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The Big Painting Challenge
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Message 1.Ìý
Posted by superdreen (U3466628) on Saturday, 14th February 2015
As an amateur artist myself I am looking forward to this new programme which starts on Sunday 22nd February. Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú1 16.00. Amateur artists being set various painting challenges.
Just hope it's done sensibly without any razzmatazz . -
Message 2
Posted by Paul Sherratt (U1632637) ** on Saturday, 14th February 2015
What is an artist ?
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Message 3
Posted by hollybeau (U13700692) ** on Saturday, 14th February 2015
Think you may have the time wrong.
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Message 4
Posted by germinator hebdo (U13411914) on Saturday, 14th February 2015
Something like this
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Message 5
Posted by Pancho Wilkins (U1158194) on Saturday, 14th February 2015
An artist is someone who does something exceptionally well.. For example, a consumer of alcohol may be referred to as a ....[insert qualifier].... artist.
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Message 6
Posted by Paul Sherratt (U1632637) ** on Saturday, 14th February 2015
Are you talking Pollocks, Pancho ?
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Message 7
Posted by Pancho Wilkins (U1158194) on Saturday, 14th February 2015
Are you talking Pollocks, Pancho ?Ìý
I went to a Pollock exhibition once. WOW ! What a load of Pollocks! -
Message 8
Posted by Pancho Wilkins (U1158194) on Saturday, 14th February 2015
Are you talking Pollocks, Pancho ?Ìý
What do call a number of paintings by the painter Jackson Pollock ? Apparently I got it wrong in msg 7 ? -
Message 9
Posted by DaveA (U14937949) on Saturday, 14th February 2015
What do call a number of paintings by the painter Jackson Pollock ? Ìý
IMO an "investment", they have little to do with art. But, art is a personal thing, one man's Pollocks are another man's Van Gogh's. -
Message 10
Posted by angelictennisfan (U8898769) on Saturday, 14th February 2015
As an amateur artist myself I am looking forward to this new programme which starts on Sunday 22nd February. Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú1 16.00. Amateur artists being set various painting challenges.
Just hope it's done sensibly without any razzmatazz .Ìý From the many trailers it looks like a mix of the old C4 series Watercolour Challenge and Sky Arts' Portrait Artist of the year. I liked both of those so will give it a go even if the idea isn't very original. -
Message 11
Posted by superdreen (U3466628) on Saturday, 14th February 2015
Think you may have the time wrong.
Ìý Oops thanks you are right it should be 18.00, -
Message 12
Posted by the_cleaner (U3423083) on Saturday, 14th February 2015
If it's just half as good as Portrait Artist Of The Year on Sky Arts, I'll be happy.....this year they are changing to Landscape Artist of the Year.
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Message 13
Posted by Pancho Wilkins (U1158194) on Saturday, 14th February 2015
I agree. If it's half as good as Portrait Artist Of The Year on Sky Arts and twice as good as the Watercolour Challenge on C4 to which Hanna Gordon added a certain Fionce Bruceish perma presence, quoting poems, whilst looking dreamily into the distance whilst the camera looked dreamily into her earrnest countenance.
If it's to be about painting, please let it be about the painting.
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Message 14
Posted by Horned Viper (U4404689) on Saturday, 14th February 2015
I love Sky's Portrait Artist of the Year so will be looking forward to this. Thanks for the heads up.
As someone who has no creative skill whatsoever I love watching others showing off their talent. -
Message 15
Posted by Chezzie (U1159267) on Saturday, 14th February 2015
I am really looking forward to it as well.
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Message 16
Posted by mirandashell (U1946590) on Saturday, 14th February 2015
From reading the link, I think it's going to be more like Sewing Bee in that the artists have to show a different skill every week.
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Message 17
Posted by Rhoces (U11212688) on Saturday, 14th February 2015
I was gutted when Watercolour Challenge was cancelled.....I'm delighted this is starting soon!
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Message 18
Posted by ladybird (U3524562) on Sunday, 15th February 2015
I'm surprised they didn't call it............
The Great British Brush-Off
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Message 19
Posted by pandaeyes (U15971470) on Sunday, 15th February 2015
Watched the trailer yesterday, looks interesting, think I'll see how it turns out.
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Message 20
Posted by DaveA (U14937949) on Sunday, 15th February 2015
I was gutted when Watercolour Challenge was cancelled.....I'm delighted this is starting soon!Ìý Me too, I got interested in watercolour whilst watching tv for something to occupy my mind whilst doing the ironing (Ashley Jackson on a different channel). Then along came watercolour Challenge, I responded to their "if you want to pursue this..." announcement at the end of the first series; was put on to a course in Newcastle which ultimately led to my retiring from fifteen years of teaching, then demonstrating art.
I hope that the BPC manages to inspire those of you who think (generally quite wrongly) that you have no talent, to take up the challenge and have a go. -
Message 21
Posted by Chezzie (U1159267) on Sunday, 15th February 2015
From reading the link, I think it's going to be more like Sewing Bee in that the artists have to show a different skill every week.Ìý Is that a good or a bad thing Miranda?
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Message 22
Posted by mirandashell (U1946590) on Sunday, 15th February 2015
I think it's a good thing. It works well on Bake Off and Sewing Bee so it's likely to work for this.
And I remember certain people making the same disparaging remarks about those two before they started! -
Message 23
Posted by Gill P (U15961217) on Sunday, 15th February 2015
The only down side of this is one of the presenters is Richard Bacon! Not my favourite by a long chalk.
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Message 24
Posted by mirandashell (U1946590) on Sunday, 15th February 2015
I was thinking that as well. But maybe he won't be too annoying as he has the lovely Una Stubbs with him. She'll make up for him.
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Message 25
Posted by angelictennisfan (U8898769) on Sunday, 15th February 2015
I was gutted when Watercolour Challenge was cancelled.....I'm delighted this is starting soon!Ìý
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Message 26
Posted by angelictennisfan (U8898769) on Sunday, 15th February 2015
I was gutted when Watercolour Challenge was cancelled.....I'm delighted this is starting soon!Ìý Ìý Blast! Hit the button before posting anthing!
I was disappointed too when Watercolour Challenge finished. We have a nice memory though as we have an original from one of the series. It wasn't a winner but we love it. -
Message 27
Posted by Chezzie (U1159267) on Sunday, 15th February 2015
I think it's a good thing. It works well on Bake Off and Sewing Bee so it's likely to work for this.
And I remember certain people making the same disparaging remarks about those two before they started!Ìý I am looking forward to it and like the format, I would like them to paint with different or mixed media too. -
Message 28
Posted by mirandashell (U1946590) on Monday, 16th February 2015
Just found this:
They are running a competition alongside the programme -
Message 29
Posted by Chezzie (U1159267) on Monday, 16th February 2015
Just found this:
They are running a competition alongside the programmeÌý I like the idea of that, there is no mention of UK only which is a nice surprise. -
Message 30
Posted by Pancho Wilkins (U1158194) on Wednesday, 18th February 2015
I just saw a feature on the One Show about the Painting Challenge. In an excerpt I think I heard Richard Bacon asking one of the artist contestants " what would it mean to you to...?" .. [thinks : oh dear...]
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Message 31
Posted by Hy Dranger (U14569978) on Wednesday, 18th February 2015
Just found this:
They are running a competition alongside the programmeÌý I like the idea of that, there is no mention of UK only which is a nice surprise.Ìý Actually if you look at the rules they say you must be from the UK (although they do allow people from the Isle of Man too.... also no religious or political stuff so it looks like people thinking about submitting cartoons of a certain Prophet will be disappointed! And you must agree to the possibility of appearing on The One Show, the thought of which has put me right off...
A concern I raised in the other thread about people getting away with copying from other people's photographs seems to be addressed in clause 16 which says "The entry must be an original work of the entrant and must not infringe the rights of any other party". (Actually the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú seem to be taking copyright infringement so seriously that I couldn't even copy and paste those words from the T&C document - the PDF seems to be encrypted, as when I tried to copy the text all that got pasted was random characters, so I had to type it by hand!) -
Message 32
Posted by Chezzie (U1159267) on Wednesday, 18th February 2015
I obviously didn't look hard enough, thanks Hy Dranger.
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Message 33
Posted by selene33 (U14271316) on Thursday, 19th February 2015
I taught art and design for over 30 years in a range of institutions. A lot of time was spent trying to get "amateurs" the students in leisure classes to work from observation. When I first started teaching I took over a big class of older learners who copied calender pictures, postcards, even Christmas cards, my endeavours left me with a class of six!
There is no substitute whilst learning (and we are all learning in art, all our lives) to work from real things. It is of my opinion that the demise of Adult Education art courses, is due, not purely from cuts, but a perceived notion that it is just "older people copying postcards", which wasn't the case where I was working, my learners got a broad education akin to a first term of an art foundation course.
I really hope this programme addresses the thorny subject of copying and also of purely technique based work, chucking salt on watercolours for instance. -
Message 34
Posted by madauntydawn (U6675998) on Sunday, 22nd February 2015
I'm looking forward to this too, I think Una Stubbs looks fabulous at 77!
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Message 35
Posted by mal (U5924339) on Sunday, 22nd February 2015
Like watching paint dry, an hour of this!
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Message 36
Posted by deansay (U5811575) ** on Sunday, 22nd February 2015
I'm surprised they didn't call it............
The Great British Brush-OffÌý
Brilliant
I'm waiting for the next load of skills to be made into a
athon. The BIG Challenge of Corking, or how about A Bricklaying Competition 
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Message 37
Posted by JanetDoe (U10211737) on Sunday, 22nd February 2015
How can they judge paintings where the contestants use different methods of applying the paint for the same topic? For me that's subjective.
For Bake Off and the Sewing Bee there are set techniques which they all have to do and compared one with the other. Can't see how you can compare one person applying paint with a pallet knife with another applying it with a brush. -
Message 38
Posted by Matt Jenkins (U16235822) on Sunday, 22nd February 2015
Come on, Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú, you can do better than this. It's about time you come up with some new ideas.
We've had Masterchef.
We've had Masterchef with sewing.
And now Masterchef with paint.
What's next? Masterchef with Web Design? Masterchef with brick laying? Masterchef with hole digging?
This format is getting so old, predictable, and so utterly fake and unrealistic. The only thing worse than this is that stupid magic program that's on Saturdays. -
Message 39
Posted by eviled2 (U14446578) on Sunday, 22nd February 2015
'Watercolour Challenge' with Hannah Gordon was much better than this.
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Message 40
Posted by strictlyaddicted2dancing (U14110008) on Sunday, 22nd February 2015
How can they judge paintings where the contestants use different methods of applying the paint for the same topic? For me that's subjective.
For Bake Off and the Sewing Bee there are set techniques which they all have to do and compared one with the other. Can't see how you can compare one person applying paint with a pallet knife with another applying it with a brush.Ìý agree with you......also there seems to be no connection between the contestants, the judges and the presenters.
the Telegraph has suggested that the programme makers have left out depth to their work.
I really like both Una Stubbs mad Richard Bacon ... they are not right for this prog. -
Message 41
Posted by Matt Jenkins (U16235822) on Sunday, 22nd February 2015
I'm looking forward to this too, I think Una Stubbs looks fabulous at 77!Ìý She may have aged well, but that doesn't mean she can present a TV program. Awful.
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Message 42
Posted by TomcatRed (U8418886) on Sunday, 22nd February 2015
The correct decision of who went IMHO
Interesting programme, well made and I will continue to watch. -
Message 43
Posted by strictlyaddicted2dancing (U14110008) on Sunday, 22nd February 2015
as difficult as giving evidence in the high court!!!!
really bad editing in this prog. very poor start. -
Message 44
Posted by TomcatRed (U8418886) on Sunday, 22nd February 2015
In what way was it "badly edited" strictlyaddicted2dancing?
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Message 45
Posted by mirandashell (U1946590) on Sunday, 22nd February 2015
I enjoyed it! Nice to see people doing something I can't do but really wish I could.
The problem is that TV flattens paintings so we don't see what the jduges see. A lot of the subtlety is lost.
The two presenters are a little quiet for me. I'm used to the madness of Mel and Sue and Claudia! But they both know what they are looking at so will probably get better.
And yes, the right one went home. -
Message 46
Posted by judimac (U2467704) on Sunday, 22nd February 2015
It has sparked an interest in my having a go at painting. Surely that is what this programme is about?
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Message 47
Posted by CannotResistThisOne (U15930232) on Sunday, 22nd February 2015
Struggled a bit with this programme - too much life history at the beginning. Tuned back in for the first judges' verdicts after first 20 minutes. Perhaps when they have fewer contestants it may go better. Something about the programme's "composition" not quite hitting the spot. Love the lovely Una though - such a sweetie!
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Message 48
Posted by mirandashell (U1946590) on Sunday, 22nd February 2015
I think that was just because it was the first one so they had to do a lot of setting up. I think the rest will get going a lot quicker.
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Message 49
Posted by JanetDoe (U10211737) on Sunday, 22nd February 2015
Just noticed that "The Big Fish Off" is just starting on ITV4 so looks like other channels are joining the bandwagon stared by Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú.
Don't forget we've had "sporting" "Masterchef offs" on other channels. Bet there are already panels on the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú bran storming what they can "off" next.
Wasn't impressed with the Painting Challenge - it was definitely subjective rather than objective.
Can remember at college one of the art students painting an arm with some brush strokes going vertical and some horizontal. I asked why and the reply was "Mr X says they should be horizontal and Mr Y says they should be vertical, so the direction depends on who is supervising us."
Can't think of any other subject (although there must be more than one) where there can be so much variety of technique, tools and materials in producing something. -
Message 50
Posted by deliacooks (U14151010) on Sunday, 22nd February 2015
'Watercolour Challenge' with Hannah Gordon was much better than this.Ìý Agreed. Will watch some more of them, though.
A nice cross section of ages, styles, and abilities - its already evident which four or five are going to last through to the end (but don't ask me which ones as I'm hopeless at remembering names)
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