The In Conclusion Of The Big Icon Challenge
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So, it's over as well as nosotros straight off know who won The Big Painting Challenge 2015.
However, similar a issue of other people, I thought I knew who would win from Episode 1 - as well as nosotros were all correct on the night!
So congratulations as well as good done to Paul Bell for recovering from the hiatus of Episode 5 as well as producing a audio functioning for the firstly 2 challenges of the Final as well as and thence creating an impressive ikon for the real in conclusion challenge. Best wishes to him for his "semi twilight peachy fine art career"! You tin see his concluding ikon as well as all the same life ikon at Tate Britain from straight off until 12 Apr 2015 inwards the Manton Foyer, Tate U.K.
The serial ended every bit it had started for the concluding challenge - ikon plein air - inwards front end of the champaign of written report inside a fourth dimension limit. It's ever a real audio examination of those who tin observe, design, create a flick as well as and thence pigment it!
Paul was ever the i to spotter as well as the i who overall produced the best functioning across the serial every bit a whole. Notwithstanding a few hiccups along the way - but as well as thence that happens to the best of us! It was ever his observe to lose as well as all Episode 5 did was evidence to us that this was a distinct possibility - which made Episode half dozen all the to a greater extent than watchable. :)
So what happened? Let's guide hold a recap of Episode 6 of The Big Painting Challenge
Both contestants as well as judges recapped their sense to date. The contestants highlighted what they'd learned nigh ikon as well as the judges revealed what they thought nigh the contestants. What was interesting to me was the dissimilar perspectives of the judges. I usually constitute myself agreeing amongst both of them!
The topic was Seascapes as well as the location was Dartmouth inwards South Devon.
I tin sympathize the attractions of the harbour as well as the boats as well as the views - Dartmouth is real pretty. However I'm completely stumped every bit to why anybody ever thought that Dartmouth's Royal Naval College would furnish an inspiration?
Since this is the final, I'm going to brand around of my comments nigh the creative somebody a lilliputian to a greater extent than personal this week. However all are related to their approach to ikon as well as the exceptional challenges encountered this week.
The artists had 2 hours to make their interrogation using sketches as well as photographs as well as and thence 3 hours to create the ikon indoors.
If there's i affair I know, artists cannot pigment to fellowship per se. Some places but make non make it for you. It was real evident that this alternative of location for the firstly of the concluding challenge actually dented Claire's confidence. She but didn't relate to the edifice or its history inwards whatever way. No surprise there, my approximate is a real large issue of people would guide hold felt the same way as well as non all of them would guide hold been immature women!
By way of contrast, the location was an absolute gift to Richard amongst his services background as well as he came upwardly amongst a peachy thought for a painting.
I don't know who looked to a greater extent than nervous when Claire announced to the Judges that she was going to make something abstract - which she'd never done earlier - as well as pigment i shape. Daphne summed upwardly Claire's alternative rather neatly
Interestingly Amy was the creative somebody who had the consummate meltdown as well as gave upwardly on her painting. She knew that at that spot was something missing from her composition. I promise she takes away from this sense that at that spot is around betoken to planning out a blueprint inwards a sketchbook earlier you lot start.
Amy's approach to ikon - the terrific unloose energy at the commencement to acquire pigment on canvass fast as well as the commitment to driving it frontward are admirable - but it volition ever final result inwards mistakes as well as failures because non every ikon volition move out. I've got a peachy majority nigh composition as well as blueprint that I'd honey to recommend to her!
Paul's ikon was good designed as well as the lighting worked well. He also attempted a narrative - but carve upwardly the judges every bit to its success.
My impression was that Richard's ikon was seen every bit OK but non outstanding. I hold wanting to take away dark as well as white from his palette every bit he's a lilliputian also monochromatic for my taste.
Claire felt that the judges comments were fair as well as she knew she ask to acquire dorsum to what she knew how to do. She was correct inwards that assessment.
In my view, those critical of the judges as well as their comments ask to review the way they gave Amy her critique given that they knew she was real upset nigh her painting.
It was a HUGE challenge as well as extremely difficult. Lots of data as well as lots of noise!
It's real hard to brand an assessment but it did strike me that Claire seemed to me to hold upwardly looking also much at her newspaper as well as non plenty at what she was observing. For me that would brand the challenge fifty-fifty to a greater extent than difficult. She constitute it actually tough as well as exactly seemed to hold upwardly totally confused past times it. For me she was totally out of the running past times the cease of this stage.
Paul's role of perspective for the platoon as well as inclusion of context made for a much to a greater extent than successful drawing inwards damage of depth as well as movement. Paul's functioning was commencement to await real enterprise - as well as I did Federal Reserve annotation that he had managed to acquire perspective as well as proportion into his responses for both of the firstly 2 challenges inwards this episode! I think he had been listening to the amount of comments on both those topics inwards Episode 5.
I began to consider the argue why Daphne likes Amy inwards this session as well as I liked what she achieved amongst her drawing. She "got it" as well as was dorsum inwards amongst a chance.
By contrast Richard was absorbed inwards item i time to a greater extent than as well as drawing every private every bit an individual. There was no sense of numbers as well as non much context. I couldn't quite consider him beingness able to come upwardly dorsum from this drawing.
Lachlan's advice session was especially useful for those who haven't tried drawing moving people before. I call back beingness told many moons agone to ever acquire for the large shapes when drawing lots of people together. Don't seek to separate them out until you've got the large shapes sorted. (Tip 155 inwards my majority "Map out the large contour first"!)
This challenge included lots of aspects of topics as well as challenges addressed throughout the serial which ALL needed to hold upwardly addressed yet i time to a greater extent than inwards the concluding painting.
They were real lucky to guide hold a narrow expanse betwixt houses as well as the harbour wall to pigment - amongst nobody peering over their shoulder but the judges! It made me think of how many people would hold upwardly looking over their shoulder if they were plein air ikon inwards Dartmouth but hadn't been able to role somewhere to a greater extent than private or fenced off!
As it happens this is a world expanse thence presumably had been fenced off...
I'm a dab paw at finding locations via Google Maps as well as constitute this i without also much trouble. For all those who would similar to guide hold a acquire at ikon the concluding thought inwards The Big Painting Challenge you lot ask to acquire to Bayard's Cove inwards Dartmouth - exactly due south of the Dartmouth-Kingswear ferry
This is at that spot the artists were sitting.
This was Amy's thought - as well as those are real likely around of the small-scale boats she was painting!
I loved the real brief shot of them asset upwardly their small-scale flick frames to what was inwards front end of them trying to consider what worked best every bit a composition. I don't think that was something nosotros saw at the commencement of the series. However they seemed to hold upwardly using a conventional format for their viewfinder (looked 4:3 to me) as well as their canvass was real panoramic. I think they'd guide hold done much improve to select the 16:9 format on their cameras as well as await through the viewfinder of their camera!
It occurred to me that an essential fleck of kit for whatever futurity contestants is a record mensurate to mensurate the format of the newspaper or back upwardly that you lot are given to move on. You can't make a actually effective small-scale thumbnail sketch if you lot don't know what format your given back upwardly is.
Paul's approach of sorting out the complexity inwards a unproblematic 3 value sketch earlier starting to pigment made a huge deviation to his ikon as well as the overall result. Future contestants would make good to brand Federal Reserve annotation of this point! He did a real skillful ikon inwards alla prima way amongst peachy colours which were real much 'of the place'. It looked similar Dartmouth!
Richard's colours seemed to me to hold upwardly completely incorrect - they were real muted, which is a make of colours he evidently likes. It for certain did non await similar a ikon of a house where the Sun was shining. My work (not his) is that I can't acquire past times this if the colours await strange to me.
Claire continued to seem all over the house as well as real indecisive - as well as inwards the cease didn't create out her fourth dimension good as well as didn't consummate the painting. She's evidently a real sensitive artist. I think that the fact it was "The Final" meant that she exactly had a actually bad twenty-four hr catamenia non helped past times getting off to a bad start through beingness confronted amongst something which meant nada to her.
Watch out for a concluding postal service from me on the WH Smith blog - which has been publishing interviews amongst the artists. [Update - this is it Katherine Tyrrell: Ten Artistic Tips Learnt From The Big Painting Challenge]
There should hold upwardly i coming upwardly called Top 10 Tips which summarises the commutation learning points from the series. I'm pleased to tell I think every unmarried i of them got a special advert inwards the concluding programme as well as I wrote the article nearly a calendar week ago! :)
However, similar a issue of other people, I thought I knew who would win from Episode 1 - as well as nosotros were all correct on the night!
So congratulations as well as good done to Paul Bell for recovering from the hiatus of Episode 5 as well as producing a audio functioning for the firstly 2 challenges of the Final as well as and thence creating an impressive ikon for the real in conclusion challenge. Best wishes to him for his "semi twilight peachy fine art career"! You tin see his concluding ikon as well as all the same life ikon at Tate Britain from straight off until 12 Apr 2015 inwards the Manton Foyer, Tate U.K.
The serial ended every bit it had started for the concluding challenge - ikon plein air - inwards front end of the champaign of written report inside a fourth dimension limit. It's ever a real audio examination of those who tin observe, design, create a flick as well as and thence pigment it!
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| Episode 6: The Final set-up for the Final Painting of the River Dart as well as Port View betwixt Dartmouth as well as Kingswear inwards Devon It's non unremarkably this empty - consider below |
Paul was ever the i to spotter as well as the i who overall produced the best functioning across the serial every bit a whole. Notwithstanding a few hiccups along the way - but as well as thence that happens to the best of us! It was ever his observe to lose as well as all Episode 5 did was evidence to us that this was a distinct possibility - which made Episode half dozen all the to a greater extent than watchable. :)
So what happened? Let's guide hold a recap of Episode 6 of The Big Painting Challenge
Series recap
Both contestants as well as judges recapped their sense to date. The contestants highlighted what they'd learned nigh ikon as well as the judges revealed what they thought nigh the contestants. What was interesting to me was the dissimilar perspectives of the judges. I usually constitute myself agreeing amongst both of them!
Location
The topic was Seascapes as well as the location was Dartmouth inwards South Devon.
I tin sympathize the attractions of the harbour as well as the boats as well as the views - Dartmouth is real pretty. However I'm completely stumped every bit to why anybody ever thought that Dartmouth's Royal Naval College would furnish an inspiration?
Episode half dozen - Seascapes: The Challenges
Since this is the final, I'm going to brand around of my comments nigh the creative somebody a lilliputian to a greater extent than personal this week. However all are related to their approach to ikon as well as the exceptional challenges encountered this week.
Challenge 1: (3 hours / Acrylic Paint) Create a ikon which captures the atmosphere, spirit as well as heritage of Dartmouth Naval College afterwards a catamenia of interrogation - as well as what this agency for them
The artists had 2 hours to make their interrogation using sketches as well as photographs as well as and thence 3 hours to create the ikon indoors.
If there's i affair I know, artists cannot pigment to fellowship per se. Some places but make non make it for you. It was real evident that this alternative of location for the firstly of the concluding challenge actually dented Claire's confidence. She but didn't relate to the edifice or its history inwards whatever way. No surprise there, my approximate is a real large issue of people would guide hold felt the same way as well as non all of them would guide hold been immature women!
By way of contrast, the location was an absolute gift to Richard amongst his services background as well as he came upwardly amongst a peachy thought for a painting.
I don't know who looked to a greater extent than nervous when Claire announced to the Judges that she was going to make something abstract - which she'd never done earlier - as well as pigment i shape. Daphne summed upwardly Claire's alternative rather neatly
Claire has taken a very, real brave step. She's decided to acquire completely abstract. Well that's a real unsafe strategy which volition either hold upwardly brilliantly successful or quite a failure.I call back thinking that I want she'd pigment amongst a much bigger brush.
Interestingly Amy was the creative somebody who had the consummate meltdown as well as gave upwardly on her painting. She knew that at that spot was something missing from her composition. I promise she takes away from this sense that at that spot is around betoken to planning out a blueprint inwards a sketchbook earlier you lot start.
It's the firstly fourth dimension I've ever given upwardly on a painting.... It's the worst affair I've ever done - it's consummate rubbish. I exactly want I'd stopped one-half way through as well as done around other ikon - a completely dissimilar painting.as, of course, she has done earlier to skillful effect!
Amy's approach to ikon - the terrific unloose energy at the commencement to acquire pigment on canvass fast as well as the commitment to driving it frontward are admirable - but it volition ever final result inwards mistakes as well as failures because non every ikon volition move out. I've got a peachy majority nigh composition as well as blueprint that I'd honey to recommend to her!
Paul's ikon was good designed as well as the lighting worked well. He also attempted a narrative - but carve upwardly the judges every bit to its success.
My impression was that Richard's ikon was seen every bit OK but non outstanding. I hold wanting to take away dark as well as white from his palette every bit he's a lilliputian also monochromatic for my taste.
Claire felt that the judges comments were fair as well as she knew she ask to acquire dorsum to what she knew how to do. She was correct inwards that assessment.
In my view, those critical of the judges as well as their comments ask to review the way they gave Amy her critique given that they knew she was real upset nigh her painting.
Challenge 2 : the Quick Draw (40 minutes / Charcoal, pastel, pencil) Draw at high speed using dry out media. Capture the movement, unloose energy as well as dynamism of a whole platoon of naval cadets marching inwards formation every bit they perform a sword drill.
It was a HUGE challenge as well as extremely difficult. Lots of data as well as lots of noise!
It's real hard to brand an assessment but it did strike me that Claire seemed to me to hold upwardly looking also much at her newspaper as well as non plenty at what she was observing. For me that would brand the challenge fifty-fifty to a greater extent than difficult. She constitute it actually tough as well as exactly seemed to hold upwardly totally confused past times it. For me she was totally out of the running past times the cease of this stage.
Paul's role of perspective for the platoon as well as inclusion of context made for a much to a greater extent than successful drawing inwards damage of depth as well as movement. Paul's functioning was commencement to await real enterprise - as well as I did Federal Reserve annotation that he had managed to acquire perspective as well as proportion into his responses for both of the firstly 2 challenges inwards this episode! I think he had been listening to the amount of comments on both those topics inwards Episode 5.
I began to consider the argue why Daphne likes Amy inwards this session as well as I liked what she achieved amongst her drawing. She "got it" as well as was dorsum inwards amongst a chance.
By contrast Richard was absorbed inwards item i time to a greater extent than as well as drawing every private every bit an individual. There was no sense of numbers as well as non much context. I couldn't quite consider him beingness able to come upwardly dorsum from this drawing.
Lachlan's advice session was especially useful for those who haven't tried drawing moving people before. I call back beingness told many moons agone to ever acquire for the large shapes when drawing lots of people together. Don't seek to separate them out until you've got the large shapes sorted. (Tip 155 inwards my majority "Map out the large contour first"!)
Challenge 3: (3 hours | Oils as well as large panoramic canvas) Capture the fluctuations of low-cal as well as atmosphere of a picturesque as well as visually complex scene - Dartmouth harbour.
This challenge included lots of aspects of topics as well as challenges addressed throughout the serial which ALL needed to hold upwardly addressed yet i time to a greater extent than inwards the concluding painting.
They were real lucky to guide hold a narrow expanse betwixt houses as well as the harbour wall to pigment - amongst nobody peering over their shoulder but the judges! It made me think of how many people would hold upwardly looking over their shoulder if they were plein air ikon inwards Dartmouth but hadn't been able to role somewhere to a greater extent than private or fenced off!
As it happens this is a world expanse thence presumably had been fenced off...
I'm a dab paw at finding locations via Google Maps as well as constitute this i without also much trouble. For all those who would similar to guide hold a acquire at ikon the concluding thought inwards The Big Painting Challenge you lot ask to acquire to Bayard's Cove inwards Dartmouth - exactly due south of the Dartmouth-Kingswear ferry
This is at that spot the artists were sitting.
This was Amy's thought - as well as those are real likely around of the small-scale boats she was painting!
I loved the real brief shot of them asset upwardly their small-scale flick frames to what was inwards front end of them trying to consider what worked best every bit a composition. I don't think that was something nosotros saw at the commencement of the series. However they seemed to hold upwardly using a conventional format for their viewfinder (looked 4:3 to me) as well as their canvass was real panoramic. I think they'd guide hold done much improve to select the 16:9 format on their cameras as well as await through the viewfinder of their camera!
It occurred to me that an essential fleck of kit for whatever futurity contestants is a record mensurate to mensurate the format of the newspaper or back upwardly that you lot are given to move on. You can't make a actually effective small-scale thumbnail sketch if you lot don't know what format your given back upwardly is.
Paul's approach of sorting out the complexity inwards a unproblematic 3 value sketch earlier starting to pigment made a huge deviation to his ikon as well as the overall result. Future contestants would make good to brand Federal Reserve annotation of this point! He did a real skillful ikon inwards alla prima way amongst peachy colours which were real much 'of the place'. It looked similar Dartmouth!
I'm proud of what I've done. This was definitely a "me" paintingI actually liked Amy's approach amongst her ikon amongst this i - as well as it was the ikon I liked the most of all the ones she had done. However yet i time to a greater extent than her drive meant that she carried on past times the betoken where I actually liked it! I think Amy would make goodness hugely if she were to prepare a laid upwardly of brakes. How nigh an enforced timeout inwards the middle for a few minutes of reflection?
Richard's colours seemed to me to hold upwardly completely incorrect - they were real muted, which is a make of colours he evidently likes. It for certain did non await similar a ikon of a house where the Sun was shining. My work (not his) is that I can't acquire past times this if the colours await strange to me.
Claire continued to seem all over the house as well as real indecisive - as well as inwards the cease didn't create out her fourth dimension good as well as didn't consummate the painting. She's evidently a real sensitive artist. I think that the fact it was "The Final" meant that she exactly had a actually bad twenty-four hr catamenia non helped past times getting off to a bad start through beingness confronted amongst something which meant nada to her.
For me it was the best I could make inwards the fourth dimension I was given. There are other people hither who on the day, nether the pressure, guide hold been able to line it out of the bagFor what it's worth I think she has clear potential to hold upwardly a real skillful creative somebody and, inwards my estimation, likely the best of of all 4 inwards fourth dimension - (say) nigh v years fourth dimension - when she has had acquired much to a greater extent than knowledge, painted a lot to a greater extent than as well as developed a strong sense of her ain unique style.
Congratulations to all the wonderful artists who took part. Brave, talented, form people. Good luck & hold painting! pic.twitter.com/bkbRAlC7ad
— Lachlan Goudie (@lachlangoudie) March 29, 2015 In summary:
- I want all the contestants good amongst their ikon as well as futurity endeavours - as well as await frontward to coming together them at the Private View for their London Exhibition - The Bigger Picture
- I actually enjoyed around of the expressions on Daphne's human face inwards this episode - no words were necessary!
- I want the BBC would inquire for feedback - I tin think of a few things I'd similar to advise they alter for the adjacent serial - if at that spot is one. However I make think they should hold both Judges - almost all of the fourth dimension they were absolutely spot on amongst their comments. I'm sad that around viewers felt that they should solely hold upwardly form rather than accurate inwards their judgements.
- I promise this programme does for ikon what Bake-Off did for baking!
and finally......
Watch out for a concluding postal service from me on the WH Smith blog - which has been publishing interviews amongst the artists. [Update - this is it Katherine Tyrrell: Ten Artistic Tips Learnt From The Big Painting Challenge]
There should hold upwardly i coming upwardly called Top 10 Tips which summarises the commutation learning points from the series. I'm pleased to tell I think every unmarried i of them got a special advert inwards the concluding programme as well as I wrote the article nearly a calendar week ago! :)
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