Portrait Artist of the Year | Glasgow | S01 E02 | Reel Truth Documentaries

Frank Skinner, Joan Bakewell and the judges head to Glasgow as 21 competitors capture celebrity sitters including actor John Hannah and paralympian Michael Kerr.
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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[@ninahiatt664]

LOVE this show. I just wish they would show close-ups of all the paintings when they're done.

[@tacwerm]

Me too!!! I feel like that would be worthy of its own hour long show to highlight each artist, their process and final piece. They missed out -the audience missed out on so much from leaving that out! There were so many artists from this series that I’d love to know more about.

[@fbpliegorrivero8869]

Absolutely, it would be nice to see all the others' works.

[@swiatocien8577]

iI'm very happy that they changed the show. The first season looked like it wasn't abour art and portraits but rather talking and showing audience. Now (in year 2023) you can see actual portraits being made.

[@Kasino80]

Yeah, the artists are much more the focus. This first season makes it feel like the artists are a necessary evil to have a show in the first place.

[@helloemily4727]

Thank you for posting this! and please keep sharing I can already tell this is a show I would love to binge watch haha

[@sharit7970]

Ha...same!

[@everettwhite9874]

I’ve found myself binge watching these shows for the last few days during the freezing cold this week.

[@MsSherryjh]

It's interesting to watch this again with so much time since the first, and remember the reasons why I drawn to which paintings.

[@gloriapinskerportraits4801]

Thank you for posting this. Even with it's faults, I love this show! Hope you will be posting more in the future, especially the early seasons which we can't seem to get anywhere here in the US.

[@burpo]

The earlier seasons were up but YT took 'em down. :(

[@akimbogeo11]

The judges’ qualifications differ, and yet they remain constructive and civil with each other.

[@onevas898]

this show is really amazing!

[@conniehusband1365]

Enamoured with this series! Delightfully Delighted!!!!!!!

[@gogo-word]

Such an interesting and enlightening show.

[@ghost21501]

I am so glad that Ewan won this episode. I'm so tired of seeing talentless losers beat out the people who work hard and have proper skill and creativity.

[@endlessstudent3512]

I agree, when I saw his painting i thought: well done, but he is gonna loose because he is classically trained and the never choose traditional painting, always the quirky ones that have no likeness. I was pleasantly surprised for once.

[@bodyofhope]

​@endlessstudent3512 so far, they're ONLY choosing the classically trained painters and no one else. You might prefer that, but I think we've seen enough classical oil painting.

[@clarissadewet1401]

this brings me joy :) so happy I can watch it here.

[@samanthaa3564]

Thank you!

[@lechatbotte.]

I love John Hannah, he was terrific in the mummy.

[@lindsaybradley300]

He was a great sitter. That was not an easy pose to hold..

[@lindsaybradley300]

He was a great sitter. That was not an easy pose to hold.

[@pauladouglas9891]

I've had a crush on him since Four Weddings and a Funeral.

[@tacwerm]

Anyone know if Amanda, the young lady of the 3 finalists, is online somewhere? I’d love to see more of her work! Actually, I’d love to see this series highlight every artists’ final piece…it’s so frustrating that they don’t. I found it to be a bit disrespectful.

[@endlessstudent3512]

Yes, I hate that also. I mean, it would have only taken a few minutes to see all done paintings for 5-10 seconds and do them justice. They are wasting a lot of time during the episode just talking pseudo-intelligent stuff.

[@boondoggy2]

A very worthy winner.

[@takochikhradze4555]

Greetings from Georgia with love 🇬🇪

[@HimanArtists]

Nice work

[@Raegen_.]

This set of artist work fast. whoa

[@thereallannis]

How do you pick a winner?!…a lot of great paintings

[@alanatolstad4824]

YES!

[@cynthiamarston2208]

Id include the chair and his face is very expressive. Beautiful eyes. Hes gorgeous

[@troytheriot8679]

I don't understand why the people were told how to Pose it should be there choice

[@kristynashley7745]

(I'm a portrait painter) Most paid models or sitters don't choose their poses. Especially if they don't do it often - these people are actors or athletes. Sitting or posing seems easy, but if the sitting period is for 30min to an hour or many hours - its hard to sit through. People who don't normally sit or model for painters won't be able to hold any pose for a considerable time, so most of the poses here are able for them to relax in and sit for longer periods. A smile would be painful to hold for long. Leaning on an arm or turning your head too much could cause a cramp and would mean they would need to take more breaks. Also knowing that they want the painters to interpret their professions or a mood - it is the painters/judges job to pose them not the sitters.

[@troytheriot8679]

@@kristynashley7745 Well i paint too but i think if they are able to pick a position themselves they will be relaxed enough to stay in it for a long period of time. I think an artist in a studio can adjust the lighting and get the same effect as if they had posed the sitter themselves.

[@Watkinsstudio]

Paid models never choose their poses. They are hired to pose by artists, whose pictorial needs take precedence.

[@Kasino80]

That's what I like about the later series. There's much more collaboration between the sitter and the artist than in this series.

[@3h2o61]

So they changed from 21 artists to 9 artists. This way you can see all the artists work, their interviews, and final paintings. Much more intimate.

[@NV-xw5ok]

Holy smokes. My daughter just turned 5 yesterday. I like how sophisticated her point of view is at that age. 23:30

[@sharit7970]

Ewan's work is fantastic; all of the artists are very talented. For any artist to simply get to the point of qualifying for the show says a lot about their ability.

[@cynthiamarston2208]

McClure. Love to paint him! Hes awesome and so is his work. I bet he wins…the whole year.. anybody?

[@thebluevelvetriver]

I love McClure too. His work is amazing.

[@patsyjohnson2064]

The short list....

[@murtlandjardine1723]

Maximum expression of human talent very beautiful

[@gojewla]

I feel like they ALMOST picked the best one.

[@joshuadevries3459]

You can't tell me that's not Jesse Eisenberg.... if not its his doppelganger

[@Kasino80]

I was racking my brain thinking about his name. You're absolutely right!

[@walkdontrun6578]

Why are they not showing the paintings???? Very weird

[@billypeek7186]

they never pick the actual best one

[@danilude]

Is this from 2013?

[@patodeane]

Have you posted the final episode? S1 E6

[@juliab6791]

Why is it that the men get to pose to present themselves as an individual and the only female has to portray her role in game of thrones... like that was pretty insensitive of them tbh.

[@marionmcinnes7554]

Probably

[@r8chlletters]

I wish they wouldn’t put whacky backgrounds behind the figures. It’s almost like they are purposely messing with the artists.

[@ptaylor4923]

I love this series, but in this one I'm totally put off by the way the judges instruct them to pose. The leaning forward in one is just awkward and having the actress sit there with her hands on the arms of the throne-like chair is so stilted it drains any spark of life out of the girl... and the red draperies behind her red hair makes me cringe.

[@mayapapayuh]

Amandas was definitely the worst. They shouldn't have to speak about the art either the art should speak for itself/

[@margaretdillard7045]

So many as interruptions!!!

[@amaraarcana7243]

Love Amanda’s. My favorite! Also great to focus on Powerful Women.

[@PaddyPawsRescue]

Man, the likenesses really aren’t there

[@PaulaRodriguesdeSPaula]

No one captured the likeness of Sophie Turner. Apparently it's more difficult to paint pretty people.

[@ranirathi3379]

she herself chose the most plasticky of her portraits. John was man enough to pick the best one himself for real. his one should have won, i feel.

[@gabbywilliamson76]

So glad he won. But I really liked Amanda’s too

[@tafazulmattoo166]

Didn't know Jesse Eisenberg could paint as well.

[@donnadurant4000]

Yeah. After all that work they just flashed bu the finished product. Not right.

[@peteryang8708]

Amazingly only one left hander out of 21 contestants. Lefthandedness so much associated with great art

[@melonjuice7441]

4:30 she used a filter to look younger

[@ronjosolis4413]

35:16 other works are better than this. 😞

[@JiveDadson]

I thought it was the poorest of them all. Not too keen on the other runner-up either.

[@michelledawn7446]

It had nice colors but the eyes were very cartoon looking. McLure had the best one of the final three so I'm glad he was picked. It was the most clean and resembled the model.

[@furlizard]

Show us all of each of the paintings! Frustrating

[@robingagan6288]

WHat is she talking about. Jack is self taught. 17:00

[@user-ei2up2ht6g]

Fog

[@Sky_TEC_Illustraition_Systems]

"How advertisment uses women" 🙄 Dude.

[@nickyhomann9071]

Eye roll

[@endlessstudent3512]

30:34 - interesting technique, but no likeness at all...just looks like a generic pretty girl, one would not recognize Turner. But her self portrait had the same issue.

[@patriciabailey2431]

does these artist get as much money for their painting as hunter biden?????

[@sorewreckedum3002]

Painting portraits isn't unlike riding a horse and buggy, antiquated and unnecessary. Cameras solved that, as did automobiles. In layman's terms, take a picture and paint an abstract painting.

[@panchoverde5078]

The show is great except for the feminist with her gross ears and bad attitude

[@franklesser5655]

This is a wonderful show!