Artist of the Year: Masterclass (2024)
Synopsis
Live tutorials on aspects of painting given by Portrait Artist of The Year and Landscape Artist of The Year contestants.
First Air Date: 2024-12-02
Last Air Date: 2024-12-20
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 40
Networks: Sky Arts
Top Cast
- Tai Shan Schierenberg as Narrator
Seasons
Season 1 (2024)
Live tutorials on aspects of painting given by Portrait Artist of The Year and Landscape Artist of The Year contestants.
Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Exploring Tone
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.
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Ep. 2: Alla Prima
Alla prima painting is tricky but Sara Reeve has you covered. Her joyous explanations are just what you need to master the technique.
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Ep. 3: How to Paint Trees
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.
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Ep. 4: Miniature Portraits
Morag's ability to capture the essence of her subject with very few lines makes her well suited for miniature portraits.
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Ep. 5: Introduction to Inks
Fujiko provides an introduction to the use of inks as a medium by creating a landscape using a variety of different techniques.
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Ep. 6: Building a Portrait
Gareth shares his techniques and measured approach to building a portrait.
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Ep. 7: Painting with a Limited Palette
Wendy demonstrates how a portrait can be produced with just the blending of 3 colours.
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Ep. 8: Animal Portraiture
Phoebe demonstrates her approach to creating a portrait of a pet.
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Ep. 9: Introduction to Still Life
Claire presents her approach to creating a still life.
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Ep. 10: Composition in Landscapes
Finn demonstrates his approach to creating an classic/romantic English landscape.
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Ep. 11: Loosening Up
Sara demonstrates her approach to loosening up her approach by using one large brush.
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Ep. 12: Observing Facial Features
Gareth demonstrates his approach to achieving a likeness in a portrait by breaking down the features into abstract shapes.
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Ep. 13: Botanical Flowers
Fujiko demonstrates her technique and approach to creating a botanical drawing with ink, using both brush and pen.
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Ep. 14: Painting with Lines
Morag demonstrates her approach to creating a portrait with lines observing body language and posture.
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Ep. 15: Figures in Landscape
Adebanji demonstrates his approach and tips for putting figures into a landscape.
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Ep. 16: Child Portraiture
Phoebe demonstrates her approach for child portraits using charcoal on a soft pastel card.
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Ep. 17: Playing with Colour
Christian discuses; mixing colours, how to layout a palette and how to use colour expressively.
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Ep. 18: Painting Skies and Clouds
Finn demonstrates how he paints the sky and clouds.
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Ep. 19: Drawing with Paint
Wendy demonstrates how she begins a portrait by drawing with paint, which is her favourite part of the process.
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Ep. 20: How to Approach a Portrait
Tai consolidates the various lessons about portraiture and demonstrates how he would approach a portrait.
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Ep. 21: Introduction to Life Drawing
Gail introduces the fundamentals of Life Drawing.
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Ep. 22: Mixed Media Portraiture
Amy introduces mixed media portraiture, which encourages experimentation.
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Ep. 23: Tricks to Finding Likeness
Polly demonstrates her tips and tricks to capturing a likeness in a portrait, including the use of a grid.
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Ep. 24: Self Portraiture
Tom demonstrates his approach to creating a self portrait, and how the artist describes himself in an image.
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Ep. 25: Pastel on Stencil Paper
Lorna demonstrates the use of pastels on stencil paper as a medium for portraiture.
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Ep. 26: Perspective in Urban Landscape
Stuart demonstrates the rules of perspective to be applied in the construction of an urban landscape.
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Ep. 27: Connecting with your Sitter
Curtis demonstrates both his artistic abilities in creating a portrait and his approach to connecting with his sitter.
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Ep. 28: Composing from Life
Brogan extols the benefits of creating a portrait with a live model.
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Ep. 29: Patterns
Jude demonstrates how she captures patterns in a painting or uses them, something that she enjoys.
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Ep. 30: Introduction to Watercolour
Charles presents the basic principles to create a watercolour portrait, he uses a tracing of a previous sketch as a underpainting.
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Ep. 31: Painting on Wood
Alvin outlines the steps to prepare a wood panel for painting, and how each unique piece of wood can influence the completed painting.
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Ep. 32: Painting on Black
Cat explains and demonstrates her approach in creating a landscape on a black background, and how it enhances the colour.
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Ep. 33: Monochrome Palette
Amy demonstrates her approach to creating a monochrome painting from a black and white vintage reference photo as finished work or a tone exercise.
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Ep. 34: Drawing with Coloured Pencils
Curtis shares his secrets for creating a in depth portrait that creates mood and atmosphere using coloured pencils.
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Ep. 35: Painting Hands
Brogan demonstrates a simplified process for painting a sitters hands that can make the work more dynamic.
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Ep. 36: Painting with Gold Leaf
Lorna shares her gilding technique using gold leaf in a portrait to enhance the work.
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Ep. 37: Pushing Colour in Portraiture
Tom demonstrates how enhance a portrait by pushing the use of colour.
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Ep. 38: Creating Textures in Charcoal Landscapes
Stuart demonstrates his various techniques and tips for creating textures in his landscapes using just charcoal and a rubber.
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Ep. 39: Narrative in Portraiture
Jude demonstrate how she inserts narrative into portraiture either subtlety or surrealistic.
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Ep. 40: Improvising with Watercolour
Charles explains and demonstrates how how watercolours can be used improvise and create images from your imagination.
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