Painting Eddie Izzard - Portrait Artist of the Year - Art Documentary

[@philnasmith9755]

Not only are all three the contestants superb artists, but they are all three interesting and very likeable people

[@dize.nozaki]

When time finished, Kofi Ferris smiled looking at his finished painting.... ohhhhh this was so beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a great and deep artist!

[@fionabryant7923]

Magical winner...tender and new

[@ricknico2577]

Curtis drawings are pure magic😍 something happens inside of me when I see them!

[@timrutter5025]

A well deserved win

[@2_pencil]

Thanks so much for posting these!

[@Mario-lm8np]

People you have to understand that the judges have seen and know the whole history of art! They may not pick the artist you like but they do pick someone "interesting"! They're looking for something new that they haven't quite seen before. Usually the person they choose create an exquisite piece of art for the final! So I say all that to say I do understand the judges choices after watching many seasons of this awesome show.They're searching for the next great artist and Curtis drawing skills can't be denied!

[@indestarbright9646]

I must admit that I'm looking forward to viewing the final piece that Curtis has created of dancer Carlos Acosta. I actually would have chosen Kofi, although I really liked the style and approaches of all three artists for this seventh season final competition. I think Curtis was the more bold choice, since we normally think of a commissioned portrait as a painting. Hopefully, Curtis' approach will produce an artwork full of movement and motion, and that might be perfect for capturing the likeness of a dancer.

[@katella]

Kofi seems to be the perfect man ❤

[@TatKry]

That's amazing! Curtis is a great artist! His work is so unusual and magical.

[@nicolabishop996]

What he is able to capture is unbelievable.

[@lesedimodupi6659]

Where the other episodes at??

[@remivr01]

Love, love Eddie Izzard, he's one of my favourite personalities

[@pamelacorbett8774]

Eddie chose the most original and evocative.

[@SKN1763]

I have had different opinions from these judges in several episodes over the years, but these three artists were good and the judges’ decision was probably difficult. I can agree with their choice of Curtis in this final, because his work is so out of the ordinary, but good! His commission was powerful (as were the other two) but so unique. I can see his style of art for the dancer who will be the subject of the final commission. I bet he can capture the movement and toned body of the dancer. Good choice!

[@tikoes22]

Klopt niet eerst deel 1 en dan al naar finale gaan 😢

[@dalesmithson5454]

What have I missed?? I guess it's all in the eye of the beholder. My least favorite was the winner.

[@enrikacardoen7780]

Ty 😊

[@patsymccown2766]

Nice!

[@kevinroche3334]

Kofi, definitely (though they are all talented)

[@jamvillarosa408]

Thank you ❤❤❤

[@enrikacardoen7146]

Ty😊

[@sgram09]

Where are the other season 7 episodes???

[@pamelacorbett8774]

Sara got the expression so well, I was amazed to hear words like ‘literal’ and ‘conventional’ from the supreme court, sigh.

[@lobstermash]

Trying to remember who Eddie reminds me of in right profile - I think it's the grown-up version of Miss Joan Hunter-Dunne in Betjemann's poem. Blonde, blue-eyed, and a take charge kinda gal.

[@jalepeno04654]

Love the style of the drawing… but that could be any pair of blue eyes…

[@yyguuyg]

Chicken scratches, no weight, muddled shapes, barely any form, terrible likeness, no color harmony. Yuck

[@aphasiatech]

So weird. Just my opinion, but... Didn't think any of these 3 final portraits were good enough. The sketchiness of Curtis' work is interesting but incomplete. I think Sara's came closest to a likeness and some sort of evocative feeling, & her commission piece of her teacher was the best. I would have given her the win.

[@mariaandersson492]

I totalt agree with you.

[@gammyshouse]

Well, I guess I just don't have an artistic eye.

[@AFAskygoddess]

It's not your taste that is in question. You're normal.

[@gammyshouse]

​@@AFAskygoddessI don't get these judges. 😊

[@AFAskygoddess]

@@gammyshouse , agree. Each new season, I pray the producers will choose new judges. And I'm always disappointed. All these judges care about is something modern and different. Quality and talent doesn't enter into their decisions. As I've commented before, neither Rembrandt, DaVinci nor Rubens would make it into their top three.

[@Watkinsstudio]

The judges don't have artistic eyes either.

[@Watkinsstudio]

Curtis' scribbles are too faint to produce a clearly discernible image, so the goofy judges chose him as winner.

[@debraterry7141]

Omgosh. I had to dkip this one.... I dont know how they went through all those talented artists and ended up with these three... And then i saw the sitter....sigh..

[@celebratelife8436]

Eddie is 100% right they should just take a photo and have the sitters sit in a relaxing bath with a legs stretched out because in this show the artists are mainly looking at their ipad or cell phones to copy the sitter so what's the point of having them sit for four hours?

[@rongoulet6434]

surprising. I Think this program has ran its course. Get New judges. Change the format a bit. Quite annoying to interrupt the artists while working. Very emotional and inspiring for a while. Think it’s over now. Scrap it. You completely lost me with this one

[@gawaling1287]

What the . . . ?

[@martinitime3537]

Neither of these three should have been in the finals. Only the 3 woke stooges would select the “winner” they did 🤢

[@nataliemcandrews9092]

She? What nonsense, but other than that. Lovely 😃

[@AFAskygoddess]

It would be worth sustaining a concussion just to be able to UNSEE this episode. This is less about art and more about the "woke" agenda. That's why they call TV shows "programs".

[@angelaglanville9377]

What, exactly, is woke about it? Also what is the definition of ‘woke?’

[@martinitime3537]

When I saw the sitter I skipped straight to the end - and as usual the three clowns chose the weakest one 🤢

[@katella]

Some reprehensibly ignorant comments here. Go back to sleep.

[@jackiec859]

@@angelaglanville9377 So tired of people wang jangling the word 'woke' around. Let's wait and see what their definition of 'woke' is to them. Could be (sadly) amusing.

[@martinitime3537]

I’m glad I skipped through this episode straight to the end. I should have skipped this woke nonsense altogether 🤮

[@martinitime3537]

True to form the three stooges chose the worst of the three 🤢