Really impressed with what these artists can accomplish in one day. It takes a lot of courage to step outside the box and attempt the style of a master--master of his/her own technique and materials. How would Hopper have done if presented with a Chagall for example and asked to do the same? Wonderful job by all three. Great program.
Yeah people forget that painters who develop a style that becomes successful are a tiny minority. And it's hard to copy. Might as well be asked to copy handwriting... they did well
I love Edward Hopper's style. I am a self-taught art student and I am trying to learn to paint like him because I like the clean lines and his subject matter is simple.
Paid the price? He served 4 months, was a hero in jail, the copper who arrested him commissioned a family portrait, a member of the prosecution commissioned a Giacometti, the Bar Council commissioned a Dufy, he has had sellout exhibitions, and his genuine fakes sell for sizable sums. That's one hell of a price.
Mmm - yes. Whether any of it compensated for the humiliation of prison, the sentencing, the loss of liberty - only he can know. Anyway - he has an exceptionally good eye, and I wish he'd been my tutor. Even though this video and this comment are years past now - they're still interesting, which is the mark of a good programme. And also, the great strength of RUclips.
I identify with the artist from Chicago. I happen to be from Chicago myself. I really don't like painting plein air. I am a little bit OCD when I paint. My things have to be in order and my paint brushes have to be constantly cleaned, I move about a lot, I don't know, I'm just like that. But I always like the end result of my painting.
I love to hear John speak. The girls were nice but the guy was the best artist even though I agree with John's choice of which was the most Hopper-ish. What a memorable day for all of these young artists.
As painters in their own right, they are very good, it is their interpretation of what they see as it was Hoppers interpretation of what he saw, scenes do not have a black line around in real life but what we see here is really good ideas of what they see. Well done, enjoyed this.
It's interesting how the English woman said she likes to paint flat, but then said she likes shadows and perspective. Finally, missed the perspective geometry. Her stubbornness got in the way. We all need to listen to those who are more accomplished than we.
Hopper lived and painted, for a period, near where I live. His realism catches the eye. I have seen some of his works. The simplicity leaves room for one's imagination to " finish" the painting.
+James Bond when ppl say Hopper s realism...isnt that a bit wrong? i mean caraviaggio was a realsit (never mind the subject matter here) I love Hopper s non realism a bit like de Chirico Mysterious and all so beautiful Both of them And ............... caravaggio, of course
+Harri Lee - Well, others would say Caraviaggio was a bit... overdone. Hopper's work was also a bit theatrical, but not operatic, if you know what I mean. Viewing works by different artists from different areas and eras, comparibng and contrasting and finding which 'speak' to us - surely this adds much to the enjoyment of art.
I actually like that guy's painting very much. It doesn't look anywhere near a Hopper painting but more like an impressionist painting. By the way, I also liked that scene of the sky with the hazy sun, the purplish greenish sky, and the feathery clouds, because it looks like an impressionist painting!
What is really sad it that the recently graduated art student had apparantly not been taught even the basics of painting - such as the importance of composition, and perspective in a realistic rendering (whether in paint or drawing). The lack of training in how to handle different mediums has long been the fashion in art schools, but it seems like turning out carpenters who don't know how to use a hammer. Artists who know how to use their chosen medium are then more free to use it how they choose, 'breaking the rules' even, if they first master that medium.
+Minuscolo Chao - The intent seems to have been to not interfere with the artist's ability to innovate, or the individuality of their personal expression through their art. While these seem to be valid concerns, not teaching the basics of how to work with the students' chosen medium does not seem like it would help the developing artist to express himself, does it?
Criticize Jefferdaughter all you like, but someone who graduated from art school should really know what perspective is. One look at Hopper and you can tell that her painting's all off (though she did get the desolate atmosphere). It really is a basic thing.
I saw a documentary on you, and how you went to prison many years ago, in fact I remember seeing it in the news. Ironically, it was Edward Hopper that created the argument that resulted in me leaving art school in a series of door slamming rejections. I am a Vettrianno fan. One of the things that frustrated me was the focus on someone like Hopper to the exclusion of Vettrianno, who will be recognized at some stage in the future. I was asked to write an academic piece on a comparison of two artists. I chose Hopper and Vettrianno. I decided to focus on the unjust exclusion of Vettrianno in academic circles, who, in my opinion was a much better painter than Hopper. My lecturers were so inadequate, that instead of defending Hopper with logic and explanation, they demanded I stopped the writing and chose other painters. Had I been 18, like my peers, I would have complied, but I was in my 50's. So, you see. Hopper and me, we haven't been friends for many years. Then there was your video, which explained what it is that sets the two painters apart. Finaly, I get it. Thanks for that.
I find it interesting that Vettrianno is so reviled, we went to a show of his work in Bristol some years ago, I can agree with you on the narrow minded nature of many art teachers!
The perspective error was shocking for some who graduated from RCA. He is right, focusing on detail that early unless you are a savant is a bad idea. Even if you are L S Lowery and you you not following strict figurative style and you bend the rule of perspective for a more illustrative style, you have to figure out your composition.
I was taught to look at the piece as a whole. Sometimes standing up and looking at it from a distance. It’s always shocking for me, when I see people starting for example a portrait with just an eye 😳 But it’s also cool to be able to do that
this is what i don't get....how come today's "musicians"--lmao-- are free to cover a song done by another musician from the 60s, 70s and 80s and can produce it and sell to the public, current film makers are also given that freedom to re-do a movie from years past and also sell to the public, yet artists are threatened with jail time if they "cover" a piece from a historical artist?....
Not quite. I think it's because they sell that cover as an original piece of the dead artist which is a crime. Same goes for musicians if they steal a song and sell it as their own. The criminal artists are doing it reversed but it still counts as betrayal
The white girl's landscape is so much better than her portrait. It sounds like she is going to give up on landscapes and go back to painting cartoonish portraits.
I think there's something behind the Hopper house. That's why the detail in the middle ground. It draws the attention to the back of the house, the part we cant see.
Great Teacher! how masterfully he motivates his students, guides them and reveals the meaning of the little things that are really important! I would like to watch these lessons again and again. Such videos make you want to take up a brush and draw something unusual for yourself
I think he should have been right in the middle of the students and creating a work of art too and use it as his example as how he does it. Nice to see how an art teacher teaches and he has a lot to say, to profess, which is interesting. I'm not a painter at all, but I liked watching this. A lot of talent in those students! If that example painting was the teacher's creation, wow, he's very talented, and his drawings of the prison he was in were masterpieces. Prisons, and what good have they really done for a better world? Thanks for going to all the work to present this!
I’m not 100% sure but remember reading that the example pieces he uses are actually his own recreations of the artist’s work. Maybe he goes into more technical detail with them off camera? I have no idea though
lol, you must like going to little kids finger painting displays as well, right? because thats at the same level as ed hoppers work.... total trash that looks like it came directly from a high school art class.
25:22 .. perspective error... yes, but Hopper had perspective errors in many many of his paintings. The difference here is her errors come from a mistake in seeing the correct perspective and manipulating it in a conscious, deliberate way that Hopper did.
You overlook that the prisons are full of stupid people and bottom-feeders of whom we never hear because no one cares. That is why we need for justice to be blind.
John Myatt is great! I’ve learnt how composition is important. Staging a character or a house in a frame is already telling us a story and emotions. ... Really impressed with the cameraman’s work, here. All his frames are great compositions, even with the group of artists, we really have the feeling of loneliness, wideness and beauty of the place. Such a great episode and beautiful art serie! Thank you so much!
Argh! The RCA only accepts graduate students, so I would expect better... The Royal College of Art has much to answer-for if that's an example of their graduates.
Artists are welcome to reproduce paintings, and in fact it's often an exercise used in art schools. Some museums allow painters to bring supplies inside so they can try and copy them by studying the original in person. As long as an artist is honest about the work being a copy and titles it accordingly (i.e. making sure to note the artist of the original), rather than trying to pass it off as the original, it's perfectly legal.
Good job, everyone! How scary would that be? Trying to create something worthwhile while being filmed. Talk about stress. Art is not for sissies. And Wyatt is a really great teacher-he criticizes and encourages in a direct, kind way. I love all of his shows.
It's been established that art forgeries used to be more prevalent and they caused a lot of problems. But if I'm being honest, I can't help but say they make the art world itself more exciting. It will be people's first instincts to argue that point and I know people have strong opinions on the subject but I'm not an expert, nor an authority, I'm just saying an honest point of view. It's similar to how people are fascinated by movies that involve professional art heists, as portrayed in Oceans 12 or Entrapment. I know real life heists are not as romantic as portrayed in the movies, but the idea is what captures the imagination. The art forger himself has to be extremely cunning to pull off his deception and the idea that there is some person with this kind of skill working in some hidden location is an image that is intriguing. Another reason it catches the imagination is that many forgeries are sold for hundreds of thousands. It's the cunning of the mastermind that attracts people. The man always at risk. If people are honest they would be excited to hear a story about how some master forger tricked all the experts and made millions of dollars.
I agree, perspective is not the be all and end all. Just look at some of Van Gogh's paintings. The perspective is all over the place. I actually think this young lady produced the best painting, and most like Hopper.
Mel's painting has an odd perspective, like I'm on a hill looking down. But the colours are lovely the wires coming out of the painting on both sides makes me imagine the continuance of space and vastness. The boat I think in the far background, is it at sea, is it on the ground. The painting does ask a lot of questions which is a good thing, a mystery of sorts. More texture and dark/light would be nice, but I'm not Mel. I like it, it's lonely. It's scared. It's careful. Don't correct the perspective, it's the twist of the eye/mind and it works. Don't feel stupid famous artists did it all the time.
The third girl nailed it. First, she chose the most artistically interesting house.. It reminded me of the wizard of OZ. A house gets picked up in a tornado and gets set down in the wrong place miles away cattywampus to the perspective.. Abandoned... Very disturbing... Hopper to the Nth. She nailed it.
Myatt still makes paintings for a certain gallery regularly featuring him but having watched this series at least 20 times, I think he didn't take to being a teacher even though he's great.
As he brought them back to the painting at the end it allowed for the artists to compaare how the background allowed the eye to travel and bring movement to a very bland motionless painting
That is the most depressing stuff i have ever seen, the Scott guy did a great painting but they were still miserable. Give me Monet, Blake or Picasso any day.
I absolutely hate art critics. I failed out of community college because I refused to take part in the critiques. There's no bigger insult to me then someone telling me what's wrong with my work and I have no interest in doling out advice to anyone else who has submitted a piece that they call ' finished'. It's like telling someone what's wrong with their face. I also can't stand to have someone praise my art or interpret it. Like, think about it on your own time. I could care less. ' I'm an artist and I'm sensitive about my shit'- Erykah Badu
That's ok but I think 4 or 5 mins to plan a composition is too short of a time to measure relationships before starting or to even draw my first line it takes me 4 hours I'm not joking as I want it to be accurate and the reason why there are errors is because it's only 1 day they should have 9 weeks to finish this to make it look great I would hardly get my composition planned in a day you cant rush art
Why do they use acrylics in every episode? I'm no snob, I'm too new and an awful painter to be a snob. I just want to know. Also, is he using household paint for white?
Most household paints have basically thev same characteristics of regular artist's acrylic paint, but it's much cheaper.. so yes, you can use regular water based house paint. Why acrylics?.. for one thing this people have to be quick, and acrylic dryes much faster than oil based colours, so you are able to apply more layers and overlaps in a shorter period of time... believe me, if the old masters have had acrylic based colours at hand, none of them would have used oils.
Hispanosuiza1 So I can get away with using water based acrylic household paint? I doubt they have colors like burnt umber but I would be interesting in buying a huge can of white paint.
There is artist acrylics paint and the reason they would use that, is because of the fast drying time. Acrylics are known for fast drying time and layering. You can in theory use the latex paint, but actually wouldn't that dry slower then regular acrylic paint? Its not wrong, but I have used latex acrylic paint, and its not the same buttery texture as Acrylics. Its very droopy, and watery more then the acrylic paints. For me personally, if your an artist, just go and experiement different things. You can just always make another painting.
I think these shows are very interesting. The only jarring thing for me in this episode is the image of a person with a cigarette in their hand particularly because it was the talented artist Edward Hopper. Impressionable young people will think, oh a talented person smokes, then that is something I should do. They will probably absorb this information subconsciously without even realising it.
In the music business, a band or artist's record label has to get permission from the record label of the original artist or the copyright holder to cover a song or pay royalties to the original artist.
I think the guy was the one to nail it.. the asiatic girl's painting, to me, had more an air to a Dali, without his exquisite technique... the other Girl really captured the essence of Hopper, but then again her composition was lacking big way... as far as I'm concerned the best end product came from the guy.
I wasn't aware about the composition or scale, so thanks so much for pointing that out! I didn't even think about it, but yeah, usually when I've seen people working on paintings, they're using much smaller canvases and studying larger pieces.
i can feel the frustration of the artists, its very hard to work while somebody's ordering you around. but there's an objective, so they have to be patient.
It's terrible, didn't capture Hopper whatsoever (she knows it as well). Actually both girls were bad, second girl could have been ok, but not someone who takes advice and ended up with a awkward perspective, disproportionate objects. The guy was by far the best.
Every artist must learn the rules of painting and then break those rules to create something unique. Edward Hopper is one of my favourite artists, and so relevant in our age of economic decline. Hopper would have identified with our 'machines' of "progress" and sense of 'alienation'.
personally, i find Folger irritating in the extreme. he's so dogmatic in his thinking! Edward Hopper was known to violate the laws of perspective (to his advantage) yet Folger criticizes one female student for doing the same thing, although likely by accident. he's not happy either with the work another painter because he finds her perkiness keeps creeping into her work! that's her personality! how about letting the students make their own choice of subject matter with the idea being to working in the Hopper style?
I desperately wish more episodes of this show had been produced.
Me too. Such a brilliant teacher.
Same. Very entertaining. He's a good presenter, Myatt, isn't he?
I whole heartedly agree
Really impressed with what these artists can accomplish in one day. It takes a lot of courage to step outside the box and attempt the style of a master--master of his/her own technique and materials. How would Hopper have done if presented with a Chagall for example and asked to do the same? Wonderful job by all three. Great program.
What a nice comment! The internet needs more of this attitude
you are not steeping outside the box you are stepping inside someone else's box
Yeah people forget that painters who develop a style that becomes successful are a tiny minority. And it's hard to copy. Might as well be asked to copy handwriting... they did well
17:05 how does she draw a line that straight! I appreciate that craft.
I love Edward Hopper's style. I am a self-taught art student and I am trying to learn to paint like him because I like the clean lines and his subject matter is simple.
Your comment made me think of Georgia O'Keefe's work, she had a simple subject matter and clean lines too
4 years later how is it going? ;)
I love this show. I watched it years ago and it's still so enjoyable. We need bring it back for more seasons.
Same here I watched this when it first came out and its still an amazing show
You know what, i actually like that perspective error. It gives her painting the sense of oddness he was looking for .
I agree I really like her painting though I think Scott understood the point of the exercise better.
Paid the price? He served 4 months, was a hero in jail, the copper who arrested him commissioned a family portrait, a member of the prosecution commissioned a Giacometti, the Bar Council commissioned a Dufy, he has had sellout exhibitions, and his genuine fakes sell for sizable sums. That's one hell of a price.
4 years not 4 months
He has a criminal record.
Are you shitting me? You know he should have been transported to Australia. He could have a huge career here. Forgery is a white smock crime.
Mmm - yes. Whether any of it compensated for the humiliation of prison, the sentencing, the loss of liberty - only he can know. Anyway - he has an exceptionally good eye, and I wish he'd been my tutor. Even though this video and this comment are years past now - they're still interesting, which is the mark of a good programme. And also, the great strength of RUclips.
what's it to you buddy? relax it's only art.
Tv needs more art like this.
I identify with the artist from Chicago. I happen to be from Chicago myself. I really don't like painting plein air. I am a little bit OCD when I paint. My things have to be in order and my paint brushes have to be constantly cleaned, I move about a lot, I don't know, I'm just like that. But I always like the end result of my painting.
I love to hear John speak. The girls were nice but the guy was the best artist even though I agree with John's choice of which was the most Hopper-ish. What a memorable day for all of these young artists.
I'm just happy for this teacher. He is the realization of everyone's saying that you should get up when you're down.
but not the saying "crime doesn't pay" ;-)
As painters in their own right, they are very good, it is their interpretation of what they see as it was Hoppers interpretation of what he saw, scenes do not have a black line around in real life but what we see here is really good ideas of what they see. Well done, enjoyed this.
It's interesting how the English woman said she likes to paint flat, but then said she likes shadows and perspective. Finally, missed the perspective geometry. Her stubbornness got in the way. We all need to listen to those who are more accomplished than we.
Hopper lived and painted, for a period, near where I live. His realism catches the eye. I have seen some of his works. The simplicity leaves room for one's imagination to " finish" the painting.
+James Bond
when ppl say Hopper s realism...isnt that a bit wrong?
i mean caraviaggio was a realsit (never mind the subject matter here)
I love Hopper s non realism
a bit like de Chirico
Mysterious and all so beautiful
Both of them
And ...............
caravaggio, of course
+Harri Lee - Well, others would say Caraviaggio was a bit... overdone. Hopper's work was also a bit theatrical, but not operatic, if you know what I mean. Viewing works by different artists from different areas and eras, comparibng and contrasting and finding which 'speak' to us - surely this adds much to the enjoyment of art.
Jefferdaughter His art employs straight lines, geometry, figures, simplicity and large spaces of one color. That means realism to me.
Hopper never lived in Scotland, you liar!
I actually like that guy's painting very much. It doesn't look anywhere near a Hopper painting but more like an impressionist painting.
By the way, I also liked that scene of the sky with the hazy sun, the purplish greenish sky, and the feathery clouds, because it looks like an impressionist painting!
What is really sad it that the recently graduated art student had apparantly not been taught even the basics of painting - such as the importance of composition, and perspective in a realistic rendering (whether in paint or drawing). The lack of training in how to handle different mediums has long been the fashion in art schools, but it seems like turning out carpenters who don't know how to use a hammer. Artists who know how to use their chosen medium are then more free to use it how they choose, 'breaking the rules' even, if they first master that medium.
+Jefferdaughter totally agree with you , but i m just trying to figur out why they don't teach any basic thing now...
+Jefferdaughter: What is really, REALLY sad . . . is that you think you know what you are talking about.
+Minuscolo Chao - The intent seems to have been to not interfere with the artist's ability to innovate, or the individuality of their personal expression through their art.
While these seem to be valid concerns, not teaching the basics of how to work with the students' chosen medium does not seem like it would help the developing artist to express himself, does it?
What is really sad it that the recently graduated art student had apparantly not been taught even the basics of paintin
Criticize Jefferdaughter all you like, but someone who graduated from art school should really know what perspective is. One look at Hopper and you can tell that her painting's all off (though she did get the desolate atmosphere). It really is a basic thing.
I saw a documentary on you, and how you went to prison many years ago, in fact I remember seeing it in the news. Ironically, it was Edward Hopper that created the argument that resulted in me leaving art school in a series of door slamming rejections. I am a Vettrianno fan. One of the things that frustrated me was the focus on someone like Hopper to the exclusion of Vettrianno, who will be recognized at some stage in the future. I was asked to write an academic piece on a comparison of two artists.
I chose Hopper and Vettrianno.
I decided to focus on the unjust exclusion of Vettrianno in academic circles, who, in my opinion was a much better painter than Hopper. My lecturers were so inadequate, that instead of defending Hopper with logic and explanation, they demanded I stopped the writing and chose other painters.
Had I been 18, like my peers, I would have complied, but I was in my 50's.
So, you see. Hopper and me, we haven't been friends for many years. Then there was your video, which explained what it is that sets the two painters apart. Finaly, I get it. Thanks for that.
I find it interesting that Vettrianno is so reviled, we went to a show of his work in Bristol some years ago, I can agree with you on the narrow minded nature of many art teachers!
The perspective error was shocking for some who graduated from RCA. He is right, focusing on detail that early unless you are a savant is a bad idea. Even if you are L S Lowery and you you not following strict figurative style and you bend the rule of perspective for a more illustrative style, you have to figure out your composition.
I was taught to look at the piece as a whole. Sometimes standing up and looking at it from a distance.
It’s always shocking for me, when I see people starting for example a portrait with just an eye 😳 But it’s also cool to be able to do that
I would liked for John to do his version of Hopper with the three other artist.
this is what i don't get....how come today's "musicians"--lmao-- are free to cover a song done by another musician from the 60s, 70s and 80s and can produce it and sell to the public, current film makers are also given that freedom to re-do a movie from years past and also sell to the public, yet artists are threatened with jail time if they "cover" a piece from a historical artist?....
Not quite. I think it's because they sell that cover as an original piece of the dead artist which is a crime.
Same goes for musicians if they steal a song and sell it as their own.
The criminal artists are doing it reversed but it still counts as betrayal
@11:55..."wow I'm facinated how you've made such changes to the house Mel"......um..I'm doing that one lol
I actually liked her break of perspective tbh
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Yes, a folk-art feel.
Cezanne in spé :D
Shirley’s painting reminds me of Sidney Nolan or Russell Drysdale, it’s quite Australian in feeling.
Her composition was excellent. I felt really drawn into it.
The white girl's landscape is so much better than her portrait. It sounds like she is going to give up on landscapes and go back to painting cartoonish portraits.
I think there's something behind the Hopper house. That's why the detail in the middle ground. It draws the attention to the back of the house, the part we cant see.
Great Teacher! how masterfully he motivates his students, guides them and reveals the meaning of the little things that are really important! I would like to watch these lessons again and again. Such videos make you want to take up a brush and draw something unusual for yourself
I'm so glad the youtube rabbithole took me here what an incredible teacher so elagant and yet blunt and informative id love to learn under him
Thanks for posting this series, it is very pleasent to see a great artist as John Myatt sharing his knowledge in those masterclasses.
there are not enough words to describe all my love for this show and for john myatt
I think he should have been right in the middle of the students and creating a work of art too and use it as his example as how he does it. Nice to see how an art teacher teaches and he has a lot to say, to profess, which is interesting. I'm not a painter at all, but I liked watching this. A lot of talent in those students! If that example painting was the teacher's creation, wow, he's very talented, and his drawings of the prison he was in were masterpieces. Prisons, and what good have they really done for a better world? Thanks for going to all the work to present this!
I’m not 100% sure but remember reading that the example pieces he uses are actually his own recreations of the artist’s work. Maybe he goes into more technical detail with them off camera? I have no idea though
I would like to see more of Hoppers work before i remark but i think it is no mean task to show simplicity. A great program by the way. Thank you.
All such lovely artists, composing pieces far from their comfort zones, well done!
Hopper is one of my favourite painters. He is the David Lynch of painting. I can imagine a long, eerie story every I look at his paintings.
lol, you must like going to little kids finger painting displays as well, right? because thats at the same level as ed hoppers work.... total trash that looks like it came directly from a high school art class.
25:22 .. perspective error... yes, but Hopper had perspective errors in many many of his paintings. The difference here is her errors come from a mistake in seeing the correct perspective and manipulating it in a conscious, deliberate way that Hopper did.
Wow I did not realize this video is 8 years old I wonder how the artists are doing now such a refreshing video to watch!!!
John Myatt is just fantastic! Love him!
One thing that i've learnt from this video......
Lots of clever and talented people go to prison.
Seems the only crime is getting caught.
You overlook that the prisons are full of stupid people and bottom-feeders of whom we never hear because no one cares. That is why we need for justice to be blind.
John Myatt is great! I’ve learnt how composition is important. Staging a character or a house in a frame is already telling us a story and emotions. ... Really impressed with the cameraman’s work, here. All his frames are great compositions, even with the group of artists, we really have the feeling of loneliness, wideness and beauty of the place.
Such a great episode and beautiful art serie! Thank you so much!
Argh! The RCA only accepts graduate students, so I would expect better... The Royal College of Art has much to answer-for if that's an example of their graduates.
Hopper deliberately changed perspective to keep the viewer off balance and I feel her painting did just that.
I loved the way the house was offset againsed the horizon. It gives it
a quirky intriguing quality.
All three painters produced great paintings. Very impressive considering the pressure and limitations.
Artists are welcome to reproduce paintings, and in fact it's often an exercise used in art schools. Some museums allow painters to bring supplies inside so they can try and copy them by studying the original in person. As long as an artist is honest about the work being a copy and titles it accordingly (i.e. making sure to note the artist of the original), rather than trying to pass it off as the original, it's perfectly legal.
Edward Hopper - the original street photographer.
Thank-you for posting Forger's Masterclass! Been looking for these for a few years too!
I wish they had made more! I think I learn more in one of these episodes about a particular painter's technique than in the art books I read.
24:02 If the painting was not framed, it would match the background nature perfectly, loved the painting.
Couldnt agree more, it's beautiful.
Wonderful lesson by a master in his own right.
Love the Asian girl with the English twang -- she's a peach.
Yes, and I really like her "too warm/colorful/happy'" art lol
I love her jacket
Doesn't sound English at all to me - can't quite place the accent, but could be Taiwanese or Chinese.
that sexy belly showing from time to time while painting....mmmmmm
I enjoy seeing this makes me want to start painting. 😃
+Elvia Martinez - Hope you go for it!! (If you havn't already.) And enjoy every minute of painting, and enjoy the paintings YOU make!
Good job, everyone! How scary would that be? Trying to create something worthwhile while being filmed. Talk about stress. Art is not for sissies. And Wyatt is a really great teacher-he criticizes and encourages in a direct, kind way. I love all of his shows.
It's been established that art forgeries used to be more prevalent and they caused a lot of problems. But if I'm being honest, I can't help but say they make the art world itself more exciting. It will be people's first instincts to argue that point and I know people have strong opinions on the subject but I'm not an expert, nor an authority, I'm just saying an honest point of view. It's similar to how people are fascinated by movies that involve professional art heists, as portrayed in Oceans 12 or Entrapment. I know real life heists are not as romantic as portrayed in the movies, but the idea is what captures the imagination. The art forger himself has to be extremely cunning to pull off his deception and the idea that there is some person with this kind of skill working in some hidden location is an image that is intriguing. Another reason it catches the imagination is that many forgeries are sold for hundreds of thousands. It's the cunning of the mastermind that attracts people. The man always at risk. If people are honest they would be excited to hear a story about how some master forger tricked all the experts and made millions of dollars.
what an amazing idea for a show! so cool.
He looks a bit like a German actor named Klaus J. Behrendt, I think! I noticed right away! :-)
Great show to someone who can only color within the lines, and that's on a good day!
I actually think the perspective error add an eerie disjointed feel to the painting.
I agree, perspective is not the be all and end all. Just look at some of Van Gogh's paintings. The perspective is all over the place. I actually think this young lady produced the best painting, and most like Hopper.
guess they only got the rights to show off that one house painting...
"Hopperiness" lol
Mel's painting has an odd perspective, like I'm on a hill looking down. But the colours are lovely the wires coming out of the painting on both sides makes me imagine the continuance of space and vastness. The boat I think in the far background, is it at sea, is it on the ground. The painting does ask a lot of questions which is a good thing, a mystery of sorts. More texture and dark/light would be nice, but I'm not Mel. I like it, it's lonely. It's scared. It's careful. Don't correct the perspective, it's the twist of the eye/mind and it works. Don't feel stupid famous artists did it all the time.
Exactly. Early Sunday Morning, a painting I have copied in its origianl 60x36 format, is full of shadows that don't match.
I would like to see a Bacon masterclass.
Mmmmm, bacon.
Mmmmm. Horror.
I'm a bacon master. It needs to be super crisp.
I most definitely would NOT . . . . but there again, chaq'un a son gout, n'est ce pas?'
I'd like to see a sausage masterclass myself. "Do you like Dickens?" "Oh yes, but I haven't been to one lately!."
Great fun! Thx
The third girl nailed it. First, she chose the most artistically interesting house.. It reminded me of the wizard of OZ. A house gets picked up in a tornado and gets set down in the wrong place miles away cattywampus to the perspective.. Abandoned... Very disturbing... Hopper to the Nth. She nailed it.
There's only two.
@@pauldiffin9148 Mel, Shirley, and Scott
@@dr.reidsheftalltruthinscie2007 exactly, only 2 girls.
@@pauldiffin9148 You are so right Paul. Thanks.
Anyone who likes Hopper should look at Reg Mombassa’s paintings.
I admire your style of instruction. Truly appreciate your talent.
Thank you for sharing with us. I hope you do more.
Myatt still makes paintings for a certain gallery regularly featuring him but having watched this series at least 20 times, I think he didn't take to being a teacher even though he's great.
If only the forger Eric Hebborn wasn't murdered in Italy in 1996, he could made his money legit by doing an art programme like this, RIP HEBBORN.
As he brought them back to the painting at the end it allowed for the artists to compaare how the background allowed the eye to travel and bring movement to a very bland motionless painting
Me encanta este programa, ¿alguien sabe dónde puedo conseguir los subtítulos en castellano? Lo daban en film & arts
That is the most depressing stuff i have ever seen, the Scott guy did a great painting but they were still miserable. Give me Monet, Blake or Picasso any day.
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I had an assignment like this in college around 1992 where we had to choose an artist and one of their paintings. I chose an Edward Hopper landscape.
Looked like Shirley painted a freaking life guard station.
My thought was lose the boat, that would be a big improvement in the sense of desolation and isolation...
I absolutely hate art critics. I failed out of community college because I refused to take part in the critiques. There's no bigger insult to me then someone telling me what's wrong with my work and I have no interest in doling out advice to anyone else who has submitted a piece that they call ' finished'. It's like telling someone what's wrong with their face. I also can't stand to have someone praise my art or interpret it. Like, think about it on your own time. I could care less. ' I'm an artist and I'm sensitive about my shit'- Erykah Badu
This guy is a brilliant teacher
Very impressed! Thank you for sharing!
an art documentary in LOW RES !!!
So, may I just ask, where in the hell are they? The same countryside Hopper painted from? This just may be fodder...
That's ok but I think 4 or 5 mins to plan a composition is too short of a time to measure relationships before starting or to even draw my first line it takes me 4 hours I'm not joking as I want it to be accurate and the reason why there are errors is because it's only 1 day they should have 9 weeks to finish this to make it look great I would hardly get my composition planned in a day you cant rush art
Fun to watch !
I agree Mel's was best. She captured the spirit of alienated place, and the horizon error can be fixed. Interesting show.
Why do they use acrylics in every episode? I'm no snob, I'm too new and an awful painter to be a snob. I just want to know. Also, is he using household paint for white?
Most household paints have basically thev same characteristics of regular artist's acrylic paint, but it's much cheaper.. so yes, you can use regular water based house paint. Why acrylics?.. for one thing this people have to be quick, and acrylic dryes much faster than oil based colours, so you are able to apply more layers and overlaps in a shorter period of time... believe me, if the old masters have had acrylic based colours at hand, none of them would have used oils.
Hispanosuiza1 So I can get away with using water based acrylic household paint? I doubt they have colors like burnt umber but I would be interesting in buying a huge can of white paint.
There is artist acrylics paint and the reason they would use that, is because of the fast drying time. Acrylics are known for fast drying time and layering.
You can in theory use the latex paint, but actually wouldn't that dry slower then regular acrylic paint? Its not wrong, but I have used latex acrylic paint, and its not the same buttery texture as Acrylics. Its very droopy, and watery more then the acrylic paints. For me personally, if your an artist, just go and experiement different things. You can just always make another painting.
Scott needs to become friends with a set of clippers.
I think these shows are very interesting. The only jarring thing for me in this episode is the image of a person with a cigarette in their hand particularly because it was the talented artist Edward Hopper. Impressionable young people will think, oh a talented person smokes, then that is something I should do. They will probably absorb this information subconsciously without even realising it.
I’m elated to hear and learn from these men ! Beautiful effects!
i like the three just need more working, shadows, highlight area etc.
a very inspiring journey of an artist and a teacher ...
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I think the guy was the one to nail it.. the asiatic girl's painting, to me, had more an air to a Dali, without his exquisite technique... the other Girl really captured the essence of Hopper, but then again her composition was lacking big way... as far as I'm concerned the best end product came from the guy.
Dali me too.Same impression I had.
I wasn't aware about the composition or scale, so thanks so much for pointing that out! I didn't even think about it, but yeah, usually when I've seen people working on paintings, they're using much smaller canvases and studying larger pieces.
they could've chosen a better Edward Hopper painting
Б.ф.ф. как это старик пишет , я то же могу - раз плюнуть... даже - лучьше...
i can feel the frustration of the artists, its very hard to work while somebody's ordering you around. but there's an objective, so they have to be patient.
John Myatt's, no doubt, a very talented painter. But who knew he could be such an engaging host too?! What a pleasant surprise.
What an interesting project!
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WTH, the first girl's was freakin awesome... what a doofus
It's terrible, didn't capture Hopper whatsoever (she knows it as well). Actually both girls were bad, second girl could have been ok, but not someone who takes advice and ended up with a awkward perspective, disproportionate objects. The guy was by far the best.
Dont call him that respect your teachers
How do you know if you're a good forger? You spent time in prison. :-]
The male student weirdly resembles Lionel Messi. Maybe his eyes.
Anywhere I can find this series in 720 or 1080?
I would like to buy the last one that is crooked cause it looks just right.
His forgery are still more original than any Damien hirst piece
Every artist must learn the rules of painting and then break those rules to create something unique. Edward Hopper is one of my favourite artists, and so relevant in our age of economic decline. Hopper would have identified with our 'machines' of "progress" and sense of 'alienation'.
personally, i find Folger irritating in the extreme. he's so dogmatic in his thinking! Edward Hopper was known to
violate the laws of perspective (to his advantage) yet Folger criticizes one female student for doing the same thing,
although likely by accident. he's not happy either with the work another painter because he finds her perkiness keeps creeping into her work! that's her personality! how about letting the students make their own choice of subject matter with the idea being to working in the Hopper style?
Who is Folger?