Celebrity painting things ..

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Anyone watching this?
Jane Seymour is already winding me up but she looks talented.

George is such a sweet kid.

They won't criticise Jane, but they don't really want to praise Laurence.

I like Russell Kane. Not sure why ( and I'm too old for him etc) but his just so clean cut.
Laurence has a ' look of the night' about him.

(I actually know Russell in real life - and he's generally quite lovely to be around.)

I caught this by accident last week - and didn't even notice the time slipping past. Jane Seymour... I think it was summed up this week, and last, she has a floaty/dreamily ethereal "thing" going on with her work. It's what she thinks ought to exist, perhaps, rather than the starkness of what actually exists?

Phil... I loved his painting this week. He just doesn't care, does he? In a good way... And I love the way he and Laurence seem to have formed a bromance. As soon as they were told they were to pair up, Laurence just grabbed Phil... I really liked the way in which the tutors paired them so that they were learning something from their partner, though. I think that was genuinely good for some of them.

George and Amber have genuine talent - and I'm enthralled by the way he reacted when he got oil paint on his sleeve! Like a little boy who didn't want to be told off when he got home (my son's done similar during art lessons at school...). When they showed some of his art last week, I actually really liked them! I think he's possibly the one who is listening to the tutors a little more than the others, too, which is promising.

Josie... her work just seems too flat to me. When Daphne commented on how she'd been thinking how good the landscape was... until the tree incident, her reaction was... I don't know. It just seemed as flat as her painting, maybe? I know she was aiming for texture and layers in her landscape, but it didn't translate as well on TV as the others did - even though most of those were literally non-textured/flat.

Who do I think will win... one of "the boys". I'm leaning more towards either George or Laurence at the moment.

And yes; I was slightly creeped out by Keith Allen last week, too. Amber's reaction of horrified embarrassment when he dropped his robe? Yeah, that about summed up how I felt, too - and that was without seeing anything I shouldn't have!

Another Lawrence fan here, and Amber 🎨

I am pleased to read that Russell is lovely- he looks an intense sort of person, but sweet!
I loved all the paintings, but then i am in awe of people that can do all of this stuff as i really cant draw anything.

I love Phil his style is unique and totally unexpected from him in my opinion! Also think Laurence is better at painting than he was at interior design

Lawrence is a fine specimen isn’t he?

I picked the 3 that went through {smug}
Lawrence is very talented and George is very sweet.

I thought Phil's paintings were better than Josie's, but I think they felt three male winners wouldn't look good. It might have been better if the judges didn't know who had painted what, but that might have been difficult to do, I suppose.

I liked Josies cock/chicken

someone said on here that Laurence has a fine art degree, so he has a huge advantage already. Still, been entertaining and goes to show how Art is so different to everyone looking at it - the ones the judges liked were not always what the public liked for example.

I was glad that the public chose Amber's picture to go up on the wall and cannot understand how she (genuinely) lacks confidence.

Amber and George were sweet together. Looking forward to next week.

I’m really enjoying it, I think they’re all really talented, but then I struggle to draw a decent stick man .

I struggle to work out the point of saying you're not eligible for the final unless you've got a painting on the wall, but then the judges pick out the three finalists anyway.

I loved Amber's chicken. And her 'War Horse' image, too, to be fair. I think she is hugely talented, and ought to maybe focus on animal/bird depictions (because I know I'd buy them!). She underestimates herself, and perhaps coming from a family where she has two idols for parents, she - as the eldest of their children (I'm old enough to remember when she was born, for goodness sake!) - has fallen into the trap of thinking that they're the only ones who are talented... Although her mum is very "Amber is more talented than she thinks she is!", which is good. I think she genuinely has a future career "out there" as an artist, in her own right, not just because of who her parents happen to be.

George... painted a dog. Eating. I think it was the tail. And maybe the whorls in the coat? Horses don't tend to have long fur that whorls, yet his depiction of the mechanical puppet certainly did. And a wagging tail. I still really like his work, and I loved the way he was shown to be engaging with the subject, but... I don't know. Out of the three, though? I'm hoping he wins.

Laurence... I was underwhelmed. It does all seem samey-samey now. At least George's was different (ie, a dog not a horse )! Even if he has a degree in fine art, though, he's proven that he's still learning through the tutors and the things they ask him to paint - the digitial painting, for example. He said he'd never done anything like that before, yet still made a pretty good job of it.

Josie... I really don't like her art. It's just too one-dimensional/flat to me. Perhaps if I were to see it in person, it would make more of an impression - but yes; I agree with the poster who said that she may only have been picked to avoid an all-male line-up. (Now watch her go on to knock the boys out of the park and win the whole thing...).

I disagree about Amber, I think she's very basic at painting and she copied Laurence's outlines of chickens at the beginning of her painting

I'm loving how George seems to have really cheered up after the first week and how he's willing to try something new every time. Overall it's been lots of fun and I hope Amber keeps up the painting, I really liked her horse.

Amber se3ms like a genuinely lovely woman and George also seems lovely". It’s the final tonight !

I dislike Keith Allen so much ; I find him a bit creepy/ full on!

He is isn't he?

Have you seen "Bodies" on BBC catch up? He plays an Ob/gyn surgeon - the vilest and most mysoginistic ob/gyn surgeon in the history of medicine. I think he is typecast, myself .

The programme also contains the world's most incompetent surgeon, the world's most slapdash SHO, the world's arsiest midwife, the world's snidest and most self-serving Chief Exec, the world's snottiest radiographer, the world's most stupid PR wumman and the world's most idle biscuit-consuming member of hospital middle management, as well as far too many fannies in the throes of "being crowned" (pulls no punches) and a terrifying mortality/ morbidity rate. Max Beesley is the good guy in it, battling a corrupt and target-obsessed system.

I was glad I wasn't expecting - I'd be terrified to step into a obstetrics ward.

I remember Bodies was on during my last pregnancy. I had to turn it off!

Really can't tell who will win.....

Oh dear, I'm beginning to find the male judge rather attractive.......

What a lovely ending to an enjoyable series. Very generous of Jane.