Portrait Artist of the Year | S02 E01 | Reel Truth Documentaries
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Frank Skinner and Joan Bakewell begin their hunt for the Portrait Artist of the Year. Heat one sees artists paint sitters including Sol Campbell against the clock.
Portrait Artist of the Year is a competition art show aiming to find the best portrait painter of the year.
Each episode features a regional competition and contestants are challenged to produce a portrait of one of three famous sitters.
As the competition goes on, three artists will remain, and these finalists will have their work displayed in the world-famous National Portrait Gallery in London. The winner eventually receives a $10,000 commission to become a permanent part of the British Library!
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I think the judges are a little too biased towards nouveau styles, rather than traditional or realistic portraits, and ignore some amazing works. Perhaps the bias is due to time constraints for the tv format. Perhaps they're just pretentious judges.
It's interesting how the sitters chose completely different portraits. Their choices were better likenesses / work, but not as pretentious.
I agree with you
41:55 is such an immature statement that perfectly underlines what you said
@@reasonablyserious Yes. Exactly.
@@reasonablyserious I don't agree with your opinion. If you look at the discourse of painting through the decades and centuries, there has always been progressiveness that have defined new movements that speak to the times in which the works were made... The judge's statement about not rehashing the past and looking for something different needs to be considered in that context. We all have our subjective preferences in terms of style and aesthetic, and to judge work based on those subjective likes and dislikes, or even what the academy historically venerated, is what I'd consider immature... but the judges are obviously going beyond that to select people who bring something potentially new to the table, which is consistent with the historical discourse of painting, which makes the judging more objective.
People seem to be upset that "traditional" and "realist" portraits weren't selected, as an indicator of some inherent bias the judges have... well, they did select Ewan and Louie from season 1 who made it to the finals, and their were was either traditional or realist... but if we look at "traditional" painting, say Manet, he broke the mold of his time, as did Vermeer, Goya or Courbet of their times etc. They were all pushing for something new, to not rehash the past. Even movements like 19th century "Realism" resisted painting as a tool for representing the rich and aristocratic, but instead started representing the average person, which in and of itself ran against the grain of what was considered "traditional" at the time. The point is, among the sea of painters that exist today, who should be venerated? The person who is doing what a lot of people can do, and hasn't brought anything new to the discourse of painting, or the person who has the potential to progress the discourse? Let's not forget that the Impressionists were rejected by the Salon, because their work was not considered to the standard of the academy... If the only painters that were venerated were painters that painted in some kind of 17th, 18th, or 19th academic style, painting would feel very redundant as it would not be a reflection of our current existence.
I like how Frank challenged them about likeness. You go, Frank!
I agree. Go Frank! He still looked angry when he announced the winners.
Frank was a nube.
Why can’t Hollywood create non-drama competitions like England? This is so much more pleasant to watch.
I love this show so much. But the editing is so frustrating! Skipping over some of the artist self portraits at beginning and only focusing on the potential winners by not fully showing all the final paintings at the end is such a let down. Everyone worked so hard and deserved to have their paintings seen in full before the judges made their cuts.
completely skip the judges 'sitting' the subjects and more air time for artist works please...
@@nancyjohnson5483 It's nice to see how the series began and how it evolved. It's quite different now.
Hmmm.. They were all talented but I was surprised by the three chosen. I would think the face should be emphasized and capturing both the likeness and essence of the person is key. I preferred several of the portraits not chosen.
I did think the winner's portrait caught the athletes essence in an almost dreamy way
Is it weird that the three paintings that were chosen felt like incomplete work... And others were better and more rich filled with colour combinations.
Because it is 4 hours... so they're looking at what they know as art experts to predict what will happen in the later stages of painting when they have more time.
It’s really very subjective. One person’s taste is not another persons taste. It’s astounding sometimes.
@@SGF1234
I dont think thats their thought process though.
The point of the time limit is to make it more or less your final piece to be judged.
Because as great of an artists these “experts” are. They dont have the ability to see nor judge the future.
Who knows, maybe the ones that werent chosen couldve changed everything entirely in the next stages which would make it a lot “better”.
@@sungoddiss
And a lot of the times ridiculous lol.
Thanks so much for posting these. We can't get them any other way in the US. I enjoy it even when I don't agree with the judges.
Gertrude Stein looked at a portrait of her Picasso had just finished and said, 'It doesn't look like me.' Picasso replied, It will one day.'
Portraiture is one of the most difficult paintings to do. I like some resemblance and also something of the person's attitude, personality, sensibility.
I really enjoy this series!
What part of likeness hinders the ability to portray attitude, personality, sensibility? Would their paintings have suffered if they'd captured more likeness? None of them painted a cubist portrait, they weren't that abstract, so IMO the lack of likeness just wasn't justified by the (relative) originality of their style, it wasn't part of their style, it was just a failure to render likeness, even though they'd actively tried.
Love this show and glad to come across an episode I have not seen yet. Do disappointed with the outcome. Without going into details, they were very school like.
I agree...I did think though, that of the 3 finalists, the watercolorist should have won.
@@RMBlake007 Yes, especially since likeness apparently doesn't matter.
The judges picked portraits that don't look like the sitters!!! Speaks volumes about them as judges!!!
Right. It says that they aren't idiots who can only digest illustrations.
@@SGF1234 I beg to differ. The only one of them who is an artist is the male
@@robingagan6288 Soriano is a museum curator who has been director of exhibitions at the Royal Academy of Arts and at the National Portrait Gallery. Bryan is an art dealer. They have extensive experience looking at and evaluating art.
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@@robingagan6288 😆
I’m so glad you post these-thank you.
I just started watching... AWESOME EXPOSURE to all of these talented ARTISTS. Honestly YOU'RE ALL SPECTACULAR. CONGRATS ❤
Frank really should be a judge over the three actual judges. He kind of put them in their place honestly. He’s completely right, this is a competition about the best portrait, which is the painting that best captures and likeness, attitude, and the soul of the sitter. Abstract background qualities and “interesting” aspects of the paintings should not be taken into account unless they actively represent the sitter. This is about the portrait, not about making a radically different work of art just to be different.
exactly. It's realism not abstract
if you want realism just take a photo. its faster, cheaper and easier. painting IS about interpretation, if everyone painted the same exact image exactly the way they saw it, that'd be incredibly boring and pointless.
Each judge has said, they *are* looking for new ways of painting portraits. It's always been so.
Louis Smith did such a beautiful portrait, it’s sad they didn’t even mention it at the end. Technically I think it was the best likeness and most well painted.
I agree.
I love the show since the first time I come across on it in RUclips. But I most of the time wondered in their choices of winners. Definitely I enjoy watching it. Thankful for the show.
New judges needed!
When going into something like this you deal with what you have. You saying new judges would be like one of the artists saying the subject wasn’t the right one. Each opportunity is what it is. Non winners can often feel the work they did that day was far superior to any they had ever done. And for that one artist it’s a big win.
If the viewers of this episode agree the new judges are needed… It says some thing about the judges not actually choosing what appear to be the superior artworks
Totally agreed
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I agree full heartedly,
I think that young girl should have made the group of three it was a great likeness to her subject and a natural talent and after all the main goal is to pick someone who's portrait will hang in a gallery so it should be someone who paints likeness and not on just color or abstract view
So true.
Charlie's piece looked 15 yrs older and 35 lbs heavier than the subject-geesh
how old was she? i dont think i caught it
yes i agree, incredible talent
Yeah her and the other guy that drew the older gentlemen did a markedly better job than the other two that drew him.
Thanks for posting my favorite show....I enjoy watching this series.🙏🏼😌❤
LOL..."If I look fat in any of these paintings, I'll smash this place up". I love that man's words, I would feel the same.
Difficult to find the words to express how much I enjoyed this Reel Truth!
Tremendous spreading of my wings to experience this high calibre of skill!
I cannot draw a stick man......who do I think I am?😊
how can some of these people be judges when they don't even know the basics of color combination makes me sad to the others who did better
One of them doing the best of the best realism portrait with oil..he deserves the win sit ..
I find it ALL so very Subjective!
@@rabimondal2806 Yeah i cant believe they chose the water color guy over him or the other girl. There was hardly any value difference in the face. It just looked so washed out and uninteresting. From a distance his head just looked like a blob of negative space. Not to mention there wasn’t a whole lot of likeness there either.
So true
About three years ago this was the first episode I saw that hooked me to the show. Been a PAOTY and LAOTY fan since.
I didn't particularly like any of the three chosen, Several of the others were much better portraits
But not better works of art.
I agree 100%!!!!
Am I the only one who likes the winner's painting? T_T Really love his choice of color and style. The only issue was likeness. I bet he could achieve it if there was no time limit.
what are they takling about - lack of likeness? That one was actually the one who captured the likeness the best
Totally agree! After watching all these episodes this weekend I'm convinced it's blatant racism… The lack of diversity in the artists as well as the judges is despicable… And then when the greatest works of art or not chosen time and time again, The, common denominator becomes very clear
@@progressivedragon6664 you have to remember this is in Great Britain only, NOT America. Great Britain is not nearly as racially diverse as most other countries are. And what are you talking about saying lack of diversity in the judges? One of the three judges is Asian…
moral of the story: if you’re afraid of facing a challenge in life that could potentially change your life for the better, just go for it. you might be surprised that what you expect to happen never does and what you never expected, does happen.
You are SO right! Feel the fear and do it anyway.
Look at Susan Boyle on BGT. Her mother wanted her to stay and care for her until she passed away as Susan's father died when she was little and he left her mother money. Susan had such great talent, but didn't get to have her real chance until after her mother died. She won a local vocal contest and got a Voice Teacher and then he told her she needed to study in London & she found two different teachers, so she was well prepared when she went on BGT.
So many talented artists! Art really is subjective.
I completely disagree with the judges choice on the selections! The 1st was ok, but it didn’t look like the subject He was supposed to paint. Then his excuse was that he was paying attention to the objects that didn’t even exist in the painting and didn’t have time to concentrate on the subject he was supposed to be painting. What? The second one, the older gentleman, I thought the skin color was too light for the rest of the composition. None of the actual skin matched. I thought it looked like paper, stuffed in a suit. It just was so juxtaposed to the entire composition. Lastly, the third, even his self portrait didn’t look like him. The actual portrait he painted of the young actress looked nothing like her. This made absolutely no sense to me.
Wonderful! Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for posting Season 2! Are you going to upload Season 1 final episode?
i was wondering about that too
EVERYONE ARE WINNERS !!!!! WoW !!!!!
I remember when aid was in the art competition 3 y ago ( it wasn’t anything huge just a small and humble competition for fun)
and when the lady came to ask me questions I was like
Pls go away I have 5 min left 😃
maisies outfit was so cool im surprised only one did her outfit
I love this program!! very talented people!!
I like the painting at 24:51 and I think it should have been chosen instead of the watercolour one.
Fantastic work to all of these artists! Amazing
Thanks so much for posting this! Been looking to watch this season!
Nobody can judge your work! Art is subjective. For me, they all are winners!
The girls portrait from one of the three winners , he made her neck like a tree trunk out of proportion
Also her arms.
agree, if any of them has likeness issues its this one. also forehead and brow line look off to me
yes, I wouldn't even have identified that portrait of being her the likeness was completely lacking
Yes he made her look like she has the body of a rugby player lol
Arms like Schwarzenegger. And yeah , I had to look that name up
I love love this show, wonderful beautiful artists 💖💖💖
i just love this series. very interesting
I was very disappointed with the top three. I thought other artists had more powerful portraits. Art is so subjective. The watercolor piece was too flat.
The best artists were left on the sidelines.
I love this show! Thank you for posting it, we do not get shows like this in the USA,
I got a crush on emily, she is just lovely and so talented, her selfportrait is the best. Amazing work with lights
I never seem to agree with the judges choices. And quite frankly I’m sick of seeing the same people, David, Titus, if they don’t make it in portrait they head over to landscapes. I know this is a very old show from years back, but time for an overhaul! New judges please!
Other than Raoof, the two could have been somebody else.
The judges think themselves to be so wise they outwitted themselves in this one
Mounds of talent.
Been looking for these for some time. Thanks for the upload
What was painted is pure magic.
Awesome art work
great show🎨.. love from NEPAL. 💛
I agree with this. Yes there was more likeness in other paintings. However the technical painting done by the last three was unimaginable for most artists.
The one they said was muddy was gorgeous to me! and then they picked the shrek painting to be top 3? The ladies were robbed on this one. Way better paintings got no recognition. Raoof's was beautiful though. At least they got that right.
They did manage to win the favour of the sitters, which is important outside of the contest backdrop.
thank you for posting, love the show
honestly i thought Raoffs likeness was by far the best of the black dude, not sure what the judges are talking about
highlights on the face are impeccable, raoff has a clear understanding for use of color. best horse in the race won
Me, Too!
I agree. So much expression!
Agreed
Neither are they
34:37 is magnificent!
Definitely agree!
I'm painting portraits and believe me the general public wants the likeness.
Great video it was entertaining, clean, and beautiful paintings. Thanks for the quality of art in shooting this video.
Gosh! I have only been watching landscapes.
Wow love competitions like this.. ❤️
Hmmm.... I saw this episode already, quite a while ago. So, I guess they've reposted old episodes. Which is fine. I love this series.
Phenomenal Art!
Art is so subjective and ethereal
If it's a portrait, IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE THE PERSON.
Take a photograph.
the problem with my art is that i never feel like i'm 'finished'. so 4 hours would hardly suffice. a contest like this is so unlike anything an artist goes through. to have one artist competing against another, like a tennis match. to be judged (by whom?). to select a 'winner' is so personal~ cringe worthy
37:00 rude old lady criticizes the piece by describing it as “muddy” and the man corrects her. He’s the MVP. Great way to stand up.
it is muddy colors though? that doesn't mean its a bad painting it literally means the color scheme is made of the same colors as mud
OH MYLANTA! Judges, leave them alone. They need their time!!!!
I totally agree with you…they have a time limit, they are in their own world painting…then people come up and interrupt you and break their thought, or some say break their connection to the painting. They know that these painters are thinking ahead of what they are doing at that moment, just maybe small fine tuning something after they are done with a specific part…and then these Judges walk up and break that concentration. I find it very annoying.
@@BlueBirdsSong I'll second that as a painter. I thought their interruptions cringe worthy, and for what? For the camera? I don't think those conversations added anything, but a conversation after it was all over would have been interesting.
"Likeness doesn't matter, we want to see something different." Maybe a crayon drawing would suit the judges. This is the problem with art today. Encourage and reward mediocrity, and punish/ignore fine artists.
You might want to take a basic class in art history.
@@SGF1234 you need to understand art first and then it’s history.
Agree 100% the most childish portraits were selected as winners. I guess if I let my 7 year old nephew he might make the cut as per these judges.
@@swarnendumukherjee9290 You know I don’t like meanness or ignorance. Did I like these Judges …No I didn’t, but to be cruel about Any Artist is wrong. There is a way of giving your opinion without hurt and being disrespectful to the Artist. Remember your nephew could be sitting there someday and the pride you would feel, and then read a comment or hear one like yours, I think that would cause you great pain in your Heart.
Exactly, that Speech is ridiculous, nothing is new and different anymore, everything has already being seen. There are millions of painters that paint like what they call ‘different’
The young guy that did the water colour should have done the portrait in W&N gouache, this would have given that piece so much more depth and substance JMO.
I understand wanting different and freshness. But the main theme/idea of the portrait is the high likeness of the sitter and then add the different and freshness. So in a lineup, a innocent person may end up being guilty since likness isn't that important here.
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I feel the judges picked the worst of the artists as their final three. I was very dissapointed. The audience should have picked them. 😕
Charlie?! He gave her the neck of Lou Ferrigno
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It would be nice to just paint amazing people with amazing artists... Hope i get that experience someday. But I have to work on my paintings first 😅
I so enjoy this show, but wish I could close caption to hear judge comments. Have seen some amazing artwork.
Today's art are more abstract and contemporary with pretentious "art critics" finding "deep" meanings on random brush strokes
I could not agree with you more.
Art is just very subjective
@@hyderocha-morgan274 that's the problem.Traditional art should be given a higher status for, atleast, nowadays. Rules shall be set by the communities. And salon should be reopened 🤔
@@kanav._ I disagree. If you want all-academic portrait competitions go to the BP portrait awards, where it is difficult to tell one artist's painting from another's. Portrait Artist of the Year is different.
It's very interesting and challenging to have best portrait artist competition . One of these days please invite Mr Vasudev Kamat from Mumbai , he is amazing .
Amazing 🤩
Great artwork and great artist.
I loved the watercolor
rauf deserves every bit that success
Thank you!
You know I just came to the realization that with these horrible horrible judges, another Monet or Or cezanne could be in this competition and they would just declare oh we've already seen this already, we want something different!
I'm not sure about the short list.
Lol, 4 hours, and that much Details, gotabe kidding me 😯
Great, they are skipping over some artists again at the beginning. Get rid of who ever put this video together.
Yeah, that irritates me too. All those self portraits entries look great & deserve some screen time, even if the artists turn out not to be contenders.
@@LauraBCReyna I think they improve on this in later seasons. They give more equal time to each artist in later seasons which is why I like the newer episodes better.
Don't agree with the judges..it wasn't about the likeness obviously
Raoof🌻🖤
this reminded me of why i love art and hate so called "art critcs" and the art world.
I would not have picked the final 3 that the judges picked. In fact, those three clearly sit in my bottom 5. I saw work that was heads above these. Oh well.
Agbara's self-portrait is just amazing.
36:25 i still dont reach the end of the video but i think i like this painting so much. His painting looks like it deserved to be in a museum
Edited: i reached the end of the video 👀 dayumm
What a wonderful work by Raoof!
Correct judgment..... Thanks
Great sharing friend😃beautiful👍
Paintings are celebrations of life. They are the embodiment of the human condition
If you're judging for likeness then pick the best artist(s) who demonstrated that. Don't judge on things that the artist did not know they were going to be judged for. THAT'S RIDICULOUS. If you felt it difficult to "rehash judging portraits out of hundreds" then ask for ingenuity or a abstract composition or element, or something, so the artist has the opportunity to actually compete, but you'd rather not do your job and follow some whatever puzzles your mind or strays from the task is best.
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