thomas's painting and was happy he stopped at the raw stage instead of trying to make it into a more "finished" piece. Dynamic mark making and juxtaposition of color.
It seems to me that you don't critique the artist enough. Not that you should be tough on them but you're not tough enough with your statements. Obviously this last one the wild card winner was the best by far in interpreting and painting what you chose. She was amazing the others were all so so. The winning man his first painting was by far by far better than the second one. The second one look like he just slapped paint. The others I didn't think were that great either. Of course I'm not a painter but I think you should give more input since you are all judges on painting to these people give them some good pointers or criticisms.
She was commissioned by the Royal Society of Architects to depict Venetian architecture a la John Ruskin. She painted, in ink, a building slowly getting destroyed by the water that Ruskin feared would eventually swallow the eternal city. I've seen her piece: it is truly iconic, and unique, and it moved me. I could see the beautiful city whose lifeblood was water getting destroyed by the thing that made it so iconic. Also, she drew TWO doors. 🤪
Just wait for this winner. She suppose to paint the Canal but instead paints a hill side with a fire blazing on it. A faint resemblance of a river is depicted below. It is a interesting painting but not a commissioned piece that met the objective.
I think the judges need to take a good look at Monet's water lily paintings. It should give a better understanding of his perspective and thereby a better understanding of Susan's picture.
@@nickwilson7697 I’m not sure I agree. The watercolour community is larger than you think as it’s a very immediate and portable medium requiring only paper, paint, water and a brush. Are there really more collage and lino print artists than watercolourists? Or is it the judges’ taste that watercolour art is too “pretty” or “twee”?
I like this show but always disagree with their choices as the truly amazing artists who have dedicated decades to the art are always passed over. Many of the wildcards are fantastic and they don’t even show them. Such a shame.
Maybe it’s exactly because they’ve dedicated decades to their art that they’re passed over. Perhaps their work is staid and stodgy. After watching this show for years, the one thing I think the judges look for is a singular sense of style. Most of the iconic, recognizable artists-of-old were bold trend setters - leaving the staid and stodgy in the past.
I've seen enough of these shows that I can tell when the judges praise the mark-making or the way an artist puts down paint, then they don't really like the painting and they are reaching to this cliche for something kind of analytical sounding to say. It's hard to imagine any of the artists in this episode painting a $10k commission landscape. Some of the paintings are interesting as paintings, yes, but that doesn't make them great landscapes.
The selected wild card as well as several other wild cards were so much better than any of this sorry selection of hacks on this unusually wierd group of "artists".
Wow! The wildcard lady's foliage was amazing - so beautiful, and exactly matched what was in front of her. Love that!
Susan Isaac's painting was outstanding!
I agree.
Listening to the various rationales for choosing favorites, never appeases me. I like realism, like I'm looking at a photograph of a place I'm likely never to get to travel to.
Thank you for posting these. If I only had one thing to watch this would be it.
Oi Vey! Once again, the wild cards are leaps and bounds ahead of the contestants.
Kim
Thanks for posting!
I loved Thomas’s painting, the colours are so beautiful and yummy… 😍
Its so fun to Watch and listen to the different artists saying a few words of their approach and compairing with the results during the total process - and for me it elegantly illustrates that making art and experiencing art and judging art it not something you “can hang on a linear evaluation “ its , when heart moving, made as a wonderfull entanglement of the impressions of a moment caressed and blended with memories, associations, longing, colors, texture, intuitions feelings and ….. its so much fun and it can open into deep experience each time you are present. Art is truly a multidimensional communication of a moment of Life 🎵💜🎶🦄🦋🙏
Completely off topic here, but am I alone to think that Ms. Joan Bakewell is looking younger with every episode?! She's amazing and so is this series!! TY for sharing with us. Cheers from sunny FL 🙂
The posting of a new episode is always the highlight of my week. This was a particularly difficult subject. And they all did a wonderful job. The final paintings were so unique that it’s almost like comparing apples and orange. I can’t imagine the difficulty of the task of choosing a winner.
Yes! Thomas's painting is immeasurably provocative. This painting along with the first submission painting, although in different style, seem to hold deep secrets. Somewhat like a fuzzy memory or a dream that vanishes once you open your eyes.
Always love this show.. Thank you so much.. But.. I really didn't care for any of them
I would have loved to have seen the female artist with the messy abstract chair advance to the semifinals. I just love her style and I think it's a lot more interesting than the winner. In fact, although I like the winner's work, I wouldn't have picked him for the top three. Beside my favorite mentioned, I also liked the collage lady and the colorful painting by the older gentleman with the hat and round glasses. I thought those three were the strongest.
Susan Isaac, brilliant, unique, dynamic work ❤
I agree- don’t understand why she wasn’t the winner.😊
How could they have excluded the collage from the shortlist? And then to choose a messy, ugly one with a chair in it? They complsined about the chair in the one painting, but then pick that ugly one as a top 3?
Title= season and episode please.
Yes!!! Why don't they do this!?!?! It's so frustrating
Season 7-Episode 4
I really liked Thomas's painting and was happy he stopped at the raw stage instead of trying to make it into a more "finished" piece. Dynamic mark making and juxtaposition of color.
Ty😊
Why did the judges or presenters not mention that Thomas was also on Portrait artist of the year? They did it for others.
❤
You inspire me!
Never ever agree with the judges, it gets frustrating
What year is this from? Thank you for posting!
It seems to me that you don't critique the artist enough. Not that you should be tough on them but you're not tough enough with your statements. Obviously this last one the wild card winner was the best by far in interpreting and painting what you chose. She was amazing the others were all so so. The winning man his first painting was by far by far better than the second one. The second one look like he just slapped paint. The others I didn't think were that great either. Of course I'm not a painter but I think you should give more input since you are all judges on painting to these people give them some good pointers or criticisms.
The wild card won over all of them, so true.
One of the last winners was supposed to paint an iconic piece depicting the city of Venezia Italia. She drew a DOOR.
She was commissioned by the Royal Society of Architects to depict Venetian architecture a la John Ruskin. She painted, in ink, a building slowly getting destroyed by the water that Ruskin feared would eventually swallow the eternal city. I've seen her piece: it is truly iconic, and unique, and it moved me. I could see the beautiful city whose lifeblood was water getting destroyed by the thing that made it so iconic.
Also, she drew TWO doors. 🤪
Just wait for this winner. She suppose to paint the Canal but instead paints a hill side with a fire blazing on it. A faint resemblance of a river is depicted below. It is a interesting painting but not a commissioned piece that met the objective.
Yummy always yummy
Yesterday seagull pooped on me and i guess it was lucky _ Wild Card winner.
I think the judges need to take a good look at Monet's water lily paintings. It should give a better understanding of his perspective and thereby a better understanding of Susan's picture.
I wonder why nobody painted a giant insect with those multi5edge Eyes bubbles on. I can totally see a green Ant monster there...(15.30min)
Very MEH except for the wild card winner and this seems to be how the show is evolving. Also, why the lack of watercolour artists in the pods?
Agree with you. Very amateurish. The wildcard winner is the best. What were the judges thinking of when selecting the artists? Egad.
There are so many fewer watercolorists, in general. We walked through a local art fair yesterday. There were over 100 booths. Only 2 were watercolor.
@@nickwilson7697 I’m not sure I agree. The watercolour community is larger than you think as it’s a very immediate and portable medium requiring only paper, paint, water and a brush. Are there really more collage and lino print artists than watercolourists? Or is it the judges’ taste that watercolour art is too “pretty” or “twee”?
What year is this?
2022. It's on the last frame of the closing credits.
It's in the description: 2022
Ugh the chairs and pieces of pod. No
I like this show but always disagree with their choices as the truly amazing artists who have dedicated decades to the art are always passed over. Many of the wildcards are fantastic and they don’t even show them. Such a shame.
Maybe it’s exactly because they’ve dedicated decades to their art that they’re passed over. Perhaps their work is staid and stodgy. After watching this show for years, the one thing I think the judges look for is a singular sense of style. Most of the iconic, recognizable artists-of-old were bold trend setters - leaving the staid and stodgy in the past.
I've seen enough of these shows that I can tell when the judges praise the mark-making or the way an artist puts down paint, then they don't really like the painting and they are reaching to this cliche for something kind of analytical sounding to say. It's hard to imagine any of the artists in this episode painting a $10k commission landscape. Some of the paintings are interesting as paintings, yes, but that doesn't make them great landscapes.
NO! No, no, and no!!! I can't believe they picked his. Wrong, just wrong. What is with them judges, eh?
The selected wild card as well as several other wild cards were so much better than any of this sorry selection of hacks on this unusually wierd group of "artists".
NONE
So funny to see that the geothermal project is (was?) funded by the EU.
But hey, leaving the EU has really put GB back on top again, LOL.
Meh.
Thanks for posting!