Season 1
2024 · 40 episodes · 14h 40m in all
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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1. Exploring Tone
2 Dec 2024 · 22 min
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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2. Alla Prima
2 Dec 2024 · 22 min
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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3. How to Paint Trees
3 Dec 2024 · 22 min
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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4. Miniature Portraits
3 Dec 2024 · 22 min
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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5. Introduction to Inks
4 Dec 2024 · 22 min
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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6. Building a Portrait
4 Dec 2024 · 22 min
Gareth shares his techniques and measured approach to building a portrait.
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7. Painting with a Limited Palette
5 Dec 2024 · 22 min
Wendy demonstrates how a portrait can be produced with just the blending of 3 colours.
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8. Animal Portraiture
5 Dec 2024 · 22 min
Phoebe demonstrates her approach to creating a portrait of a pet.
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9. Introduction to Still Life
6 Dec 2024 · 22 min
Claire presents her approach to creating a still life.
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10. Composition in Landscapes
6 Dec 2024 · 22 min
Finn demonstrates his approach to creating an classic/romantic English landscape.
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11. Loosening Up
9 Dec 2024 · 22 min
Sara demonstrates her approach to loosening up her approach by using one large brush.
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12. Observing Facial Features
9 Dec 2024 · 22 min
Gareth demonstrates his approach to achieving a likeness in a portrait by breaking down the features into abstract shapes.
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13. Botanical Flowers
10 Dec 2024 · 22 min
Fujiko demonstrates her technique and approach to creating a botanical drawing with ink, using both brush and pen.
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14. Painting with Lines
10 Dec 2024 · 22 min
Morag demonstrates her approach to creating a portrait with lines observing body language and posture.
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15. Figures in Landscape
11 Dec 2024 · 22 min
Adebanji demonstrates his approach and tips for putting figures into a landscape.
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16. Child Portraiture
11 Dec 2024 · 22 min
Phoebe demonstrates her approach for child portraits using charcoal on a soft pastel card.
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17. Playing with Colour
12 Dec 2024 · 22 min
Christian discuses; mixing colours, how to layout a palette and how to use colour expressively.
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18. Painting Skies and Clouds
12 Dec 2024 · 22 min
Finn demonstrates how he paints the sky and clouds.
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19. Drawing with Paint
13 Dec 2024 · 22 min
Wendy demonstrates how she begins a portrait by drawing with paint, which is her favourite part of the process.
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20. How to Approach a Portrait
13 Dec 2024 · 22 min
Tai consolidates the various lessons about portraiture and demonstrates how he would approach a portrait.
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21. Introduction to Life Drawing
13 Dec 2024 · 22 min
Gail introduces the fundamentals of Life Drawing.
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22. Mixed Media Portraiture
14 Dec 2024 · 22 min
Amy introduces mixed media portraiture, which encourages experimentation.
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23. Tricks to Finding Likeness
14 Dec 2024 · 22 min
Polly demonstrates her tips and tricks to capturing a likeness in a portrait, including the use of a grid.
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24. Self Portraiture
14 Dec 2024 · 22 min
Tom demonstrates his approach to creating a self portrait, and how the artist describes himself in an image.
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25. Pastel on Stencil Paper
15 Dec 2024 · 22 min
Lorna demonstrates the use of pastels on stencil paper as a medium for portraiture.
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26. Perspective in Urban Landscape
15 Dec 2024 · 22 min
Stuart demonstrates the rules of perspective to be applied in the construction of an urban landscape.
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27. Connecting with your Sitter
15 Dec 2024 · 22 min
Curtis demonstrates both his artistic abilities in creating a portrait and his approach to connecting with his sitter.
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28. Composing from Life
16 Dec 2024 · 22 min
Brogan extols the benefits of creating a portrait with a live model.
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29. Patterns
16 Dec 2024 · 22 min
Jude demonstrates how she captures patterns in a painting or uses them, something that she enjoys.
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30. Introduction to Watercolour
16 Dec 2024 · 22 min
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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31. Painting on Wood
17 Dec 2024 · 22 min
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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32. Painting on Black
17 Dec 2024 · 22 min
Cat explains and demonstrates her approach in creating a landscape on a black background, and how it enhances the colour.
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33. Monochrome Palette
17 Dec 2024 · 22 min
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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34. Drawing with Coloured Pencils
18 Dec 2024 · 22 min
Curtis shares his secrets for creating a in depth portrait that creates mood and atmosphere using coloured pencils.
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35. Painting Hands
18 Dec 2024 · 22 min
Brogan demonstrates a simplified process for painting a sitters hands that can make the work more dynamic.
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36. Painting with Gold Leaf
18 Dec 2024 · 22 min
Lorna shares her gilding technique using gold leaf in a portrait to enhance the work.
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37. Pushing Colour in Portraiture
19 Dec 2024 · 22 min
Tom demonstrates how enhance a portrait by pushing the use of colour.
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38. Creating Textures in Charcoal Landscapes
19 Dec 2024 · 22 min
Stuart demonstrates his various techniques and tips for creating textures in his landscapes using just charcoal and a rubber.
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39. Narrative in Portraiture
19 Dec 2024 · 22 min
Jude demonstrate how she inserts narrative into portraiture either subtlety or surrealistic.
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40. Improvising with Watercolour
20 Dec 2024 · 22 min
Charles explains and demonstrates how how watercolours can be used improvise and create images from your imagination.
Artist of the Year: Masterclass Season 1: quick answers
How many episodes are in Artist of the Year: Masterclass Season 1?
Season 1 of Artist of the Year: Masterclass has 40 episodes, about 15 hours in total.
When did Artist of the Year: Masterclass Season 1 come out?
Season 1 premiered on 2 Dec 2024.