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00:00Hello, among today's artists we have our youngest ever contestant, but don't let the age fool you, like the rest of our artists he has some serious talent.
00:25Welcome to Portrait Artist of the Year.
00:28In the first heat, Edie Bowne's bold and captivating likeness of musician Youngblood won over the judges.
00:35I don't know how to react in that situation, you're just kind of looking like, not me?
00:40It meant a lot and it was quite overwhelming.
00:42But who will be the next artist to earn their place in the semi-final?
00:58The artists competing for the £10,000 commission to paint award-winning mathematician and broadcaster, Professor Hannah Fry for the Royal Society, to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the first women elected to its fellowship, Professor Kathleen Lonsdale and Professor Marjorie Stevenson are...
01:20A full-time artist from Cork, writer and researcher William Lee, who lives in London, Bath-based retired teacher Lindy Wright, and Isfahani Mooka, a healthcare assistant based in Birmingham.
01:33I'm feeling overwhelmed, a bit tense, I'm finally here, most beautiful hall, and I'm just looking forward to it.
01:40Also readying their materials for today's heat are Northern Irish landscape gardener Colin Fitzpatrick, Paulina Kritniewska, a painter who splits her time between London and Poland,
01:53secondary school student Robbie Leach from Edinburgh, Helen Capewell, a product and graphic designer from Buckinghamshire, and video editor Yaz Bonn from London.
02:05I'm so glad that at the very last minute I threw in a kind of teal colour into my paint pack, because that would have been very difficult to mix.
02:12The artist who will advance to the semi-final is determined by our judges.
02:18Art historian Kate Bryan, curator Kathleen Soriano, and award-winning artist Taishan Sheerenberg.
02:26Fresh spanking new wall, starting with the sort of thing I would always attempt during double chemistry and never quite pull off.
02:36It does have that wonderful quality of a frenetic doodle, then you realise this is actually very calculated, and then this fantastic object, is this a dandelion?
02:44It's a light, he's holding the light, the future. He hasn't added any white, the artist has just cross-hatched. It's amazing.
02:54It's an enigmatic little painting.
02:56I feel like we're indoors, yet the view that's reflected is actually an exterior.
03:01I mean, there's almost nothing there in terms of the facial features, but it's very believable.
03:08I find this rather moving, this one.
03:10Yeah, I mean, there's such a poignancy to the eyes. That combined with the constellation of play, there's a very heavy narrative.
03:18A sort of direct and earnest, honest gaze.
03:21Defiant, isn't it? Yes.
03:22It is rather defiant. It's extraordinary what we can read from this face, which is made up of a very weird language.
03:31I almost wore this outfit today, so I'm quite relieved.
03:34Mmm.
03:35I love a shiny trailer. I mean, it's incredible, the shine.
03:37They're so believable, aren't they?
03:39She's taken a lot of traditional artist imagery, but then you've got this very contemporary figure,
03:44and I think it's almost confrontational.
03:47OK, it's time for some horror, it's time for some drama.
03:50It's quarter to six, what's going on here?
03:52It's very Hitchcockian, isn't it, with that shadow, but not polished in style.
03:56It's sort of rougher, redier, more real.
04:02This is our youngest ever artist, just turned 16.
04:04Oh, my goodness.
04:05I can't believe that someone who is 16 can put together a picture that is so composed.
04:10It's very disarming, and it really feels very honest about a young artist just starting on their journey,
04:16front of the canvas is empty.
04:19Photo booth.
04:20One can have fun making portraits.
04:22We've been here so long, it feels like a very serious business, and here's somebody having fun.
04:26And I think that the rendering is actually very detailed.
04:29This is an artist with great technical capability.
04:33Well, there's a lot of story here, isn't there?
04:35Well, it's a big conundrum, isn't it?
04:36Women artists trying to juggle family life, and this gives you an idea of how difficult it is.
04:42I love the sense of the chaos of the paint reflecting the chaos of life.
04:46Oh, sorry, maybe I didn't explain. This is the artist here.
04:51They're getting younger and younger.
04:52Artists, your sitter has motorbiked around the world, cooking and authoring numerous recipe books with his best friend.
05:06Please welcome hairy biker, musician, and bon vivant, Cy King.
05:13Hello.
05:15Hi.
05:17Hi.
05:18Nice to meet you.
05:24Nice to meet you.
05:26Hello.
05:27Have a seat.
05:28I'm here.
05:29Yeah.
05:32What a lovely reception. Thank you.
05:34I know, isn't it?
05:35Very happy to see you.
05:36Obviously, you're having a portrait painted today.
05:38What are you hoping that these artists will see when they look at you?
05:41Emotion, I think.
05:43What that emotion is, is entirely up to you.
05:45Could be miserable.
05:46I'm from Newcastle, so I kind of am.
05:48You want to look at it and feel something.
05:50That's my whole thing about art.
05:51It's an emotional response.
05:53It's human, isn't it?
05:54Yeah, it is.
05:55Exactly that.
05:56So, we asked you to bring along something that has significance for you.
05:58What have you got?
05:59It's my father's war medals.
06:01Fundamentally, it's everywhere that you didn't want to be in the Second World War, floating about in a ship.
06:06Right.
06:07How are you going to be at Sitting Still for four hours?
06:09I have a restless soul.
06:10Oh.
06:11So, you better be quick, is all I'm saying.
06:16Your sitter today is a rugby icon with 95 international caps.
06:22He's also a podcast host and an ambassador for the mental health charity CALM.
06:27It's Joe Mahler.
06:29Hello.
06:30Hello.
06:31Hello.
06:32Hello.
06:33Hello.
06:34Hello.
06:35Oh, this is nice, isn't it?
06:36This is a bit weird, isn't it?
06:37What's weird about it?
06:38Just loads of people.
06:39All looking at you.
06:40Yeah.
06:41Yeah.
06:42Yeah.
06:43You've got a fantastic look, Joe.
06:44The strong hair, style, the big beard.
06:59Massive Roman nose.
07:01Well, you know, you're obviously a rugby player.
07:05You know, there are some war wounds there.
07:07Ah.
07:08The ears.
07:09The ears.
07:10Do you want to have a little?
07:12Can I?
07:15All right, there.
07:16Anyone else?
07:18So, we asked you to bring something along that means something to you.
07:21What's that?
07:22This is a traditional Japanese mask that originally wasn't mine and now it is.
07:28I'm worried actually saying the real story.
07:30Oh, really?
07:31Because whether you can get done for a crime after it, do you know what I mean?
07:34Whether you can get done for it later.
07:35Jeopardy or something like that.
07:36I think when you're done for a crime, it's always after the crime has happened, isn't it?
07:39So...
07:40That's valid.
07:41We'll get some legal experts on it right away.
07:46Artists, we would like you to capture a best-selling, award-winning novelist
07:50who's written over 21 books.
07:53Please give a warm welcome to Elif Shafak.
07:56APPLAUSE
07:57Hello.
07:58Hello.
07:59Please have a seat.
08:00Welcome, Elif.
08:01It's lovely to have you here.
08:02It's lovely to be here.
08:03I have to ask you straight away, because this is so beautiful.
08:04What is this item you've brought with you?
08:05This is a tile.
08:06It's from Istanbul and it's very close to my heart.
08:07Right.
08:08Have you ever had a portrait painted before?
08:09No.
08:10First time, I'm excited.
08:11Is there anything in particular you're looking for?
08:12I think I would leave it to you, how you see.
08:13I'm very curious.
08:14And I see you've brought a book with you today.
08:15Yes, I love reading, so if you don't mind, I would love to read it as we work.
08:16Have you started it yet?
08:17I'm just starting this book.
08:18So it's a very nice book.
08:19It's very nice to have you here.
08:20It's very nice to have you here.
08:21It's lovely to be here.
08:22I have to ask you straight away, because this is so beautiful.
08:23What is this item you've brought with you?
08:24This is a tile.
08:25It's from Istanbul and it's very close to my heart.
08:26Right.
08:27Have you ever had a portrait painted before?
08:28No.
08:29First time.
08:30I'm excited.
08:31Is there anything in particular you're looking for?
08:32I think I would leave it to you, how you see.
08:35I'm very curious.
08:36And I see you've brought a book with you today.
08:38Yes.
08:39So if you don't mind, I would love to read it as we work.
08:42Have you started it yet?
08:43I'm just starting this book, so let's see how far I'm going to go.
08:54Artists, it's time to tackle those portraits.
08:56You've got four hours, three sitters, and one masterpiece to create.
09:01Your time starts now.
09:03What, there's not even a klaxon?
09:08Showtime.
09:09How would you like me?
09:10I think earlier you were sitting with your leg crossed, and I quite liked when your hands were up.
09:13It's not easy for a working class lad from Newcastle to look noble.
09:16Do you mind, like, looking at the book so I can get you with your eyes down as well?
09:21The mask, is it very significant to you?
09:23It represents the highest point of my rugby career.
09:26Are you happy for us to include it?
09:28My preference would be, that's the main focal point, but I'm in it with my ear.
09:32Cool.
09:33Got it.
09:39Having Si as a sitter is absolutely perfect.
09:40Couldn't have asked for anything better, to be honest.
09:43I like the beard.
09:44If I get the beard right, then that's it.
09:45It's all sorted.
09:46Helen Capewell is a product and graphic designer in the action sports industry.
09:51She took inspiration from an old photo booth strip she has of her dad.
09:54and drew her own self-portrait version in pencil and paper.
09:55I have a special portrait.
09:56After looking for someone.
09:57I would have seen it in him.
09:58With a big priority.
09:59I'd have found a lot of beautiful outfits, and I would have been looking for these outfits.
10:00They make all that decent.
10:01They do.
10:02It's one of the most beautiful outfits in the world...
10:03You know, you know, I'd have found a lot of outfits.
10:04That's what I've done with, you know, this is twoопortraits.
10:05And having Si as a sitter is absolutely perfect.
10:06I couldn't have asked for anything better, to be honest.
10:07I like the beard.
10:08If I get the beard right, then that's it.
10:10I'd understand it.
10:11All sorted.
10:12Helen Capewell is a product and graphic designer in the action sports industry.
10:17took inspiration from an old photo booth strip she has of her dad and drew her own self-portrait
10:22version in pencil on paper which is different to the medium she's using today that has got to be
10:29one of the fastest starts we've ever had and you do you have somewhere to be uh yeah actually do
10:34always work this quickly i try to at least start quick right and keep it loose acrylic you can go
10:39over it anyways right just kick it into shape just get something down exactly i don't want to have a
10:44blank canvas at me so yeah try to get something down and then bring it in okay hopefully
11:00my self-portrait was painted last summer we were on holidays with our children and it was the first
11:04time that they actually took care of themselves i think it kind of like marks the moment when i
11:10don't have to choose that much between the times they dedicate to my family and to painting paulina
11:17kritney evska is a professional artist who also paints murals and teaches workshops she lives between
11:24london and poland where she grew up her self-portrait took just one hour to create in oils on oil painting
11:32paper your self-portrait was very very playful i need to play do you what they say about all work and
11:38no play but why is it that you like that sort of strange combination it's just elif's looks are
11:45remind me very much of purifier lights oh yes so that's why i chose the like rosettes composition
11:50for that well i noticed that she's reading so her eyes are downcast do you think you'll follow that
11:56through i think i will okay um just because i really enjoy painting people in their natural habitat
12:01well it's a beautiful start and i love the theory behind it all it's a great idea
12:14joe is definitely a very characterful sitter i'm definitely a monumental man i'm going to struggle
12:18to put him on the board i think but i'm going to do my best teenager robbie leach is at a secondary
12:24school in edinburgh and is considering studying medicine at university his self-portrait was
12:30created in oils and is set in his bedroom with the blank canvas representing the next chapter of his
12:37life your support is a lot of stuff yeah um it looks like you're just concentrating the mask and
12:44joe's head here i don't know why he's frowning probably i thought we agreed we were just going to do
12:48the mask sorry sorry just the mask and my ear all right i think it's going to be pretty much so now
12:55you're going to go for the right of the skin the two main sort of light shape and then the shadow shape
13:00and then from there i'll sort of differentiate into smaller areas i guess it sounds like you know what
13:06you're doing i don't know yes you've got a lovely smiley leaf here i saw her eyes light up while she
13:24was smiling and actually i've never seen so many points on someone's eye on my reference like she's
13:30got like six little dots of white because she's glowing yeah london-based yaz bonn is a video editor
13:40she created her self-portrait in oils and acrylic not long after the pandemic it portrays her feeling
13:47of being ready to take on the world in an outfit far removed from her lockdown loungewear your submission
13:54was a tour de force of texture best pvc trousers we've ever had on this program that's for sure they're
13:59great translucent top your hair i mean you obviously having real fun exploiting all of those things
14:04against one another yes i was a little bit disappointed that there wasn't like a crazy
14:08texture somewhere yeah i also think it kind of gives me more chance to really focus on the face
14:14and the energy of the portrait generally
14:18for almost an hour the artists have been bringing their canvases to life
14:29it looks muddy but i'm playing with it right now i'm feeling pretty good but i could still be a bit
14:34further on i'm trying to be chill trying to keep this still
14:45i'm trying to make sure the lighting is consistent the colors are consistent that it has a nice unified look
14:50i've got a sort of soulful joe over here and then a sort of demonic faith right next to him
15:02i don't know maybe it's showing different sides of him in one painting i guess
15:05for the last hour our nine artists have had their eyes firmly on the faces of award-winning novelist
15:20elif shafak chef and presenter cy king and former rugby player joe marler
15:26uh guys can i just interrupt you quickly uh it's actually quite warm i don't want to be a pain but
15:35any chance i can take this gilet off yeah go for it yeah you haven't painted the gilet yet yeah i'll
15:41just wipe it off oh that's actually not made any difference i'm still really hot oh we're doing a
15:47throw like a stage show thank you sorry oh that's better yeah much cooler
15:56i'm really excited to paint joe he's wearing solid colors which makes it easy i am painting the
16:07hands i'm painting the face and i'm a fast painter i'm used to painting with a lot of distractions
16:12because i have small kids so i think i'll be okay former primary school teacher julianne guinea
16:18turned to art in 2019 as a form of healing after the loss of her twins who were born prematurely
16:25now a full-time artist her self-portrait shows her balancing the roles of painter and mother
16:31to her three other children julianne this is fantastic this feels like a holbein you know
16:36i was actually just thinking the same thing i think the hood is like it's the beard it's a beard and also
16:40the hood could be sort of a rough couldn't it i went to see the holbeins yesterday in the portrait
16:44museum it's weird how things affect isn't it yeah get on with it i want to see the other stuff thanks
16:59a while ago i started painting the chefs of bath so there's a few of them on my instagram account
17:08he hasn't got his whites on though sorry lindy no uniform
17:14lindy wright lives in bath and was a professional ceramicist turned school teacher before retiring
17:20her self-portrait was painted in oils on board it features a tribute to her son william who died
17:26suddenly on the other side of the world and is about searching for connections across hemispheres
17:32your self-portrait i found it very moving thank you i haven't painted since my son died
17:39i thought well it's now or never and in the portrait there's a cassiopeia constellation
17:45which is like a w and i'd always said to william that every time i look up i'll see you and you're there
17:53i think you know that's you so i'm really pleased to be here because it has very much been a part of
18:02getting the painting again great thank you lindy i'll let you get on with it
18:16i'm working with oils today i use a limited palette i only have three colors blue red yellow
18:22and i use white these paints actually i had when i was like a teenager so i thought i'd bring it
18:28so it'd be quite poetic william lee is a freelance writer and researcher for science-based projects
18:34living in london his self-portrait was made with water mixable oils on paper he painted it while
18:41battling insomnia and included a clock to mark the early hours you've not given yourself much space to
18:48play you've got joe understandably filling it i want to fill the cameras with him
18:53and i've still got stuff to play with there's the mask i've left it here as a sort of maybe i'm just
19:00sorry that none of you have included the socks the mismatching socks i did notice them they are not
19:05mismatching they're not mismatching they're repair here we go oh cool blimey mister that is cool
19:13they are pretty special oh i'm gonna have to start again now
19:16painting a famous face isn't the only part of today's challenge as each sitter has brought along
19:24an object that our artists can choose to weave into their portraits
19:30si this is such a great choice of an object i mean tell me about these beautiful medals my father was in
19:37the second world war he sustained injuries while he was on the arctic convoys which eventually got them
19:42and so he survived hunting the sharnhorst hunting the bismarck the arctic convoys the dunkirk evacuations
19:50the durnets oh my goodness and he was presented with the arctic star wow amazing you're opening up
19:56your family and your family's story and then they've got to interpret that do you feel that level of
20:01collaboration well yeah i think it's only right and proper to be as open as you possibly can to give
20:06them a fighting chance of seeing who the sitter is yes yeah so it's been a lovely experience it's very
20:13odd kate it's odd you're not the best one to say it
20:22elif i'm going to interrupt you yes you're deep in this book here um but i'd like to talk to you a
20:27bit about your object indeed yes i bought this from istanbul yeah i love the colors the patterns the energy
20:36it's something that's close to my heart do you think it speaks to as a storyteller i think there's a
20:42story here so these patterns actually they were used widely in ottoman designs this is called cinta
20:49mani and then the fish in itself and the sea with all its beauty and complexity i like it yeah i think
20:57there's a story elif thank you very much no thank you it's such a pleasure
21:06joe tell me a little bit about this very dramatic object well it was our good luck charm when i was
21:12playing for england out in japan in the world cup in 2019 and we'd have it in the front of the bus
21:17to each game but it wasn't that lucky in the end because we lost in the final yeah but you've kept
21:23it with you so it lives at home pride of place yeah sort of like i often put it up on the mantel
21:28piece and then the day later it'll be gone because my wife will just take it down it scares the kids
21:33i'm not surprised so does it not worry you that um she's now going to have a portrait of you with
21:39this in it to hide from the children as well i'm not worried i think it adds a bit of cat and mouse
21:43back to the relationship keep it fresh the virus a medium that's very dear to me because that's
22:00cool at the back of all my books i would have sketches you know especially when it's a boring
22:06lesson so it's a medium that i actually connected with isfani muka grew up in cameroon and moved to
22:12birmingham in 2023 where he now works as a healthcare assistant the composition of his
22:19biro self-portrait was inspired by the renaissance period and he holds a candle to represent the light
22:25at the end of a dark tunnel it's behind i'm a bit worried you don't have enough pens with you
22:31actually i do yeah i just switch between pens because the friction you know it affects the ball
22:37yeah and so i have to switch them i like it that you've become the master of this fabulous medium
22:43it's ambitious i mean it's the head it's the shoulders it's the hands it's the object
22:47you're not mucking around yeah i want to capture the whole figure yeah i just think that it just helps
22:54to express the sita's essence well listen i like watching you work so if you don't mind i'll just sit
22:59here and watch fine oh please do some of the most elegant uh doodling i've ever seen thank you so much
23:05thank you
23:17my self-portrait was painted after an operation it used a picture of a sort of a stoic sort of a stance
23:22and this was to prove to myself that i'm still here and i'm still standing sort of thing colin fitzpatrick
23:28lives in rural northern ireland in county for manor where he is a landscape gardener his self-portrait
23:34was painted in oils on canvas with a restrained use of color to enhance its mood and it took just
23:41four hours to create colin how's it going okay you picked a very lovely picture of a leaf but she's
23:50connecting with us she is instead of was that important it was i wanted her in a happy place and
23:56the drawings in yeah and now you started painting it's a very strange language and it's very abstract
24:02yes someone said it looked like one of those heat cameras yes yes it does yes it's just about
24:08getting the feeling that's there plus what i'm happy with myself well look it's intriguing start
24:14she's there hopefully she's there the artists are midway through their four hour task and trying to
24:22maintain focus joe keeps checking up on me he's like an evil headmaster keeping an eye on the student
24:37making sure he's uh getting the work done so it's keeping me on my toes i like it
24:45the time seems to be running very fast but i don't think it's something to worry about much
24:51but yeah hopefully i'll get there i am going to cover the whole painting with one layer and maybe
25:01lose some areas with the palette knife take them away and decide what stays what goes
25:06the portraits are taking shape as all eyes are trained on today's sitters former rugby player joe marler
25:22novelist elif shafak and chef and presenter cy king
25:26hi lindy how important is this pocket square my dad always used to wear a cravat yes and a pocket
25:41square right so i never wear a tie i always wear a cravat and the proper square is always there
25:46i think i'll include it oh because it's an important part of you it's a bit of joe joe joe joe joe joe
25:54good thank you thank you thank you three cities i think have been quite inspirational aren't they
26:02for the artists today i'd say they're terrible what's terrible about them science joe would just
26:08really want to connect with everybody so they're very animated but isn't that what we want not as an
26:12artist you want to seem to keep still but actually that energy is affecting the artist it seems to work
26:19there's some really good art in the room today lindy couldn't quite work out how to
26:23fit psy into that rectangle she knows it's too narrow so she knows she's going to have to fill
26:28him out but i love the way that she puts the paint down what surprised me about islahani's work is that
26:32i thought it would be more doodly and it's got much more of a skill to it than i anticipated helen
26:37got off to an absolute flyer start the figure she's created is now looking out at us and connecting and
26:42suddenly i feel sigh but it's quite rough and that needs a bit of refining some sitters come here and
26:50go well today i'm just going to put my obsession to one side not elif no elif made it very clear this
26:56is who i am but then you get colin who wanted this deep person connecting and she's quite bright and
27:02just about to talk but her eyes are bleeding yeah which i love which i love i do i do because i feel
27:10like there's pain in that deep soul it works for me whereas paulina is no eyes yes no eyes but looking
27:16down in contemplation with a turkish towel i mean it's so good i'm worried it's too good too good that
27:24confuses me how can it be how can it be too good her painting is fluent and beautiful the way she's used
27:31the object as a halo every decision is spot on it's almost too much in the way that i'm almost
27:37too good looking that's yeah exactly the same thing you've got it i've got it now got it whereas
27:42jasbon is yes those colors yeah the colors are amazing wow what's going on there i think she's
27:48going to tone them down later it's all about the layering joe is such an interesting sitter he's trouble
27:54he really is trouble but deep down inside he cares and you know julian is putting something together
28:00that he looks a bit like henry the eighth this fantastic focus on the head and the hands giving
28:07a real sense of volume robbie has got the head and the mask side by side it's so ambitious i mean it's
28:14really difficult to put these two things right against each other i'm so impressed by him i think
28:19he's got the best likeness yeah i think william struggles slightly but you know he is trying to
28:23play a bit more with shadows and light and i think that might lift the whole thing even more this afternoon
28:35in my head i'm sat on a pavement cafe in florence watching the world go by it's a lovely experience
28:42the atmosphere is fantastic the artists are fantastic i mean i'm in awe because it's so skilled
28:48and so focused i'm really really impressed i thought it would be a great challenge for me to sit still
28:59for hours but i can read i can chat with the painters so that is much more fluid much more water like
29:06and free the book is very good i might finish it by the end of the day
29:14julianne i said to her early on that was quite aggressive brushstroke so then i was like oh it's
29:19going to be a bit more abstract because it's like all over the place robbie i think the background is
29:24going to be like flowers rainbows and sunshine because he's not stopped smiling and then williams one
29:32it does seem slightly more intense paulina it's brilliant the way you've introduced the object
29:50you've done it in such a comprehensive way you look a bit fed up of it i am i hate painting flat straight
29:56lines but i feel like that really complements um the portraits yeah so you're prepared to make the
30:00sacrifice yes are you on the home straight well i could use another two hours and wheel
30:17comfortable just make myself at home that head looks pretty good i mean are you working on
30:23i'm trying to get something in the hands i could do with another hour on those but then i don't want
30:28to do another hour on them i'll let you i don't know what this is called lie around and do a bit
30:32more colin you haven't been uh filching stuff from my makeup tray have you what are you doing with a
30:43makeup brush just blending and then bringing back to the drawing afterwards and what does that this
30:48give you that an ordinary paintbrush doesn't yeah it's softer it's just softer yeah oh whatever you're
30:53drinking you seem very happy and relaxed tea tea the artists are nearing the final stretch with just
31:0130 minutes left to complete their portraits hey getting on robbie pretty good i think i'm nearing
31:10the finish line i think i've got a pretty good likeness it's not too offensive hopefully
31:24right now i'm just getting the eyes in which is probably the scary part there's this fear that they
31:30will make the likeness completely wrong and time is obviously not on my side
31:40the uh iconic mask i think i've tried to include in a way which is artistically interesting
31:46but we'll see what the judges think of that
31:48the pressure mounts for the artist capturing alif shafak and sai king i'm just trying to work on the
32:05contrast on the main features so i'm just trying to enhance the face as much as possible but his
32:10boundless energy has obviously helped those painting joe mala i think i'm going to stop imminently
32:16i've managed to resist doing anything else to it yes not been up so much what's going on in this
32:24section you're nearly finished i am nearly finished i know i should stop but i just really enjoying myself
32:29this is chill out corner around here isn't it four hours is clearly too long
32:33i try to keep calm not stressing about details yeah i'd say i'm pretty relaxed about it it's pretend
32:49make blend out the skin tones a little bit belongs left artists you have five minutes left five minutes
32:57the background is taking a bit longer than i expected i have to rush
33:08there's nothing i can do now whatever happens happens
33:15artists your time is up please stop what you're doing and step away from your easels
33:20you're in a better position to make the choice okay
33:49does that mean i have to have a portrait of you on my wall at home do you want a portrait of me
33:55shall we see come on then ask this please can i ask you to turn your easels
34:03an epic
34:09a direct one
34:10they're incredible aren't they they're insane
34:14they're insane
34:16have a closer look yeah
34:17Robbie.
34:19I quite like that you've made me look happy,
34:22and then over my shoulder I've got this sort of demon figure.
34:26It's like the contrast that sometimes I feel like that.
34:29It's unbelievable. Robbie, you should be so proud of yourself.
34:32Thanks, Robbie. Thank you.
34:36Wow. You really did go for the hands, didn't you?
34:39They look like my hands.
34:41I love it. Thank you so much.
34:44William.
34:47Wow. I love the colours.
34:49I love the darkness, the shadowing of it,
34:51and then the brightness of the eyes.
34:53Never in a million years did I think I would say sentences like this.
34:56I know. Well, there you go.
34:58What's art done? There you go. What's art done to me?
35:01I know.
35:02William, it's unbelievable. Thank you.
35:04So, Joe, three cracking portraits.
35:08Thank you, all of you. They're all amazing.
35:11For me, it's going to be Robbie.
35:14APPLAUSE
35:24How was it?
35:25Well, it's a privilege.
35:27And I think what has been lovely is people's reactions as they're walking past.
35:30Yeah.
35:31It felt like a zoo.
35:33Ooh!
35:35Well, let's see.
35:37Shall we?
35:38Come on.
35:39Artists, please, can I ask you to turn your easels?
35:42Wow.
35:45Wow.
35:48Wow.
35:51You're all very good, aren't you?
35:55You're not seriously asking me to make a decision now, are you?
35:57Oh, well.
35:58We could have a little bit of a look first, but...
36:00I think that would help.
36:01Come on, then. Let's have a look.
36:03Helen.
36:05It's wonderful.
36:06I didn't think I was that jolly.
36:08He's having a good time, isn't he?
36:09He's having a great time.
36:11I like the style of it.
36:13And I like the colourways.
36:14And the facial structure's great as well.
36:16It makes me look way more handsome than I actually am, which is always a bonus.
36:20Thank you so very much.
36:24And to Lindy.
36:26Another handsome devil.
36:27Well, yeah, I don't know where this is coming from.
36:30There's an intensity in my eyes that I sometimes get when I'm thinking about stuff.
36:35And you've got the colour of my pocket square.
36:38Thank you, Lindy.
36:39Well done.
36:42Wow.
36:43The detail of that is remarkable.
36:44Dad's medals are in there as well.
36:46Yes.
36:47I do have a restless soul.
36:48And I think you've captured that incredibly well.
36:52Right, Si.
36:53Yes.
36:54That's your three.
36:55They're all amazing pieces of work.
36:59Oh.
37:00This is so hard.
37:03Um...
37:05Lindy, I think.
37:06Lindy.
37:16How's the book?
37:17Well, I'm halfway through, you know, and...
37:20You got halfway through today?
37:21Yeah, I did, I did.
37:22And I'm enjoying it very much.
37:23Do you have any idea what's waiting for you?
37:25No idea whatsoever.
37:27Shall we have a look?
37:28Let's do that.
37:29Artists, can I ask you, please, to turn your easels?
37:32Oh, wow.
37:37Wow.
37:40Amazing how different each one is, yes.
37:44Wow.
37:45Thank you so much.
37:48Colin.
37:49I'm very taken by the expression that you captured.
37:52And I also like the detail, the necklace.
37:55Amazing.
37:56Thank you so much.
37:58Paulina.
38:00Amazing.
38:01You've included the tile and the way you positioned it.
38:04Almost like a halo, right?
38:06Well.
38:08Beautiful.
38:09Thank you, Paulina.
38:10Thank you so much.
38:12He has this bold painting.
38:13Look at those colours.
38:14Very bold.
38:15The necklace is there, the tile is there, with the fish detail, right?
38:20And looking up.
38:21Really, I'm so grateful for your work.
38:25So, Alif, if we were nice people, we'd let you take these all home...
38:27Yes, please.
38:28...and live with them for a month...
38:29...and then decide.
38:30Yes, please.
38:31But we're not nice people.
38:32We need you to decide today.
38:34That is so hard.
38:36And each one is so different.
38:40Shall I choose?
38:41Yes, please, yeah.
38:42Yeah, of course.
38:56With the artist's hard work done, it's only the judges that stand between them and their place on the shortlist.
39:02I think, actually, Yaz's last-minute inclusion of the object worked well.
39:08And there's definitely a likeness here, but there's something about the paint sitting on the surface that's not as polished as that fantastic submission she gave us.
39:19Paulina nailed it right from the start.
39:21She went with what she was given.
39:23A writer reading deep in thought.
39:25I'm struggling because it's almost too good.
39:28I said this in the halfway chat, it's sort of so well thought through.
39:31But maybe the unfinishedness gives it a sense of open-ended narrative.
39:35Yeah.
39:37I really admire Colin for sticking with his stylistic approach.
39:40I quite like the abstracted language, the weirdness of the red eyes.
39:44But then you have the very literal depiction of the necklace.
39:47I find that distracting.
39:52My goodness, Isma Hani, it blows your mind, doesn't it, with the level of detail and dedication and repetition.
39:58I still am so impressed by the way in which he uses negative space.
40:05I'm kind of intrigued by Lindy's choice of picture.
40:08He's a jovial presence, but obviously Lindy saw the more melancholic side and she caught it beautifully, these subdued tones.
40:15I think Helen's done a very fine looking painting.
40:21I think the connection between the sitter and the viewer is wonderful.
40:24And I just wish that she just got a bit closer with the likeness.
40:27Williams, it's tough, isn't it?
40:31It's sort of hard won, the bloody red of the head and of the background that he chose, because he wanted that drama.
40:39Julianne can paint. You just get the sense of the weight of the man.
40:46My only problem is that it gets a sweetness.
40:49And this man, he was lovely, but he wasn't sweet.
40:52I wouldn't say that anywhere near him.
40:54Robbie was a masterclass today in restraint.
41:01He found this likeness and he protected it at all costs.
41:04What a skilled, brilliant young man.
41:10It's quite soulful, aren't they?
41:12Yeah, I think there's a lot of very strong styles at play today.
41:15And strong sitters.
41:16And a lot of incorporation of objects, actually.
41:19So we know we're going to drop these two. This has got to be in, right?
41:22I think for sure.
41:23Sort of quite interested to see those with their submissions, actually, to understand them a bit more.
41:27Yes.
41:30Artists, thank you for being so brilliant and producing nine wonderful portraits.
41:34The judges have come up with a shortlist of three.
41:37The first artist is...
41:43Julianne Ghani.
41:45The second artist is...
41:52Paulina Krytniewska.
42:02And the third artist is...
42:04Robbie Leach.
42:12The thing I've most enjoyed about today, without doubt,
42:14is probably just meeting the other artists.
42:16It's been humbling just to see so much talent in a room.
42:21Oh, that's a good day. That's a good day, isn't it?
42:23They're all quite rich, aren't they?
42:25Yeah, I think there's something that's so interesting about Robbie's work,
42:27which is that it's got a completeness, but yet both of them capture something that feels slightly hesitant or between expressions.
42:33I think Robbie's also a really good storyteller.
42:35You know, there's a story going on between the sitter and that other object.
42:38He's just gone for it. It's the fearlessness of youth.
42:42Paulina, there's a lot of similarities here. The circle framing the head.
42:47Yeah, although today we're getting something which is so much more detailed and complex in its skin tones, aren't we?
42:53She's gone very, very symmetrical. To be formal with Elif, to put her absolutely central, it sort of frames the perfection of Elif's beauty as well.
43:02Both paintings stop shy of being overly romantic. She's not explaining everything too much for you. It's so beautifully done.
43:10But I think what really sings in both paintings, without being slavish, there's a mobility to the expression and the face.
43:17So from that restrained style, we move to Julianne.
43:21It's sort of confident, not just in colour, but in attitude.
43:24I hadn't remembered that her submission had so much undoneness about it around the edges
43:29that it's sort of emulated in the portrait of Jo today.
43:32I think that the combination of this very composed head
43:35and then it all kind of slightly falling away is successful.
43:38She's a brilliant painter. She understands the stuff of paint. If you compare the hands,
43:41that hand holding the baby and the palette knife, it's a living hand. There are veins in it.
43:46And I like that in her painting.
43:48We need a semi-finalist. Home to you.
43:54Robbie, Paulina, Julianne, you've done so well to make it through to the shortlist.
43:58Congratulations. Sadly though, only one of you can make it to the semi-final.
44:03That artist showed a powerful connection with their sitter to produce a sensitive portrait.
44:09And that artist is...
44:19Paulina Krzyzewska.
44:21I am very happy that I won. I just hope to enjoy painting and I did. And then I hope the sitter would like my painting, which she did. So there's like so many good things happening today.
44:42Oh, don't worry! You nailed it!
44:45I've had such an amazing day. I thought Paulina's portrait was amazing. I thought it was so clever the way that she put the object behind her as well. It was so beautiful.
44:53Oh, you did such a good one.
44:55Paulina's was my favourite. I really, really loved it. She's a lovely artist. I'm really glad she won.
45:00Really, really good job before seeing you the next time.
45:04Paulina created something that's incredibly touching, that she wanted to make that art historical reference about the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, but in her own style.
45:13And I think she really managed to do that. Going forward, we need to see her be maybe a little bit braver so that we can understand the fuller range of her skills.
45:22Well done. Well done. Well done.
45:24To prepare for the semi-finals, I will try to meditate to keep my inner calm or something, because I think it will be more stressful than this.
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