Capturing The Likenesses - Portrait Artist of the Year - Art Documentary

[@2_pencil]

Thanks for posting all these episodes!

[@smiththayer]

Addicted to your show, Portrait Artist of the Year!

[@postmax81]

I loved Catherines portrait. I think she captured him really well.

[@marcieandersen2635]

I love it! George hatching!

[@jonahart8095]

For those wondering why judges may favor art that is not as "realistic" is because they are judging your CREATIVITY and EXECUTION THROUGH THE ART. Meaning - All it takes to make a precise portrait is a damn good eye and damn good technique. HOWEVER, to make a portrait of someone that captures their likeliness WITHOUT using an approach of precision, demonstrates how creative you are to capture and bring to life what YOU were able to see. (as opposed to capturing what everyone can clearly see by simply painting a photograph-like painting) Nonetheless, all of these artists were absolutely PERFECT!

[@IceCenders]

Agreed! For once I'm happy they've chosen someone with an original style that doesn't sacrifice likeness. This season is turning out much better than the previous ones (so far).

[@bow2453]

Agree with 3 selected. Hard to pick love them all.

[@pamelavenable4042]

As I was growing up with the only play time in pencil, I called it “scratching in” with the little crisscross marks. Im 69 years old now and Landscape and Portrait Artist of the Year has moved me in ways I never was able to experience in the past. It’s the appreciation of the artist by the judges that never fails to move me. Thank you.

[@andreaandrea6716]

I absolutely LOVE your comment!!! (Me too; I am moved by Art and by this show... and I'm 67 in August).

[@pollyester6627]

Really remarkable inventive hatching technique done by the young guy George!

[@azalea1404]

I absolutely LOVE the George-hatching technique! I'm definitely gonna incorporate that style in some of my drawings!

[@christinajarmolinski727]

Bree(?) is a fantastic painter and understands not only portraits but working with colors. Very intelligent and soft. Best choice today.

[@pjlewisful]

agee with judges on this one 100%

[@luna-kiva]

Vincent Van Gogh is the true inventor of that hatching style, albeit in a looser way, You can see it throughout his sketches. I too have used that specific style since I was a teenager - am old now, and have seen a few others adopt it too. All influenced by Van Gogh. It’s not new and he didn’t invent it but rather has adapted it in his own unique way with really beautiful results. Well done all the artists here. There was some extraordinary talent, I loved them all. The sitters were fantastic too.

[@endlessstudent3512]

There was quite a big gap in the artistic talents this time around, the results very varying in quality and likeness. Some were fantastic, some average and some barely beginner level. Often the painters are more in level. However the judges ability to find geniality in poor paintings always astonishes me.

[@seank6759]

great episode.

[@sydene54]

so glad you found me back on youtube. I love this so much.

[@alexandre.montagnac]

Everyone is so good in this episode !! It's humbling

[@donitafichter8298]

Funny enough….when I was about 15 or so, (back in 1978) I used that same “language” as George (sp?) in some of my works in high school. My teacher hated it!! I certainly did not get recognition for the “inventiveness” lol and did not get good marks, and that sadly was one of the first impressions I had with self expression….as in….wrong/don’t! Too bad that that teacher likely didn’t realize the negative impact on a young girl. Fear not…I’m 61 and still overcoming misdirections! Carry on and persevere! Hahaha

[@patsymccown2766]

Wonderful!

[@grandidea2085]

WHy does it jump from episode 3 to 11? I want them all please!!!

[@daleannharsh8295]

lol, I'd pay good money to take a class in 'cross Georging'!

[@kenromero9236]

Kate Bryant is stunning!

[@andreaandrea6716]

I know this is a crazy comment to leave, and I really love this show, but I absolutely LOVED the subtle background music they chose. IT DOES NOT INTERFERE with any of the content or dialogue, but is wonderful. I leave this comment because so much background music is just dreadful/annoying/interfering and THIS IS NONE OF THOSE THINGS! I usually complain when it's bad but this was so good, I wanted to say something.

[@alanatolstad4824]

I love listening to background music, so I really appreciated seeing your comment!

[@andreaandrea6716]

@@alanatolstad4824 Oh! Yes! ... when it's good and not competing/overpowering, it can really lift one up!

[@WaitAMinute1989]

The pencil artwork is called "cross hatching" it has been around for years.

[@asmrwithannie]

I'm staggered that the only portrait that actually really looked like the sitter wasn't even in the top 3! The Freddie Fox painting, that Freddie chose, painted by Jack, was the most impressive. Jack should have won hands down. It's like they try and go for these overly contemporary styles and bypass traditional talent. The winner's portrait was like a pretty painting on a chocolate box. And although I wasn't a huge fan of Catherine's more caricature painting, out of those 3, it was the best one.

[@postmax81]

I disagree: Catherines painting was spot on as well.

[@enrikacardoen7146]

Ty😊

[@Doofster]

Damn. Catherine should have won

[@shizahkhalid9893]

for sure

[@fortunatosuarez4074]

Generalmente coincido con el jurado . Pero es difícil muy difícil la elección

[@leighguptill9244]

I am a graphite artist (as a hobby), so I can appreciate how good a drawing can be... but I can't imagine a graphite artist ever making it to the end, no matter HOW good they are. So, I wonder why they are ever let on the show? To be fair, I haven't seen the entirety of the series, so maybe a graphite artist HAS made it and I just didn't know.

[@Honey_Badger_xx]

I haven't seen the entirety of the series yet either, but from what I have seen I agree with you. George's drawing was amazing.

[@JuranaTheLast]

Off-topic but George is so goddamn pretty, he should be modeling if he wants to I feel

[@ricknico2577]

I find Chanti very disrespectful, not bothering at all about what the sitter looks like….

[@katalinrobin6222]

chanti's was an absolute piece of rubbish

[@Honey_Badger_xx]

It was a little .... bizarre. 😕

[@DigitalDomator]

crazy

[@Jealod24]

So Kathleen completely dumps on any artist that ventures too close to realism… which was the original purpose of portraits before the invention of the camera. But then she gets lol giddy about a portrait that’s almost cartoonish. And I like the submission. I mean, sending in a portrait with sunglasses… bold. But it’s kind of flat. You’re not going to put the usual highlights and shadows all over the place but you can make it pop slightly. Unless the subdued approach was done for a narrative purpose. Either way, I’m an amateur artist who loves all manner of art and can appreciate the effort and intent of the artist… then you have Kathleen who hates technology (forgetting that many past artists’ used the technology of the day to lay a transparent image on their canvas or help with resizing and proportions), hates realism, and finds most traditional methods to be boring or outmoded. At least the other two keep open minds

[@chubbyjaydraws]

They’re elitist snobs who want something that’s oh sooo different. Gatekeepers

[@Honey_Badger_xx]

All true. Kathleen is insufferable.

[@chubbyjaydraws]

“It’s your technique “ nah,artists have been using that hatching technique for a long time lady. 🙄

[@Zaembs]

Thanks for bringing it up! I don't mean to deminish his work, but that technique is not "george hatching" or new and it seemed to affect their judgment a lot. Makes me angry how much they brought it up and pushed it as a sensation. Even I've copied that hatching somewhat around 10 years ago from several artists to see if it's for me..

[@Honey_Badger_xx]

@@Zaembs Yep it was cringy, Kathleen and Kate being simps 😆😂

[@renzo6490]

Tell me… Do the artists and the sitters take a break? If not, why not?

[@kasperorganics-organiccott6881]

Yes, they do

[@endlessstudent3512]

I really feel for the grey haired painter....her portraits were the best, yet she was not chosen. When she looked at the other two remaings artists portraits, she must have felt fairly sure to win, because hers were really better. The disappointment must have been palatable.

[@astrorobinson3716]

Their criticisms/comments make NO sense. These pretentious hosts RUIN this show.

[@sirishmosale]

This is typically an example of how the English can organize a skill competition so nicely. The competition is restricted to England citizens. You find at least a hundred portrait artists in India, who do better than the winners here. But the best here is shown as the best in the world. Just like Oscar. The awards are self comparative, and unopened to the rest of the world.

[@Honey_Badger_xx]

No. There is no such thing as 'England citizens' - they are British citizens, and the show is NOT restricted to British citizens, anyone who resides in the UK can enter. They do not claim to be Portrait Artist of the World, they are perfectly within their rights to hold a competition that is Portrait Artist of the Year, it does not stop any other country from holding their own Portrait Artist of the Year competitions. If there are a hundred who are better in India fine, go for it, India can have a competition any time it wants to.

[@suewollenhaupt3444]

N5

[@endlessstudent3512]

37:28 -For ONCE they actually cleary say, that the likeness is missing. The same goes for 36:42, but there si no "sense of Ross" in it, its just not good at all. 36:57 is fantastic, it really got the hardliner-guy right, its artistic, not boring, really great. 37:46 would have been cool if they had caught the resemblance, however it made the young man look like in his 50th. But it has potential. 38:12 - hell no, the face is painted like a 10 year old would. But the other likenesses of the woman are both great. Really ups and downs here.

[@charliegarule5086]

I've been watching most of these competitions and it seems these three judges actually don't have a clue on portraits, watch em if a painter doesn't finish a portrait and it stinks there likely to win it .

[@christinedozier6071]

Recuse yourself Kathleen

[@sarb4297]

The only downside of this otherwise delightful series is watching the unfair and wrong decision of the judges at the end.... Catherine was way superior.

[@BREAKENSTEIN]

That hatching is not unique to him, I’ve seen it tons before. Even my friend in college back in the day did it.

[@StanleyKubick1]

3:35 head is way undersized. artists should refrain from using perspective if they don't have a grasp of it 4:21 tell me you copy from photos...

[@endlessstudent3512]

Head was indeed too small, but I think for this kind of painting, that does not matter that much. Also drawing fom a photo is nothing to turn your nose at, as long as it is not traced but freehanded. The boy is a non professional, of course he trained by painting from photos. nothing wrong with it.

[@chubbyjaydraws]

Show us your work 🤔

[@richardwebb2348]

Degas used photos and tracing.

[@cecilia_mackie]

I love you! Reach out to me.

[@viktoriyarts]

I would have picked the Indian dude, he did the most different thing.

[@endlessstudent3512]

Why? He did not achieve any likeness, it was a completely generic painting. This is a portrait competition. Likeness is a basic requirement. Just choosing someone because its "different" would be an insult to all the other artists who actually painted the sitter.

[@chubbyjaydraws]

@@endlessstudent3512these judges more often then not go for what is different and sometimes no likeness

[@endlessstudent3512]

I notice, but i think, considering the subject, this is unacceptable. Likeness is literally another word for portrait. The main target of any portrait is the likeness. One can change the setting, colors, style, size, background...but catching the likeness of the person they are painting in a clearly recognizable way is the very basic and essence of a portrait. That the judges ignore that is mockery to all the good artists that manage to catch the likeness, because thats also the difficult part. One small mistake can change the whole face and make the sitter look completely different. All those painters that just paint a generic face with the right hai color are making things easy for themselfs and that should not be rewarded. @@chubbyjaydraws

[@Honey_Badger_xx]

@@endlessstudent3512 Agreed. I think the problem could be that he didn't know how to adapt his technique to a person of lighter color. He lays down dark thick watercolor paint, which isn't how watercolor paints are usually used, it is usual to work from light to dark in watercolor. So anyway, he made up his own new techniques (kudos to him for that) the new technique is dark base and erase for highlights, but he couldn't erase enough to get a complexion anywhere near to the sitter. The dark eyes can't be changed to blue with watercolor paints.

[@endlessstudent3512]

@@Honey_Badger_xx Well, should not a good portrait artist know this and be able to adapt any technique? I mean, they are joining a competition with the supposedly "best" portrait artists of the country! If I am not able to adjust to any person, be it age, color, style...than I should not join such a competition. And honestly, that watercolor needs to be painted light to dark is basic knowledge for anyone who ever took up a brush.

[@TheKunstlich]

terrible choice. too bad.

[@bananaketchup090]

Breed, I love you, but honey, you didn't deserve it. Sorry