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Artist of the Year: Masterclass Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

40 Episodes 2024 - 2024

Episode 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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Episode 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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Episode 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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Episode 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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Episode 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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Episode 6

Building a Portrait

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

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Episode 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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Episode 8

Animal Portraiture

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

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Episode 9

Introduction to Still Life

Claire presents her approach to creating a still life.

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Episode 10

Composition in Landscapes

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

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Episode 11

Loosening Up

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

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Episode 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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Episode 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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Episode 14

Painting with Lines

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

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Episode 15

Figures in Landscape

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

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Episode 16

Child Portraiture

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

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Episode 17

Playing with Colour

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

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Episode 18

Painting Skies and Clouds

Finn demonstrates how he paints the sky and clouds.

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Episode 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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Episode 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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Episode 21

Introduction to Life Drawing

Gail introduces the fundamentals of Life Drawing.

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Episode 22

Mixed Media Portraiture

Amy introduces mixed media portraiture, which encourages experimentation.

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Episode 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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Episode 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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Episode 25

Pastel on Stencil Paper

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

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Episode 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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Episode 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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Episode 28

Composing from Life

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

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Episode 29

Patterns

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

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Episode 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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Episode 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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Episode 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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Episode 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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Episode 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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Episode 35

Painting Hands

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

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Episode 36

Painting with Gold Leaf

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

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Episode 37

Pushing Colour in Portraiture

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

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Episode 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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Episode 39

Narrative in Portraiture

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

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Episode 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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