Artist of the Year: Masterclass

Artist of the Year: Masterclass

Live tutorials on aspects of painting given by Portrait Artist of The Year and Landscape Artist of The Year contestants.

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Seasons

1. Exploring Tone

Air Date: 2024-12-02

In this first masterclass, Artist of The Year judge Tai-Shan Schierenberg will be introducing one of the most essential principles of painting; how to observe and understand tone.

2. Alla Prima

Air Date: 2024-12-02

Alla prima painting is tricky but Sara Reeve has you covered. Her joyous explanations are just what you need to master the technique.

3. How to Paint Trees

Air Date: 2024-12-03

Adebanji's passion for trees is completely infectious - we marvelled at the way he looks at them, and through his eyes we see so much more, so here we share his palette and techniques which we hope you'll love.

4. Miniature Portraits

Air Date: 2024-12-03

Morag's ability to capture the essence of her subject with very few lines makes her well suited for miniature portraits.

5. Introduction to Inks

Air Date: 2024-12-04

Fujiko provides an introduction to the use of inks as a medium by creating a landscape using a variety of different techniques.

6. Building a Portrait

Air Date: 2024-12-04

Gareth shares his techniques and measured approach to building a portrait.

7. Painting with a Limited Palette

Air Date: 2024-12-05

Wendy demonstrates how a portrait can be produced with just the blending of 3 colours.

8. Animal Portraiture

Air Date: 2024-12-05

Phoebe demonstrates her approach to creating a portrait of a pet.

9. Introduction to Still Life

Air Date: 2024-12-06

Claire presents her approach to creating a still life.

10. Composition in Landscapes

Air Date: 2024-12-06

Finn demonstrates his approach to creating an classic/romantic English landscape.

11. Loosening Up

Air Date: 2024-12-09

Sara demonstrates her approach to loosening up her approach by using one large brush.

12. Observing Facial Features

Air Date: 2024-12-09

Gareth demonstrates his approach to achieving a likeness in a portrait by breaking down the features into abstract shapes.

13. Botanical Flowers

Air Date: 2024-12-10

Fujiko demonstrates her technique and approach to creating a botanical drawing with ink, using both brush and pen.

14. Painting with Lines

Air Date: 2024-12-10

Morag demonstrates her approach to creating a portrait with lines observing body language and posture.

15. Figures in Landscape

Air Date: 2024-12-11

Adebanji demonstrates his approach and tips for putting figures into a landscape.

16. Child Portraiture

Air Date: 2024-12-11

Phoebe demonstrates her approach for child portraits using charcoal on a soft pastel card.

17. Playing with Colour

Air Date: 2024-12-12

Christian discuses; mixing colours, how to layout a palette and how to use colour expressively.

18. Painting Skies and Clouds

Air Date: 2024-12-12

Finn demonstrates how he paints the sky and clouds.

19. Drawing with Paint

Air Date: 2024-12-13

Wendy demonstrates how she begins a portrait by drawing with paint, which is her favourite part of the process.

20. How to Approach a Portrait

Air Date: 2024-12-13

Tai consolidates the various lessons about portraiture and demonstrates how he would approach a portrait.

21. Introduction to Life Drawing

Air Date: 2024-12-13

Gail introduces the fundamentals of Life Drawing.

22. Mixed Media Portraiture

Air Date: 2024-12-14

Amy introduces mixed media portraiture, which encourages experimentation.

23. Tricks to Finding Likeness

Air Date: 2024-12-14

Polly demonstrates her tips and tricks to capturing a likeness in a portrait, including the use of a grid.

24. Self Portraiture

Air Date: 2024-12-14

Tom demonstrates his approach to creating a self portrait, and how the artist describes himself in an image.

25. Pastel on Stencil Paper

Air Date: 2024-12-15

Lorna demonstrates the use of pastels on stencil paper as a medium for portraiture.

26. Perspective in Urban Landscape

Air Date: 2024-12-15

Stuart demonstrates the rules of perspective to be applied in the construction of an urban landscape.

27. Connecting with your Sitter

Air Date: 2024-12-15

Curtis demonstrates both his artistic abilities in creating a portrait and his approach to connecting with his sitter.

28. Composing from Life

Air Date: 2024-12-16

Brogan extols the benefits of creating a portrait with a live model.

29. Patterns

Air Date: 2024-12-16

Jude demonstrates how she captures patterns in a painting or uses them, something that she enjoys.

30. Introduction to Watercolour

Air Date: 2024-12-16

Charles presents the basic principles to create a watercolour portrait, he uses a tracing of a previous sketch as a underpainting.

31. Painting on Wood

Air Date: 2024-12-17

Alvin outlines the steps to prepare a wood panel for painting, and how each unique piece of wood can influence the completed painting.

32. Painting on Black

Air Date: 2024-12-17

Cat explains and demonstrates her approach in creating a landscape on a black background, and how it enhances the colour.

33. Monochrome Palette

Air Date: 2024-12-17

Amy demonstrates her approach to creating a monochrome painting from a black and white vintage reference photo as finished work or a tone exercise.

34. Drawing with Coloured Pencils

Air Date: 2024-12-18

Curtis shares his secrets for creating a in depth portrait that creates mood and atmosphere using coloured pencils.

35. Painting Hands

Air Date: 2024-12-18

Brogan demonstrates a simplified process for painting a sitters hands that can make the work more dynamic.

36. Painting with Gold Leaf

Air Date: 2024-12-18

Lorna shares her gilding technique using gold leaf in a portrait to enhance the work.

37. Pushing Colour in Portraiture

Air Date: 2024-12-19

Tom demonstrates how enhance a portrait by pushing the use of colour.

38. Creating Textures in Charcoal Landscapes

Air Date: 2024-12-19

Stuart demonstrates his various techniques and tips for creating textures in his landscapes using just charcoal and a rubber.

39. Narrative in Portraiture

Air Date: 2024-12-19

Jude demonstrate how she inserts narrative into portraiture either subtlety or surrealistic.

40. Improvising with Watercolour

Air Date: 2024-12-20

Charles explains and demonstrates how how watercolours can be used improvise and create images from your imagination.

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Release Date

2024-12-02

Episodes

40 (1 seasons)

Status

Returning Series

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