AIBU to think the portrait of KM, DoC, is really unflattering and a bit creepy?

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www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2260655/First-official-portrait-Duchess-Cambridge-acclaimed-photographic-artist-Paul-Emsley-unveiled.html

I saw it earlier on TV and it looked much better than the daily mail photo.

I like it, really like how he did the hair and she looks quite enigmatic.

i really like it too

just re-read the daily mail article as dh is quoted in it, he's also been interviewed on the radio today for his comments!

(dh is the president of the royal society of portrait painters)

Wow really?

am also worried as he's currently painting someone potentially controversial for the national portrait gallery, nervous about that being unveiled now!

His paintings are superb though. I don't think you have anything to worry about

It's not without good reason that the Middletons all looked very glum coming out from seeing it....

Not at all flattering..... maybe if she was getting on for 50 ...

Oh. Its horrid. She looks much older than she is, all jowley and the expression is nasty (cross between pissed off and about to make an acid comment). Bit like me, really.

I thought portraits were supposed to 'say' something about the sitter. This is quite sparse (unless there's more of it and they've just cropped the face).

They should have got the woman who 'touched up' the Zaragoza fresco to paint the Duchess.

It would probably have turned out better.

I think it's hideous, not flattering at all.

When I fist saw it I thought it was a photo of her, but not one of her best !

That's it really

< Waits for critic's awards to flood in for my brilliant analysis >

Hair looks nice though....

Makes her look much older but couldn't really care less tbh.

I love it. She has a smirky and superior look about her. Much more interesting than your average portrait. The painting technically is fantastic

I think it's good

It looks just like her.

OK, here's a suitable catty remark for you I've just drummed up .....

.... Is it just a little bit lower middle class to choose an artist who paints in a photographic style - and not in a more expressive/ artistic way ?

< double points as manages to be catty to both Kate and the artist at the same time ! >

'The painting technically is fantastic '

??!

I think it is hideous..............It makes her look like an OAP!!

Did he aim for an enigmatic Mona Lisa Look?

Lovely portrait of lovely lady, we all like it here. And, its a portrait not a digital photo afterall.

Is it just a little bit lower middle class to choose an artist who paints in a photographic style - and not in a more expressive/ artistic way ?

She has a degree in Art History. I'm surprised this is her choice of artist. It looks fantasy art from a graphic novel.

I agree with rooney about the nose - it looks like misshaped silly putty!!! her nose does not look like that!?!

Oh dear. I have no artistic talent to speak of but i would be quietly wailing if I was Kate