Portrait artist of the year. New series 8pm We’d 9 Oct Sky Arts (11 or 36)

He deserved it after what he said about hedgehogs the other morning. In an interview about how to protect them he pointed out that they were covered in fleas and should be avoided.

I also think that Richard Madeley was short changed with the artists. The other sitters had much better portraits

I wonder how they select who is going to paint who on each programme? Do they just pick the nine names out of a hat or do they consider the range of styles of each artist and mix them up a bit for each sitter.

Based on the Richard Madeley results, It looks like they pick them out of a hat

I agree all the Richard
Madeley portraits were appalling .
Perhaps he set fire to his choice when he got home !
I think that's what Churchill did with a Sutherland .

Repeats seem to be on Sky Arts every afternoon which is great because I haven’t seen a lot of them.

It's also on Freesat channel 147. I'll have to watch it when DH isn't home though. He'd find it dull and sit and complain.

I love Portrait Artist of the Year. The celebritites never cease to amaze by their choice of portrait to take home with them. Very often they do seem to choose the least one that resembles them!

Thanks MayBee70 I liked all three of the finalists but I know now which was chosen it was the one painted by the male artist who really captured a likeness. I also really liked the pencil drawing but it's rare for someone not using paint as the medium to be chosen.

Deedaa, as someone with a fine art training ,I agree with you wholeheartedly. The models could probably go home after the first five minutes. They are only needed occasionally. In my day it was, paper, pencil, hand and eye. Or paint and brush of course.

It was one of the Saskia Reeves portraits, the one that had, I think, a blob of orange on it. I really liked it. I thought the pencil drawing of Hannah Waddington ( sp) was amazing though. All of the Richard Madeley ones were awful.

I watched a recording of the first round of artists but unfortunately I hadn't got the last few minutes. Can anyone tell me who went through, please? I thought there were some excellent artists.

About to watch it .
Certainly - one of my favourite programmes .
I enjoy Landscape Artist too .
I'd like to see Still Life Artist Of The Year !
Landscape and still life are my specialisations .

I wish so many of them didn't rely so much on their I pads. They are basically just copying a photograph, when they could be seeing far more of the structure of the head if they actually looked at the model. I'm getting tired of all the photo realism as well.

Thanks, I have it on series record. I have enjoyed watching some much older ones recently, from before I started watching, but this new one is very welcome. I much prefer it to the landscape version.