tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post8997551325885041882..comments2023-06-13T08:29:39.914+00:00Comments on MAKING A MARK: Review: The Big Painting Challenge - Episode 1Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-18389677017440575382017-03-08T00:51:32.900+00:002017-03-08T00:51:32.900+00:00Hi Lesley
Many thanks for your comments. I didn&#...Hi Lesley<br /><br />Many thanks for your comments. I didn't realise you were all having to cope with extreme heat as well - that must have been very trying while getting used to being filmed at the same time.<br /><br />I'm certainly getting plenty to comment on!<br /><br />KatherineMaking A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-50799181421359269442017-03-07T20:48:27.395+00:002017-03-07T20:48:27.395+00:00Hello Making a Mark - loving your blog.
You are ...Hello Making a Mark - loving your blog. <br />You are obviously knowledgable about the practice of art in addition to being erudite. And you're right, it was indeed a very tough gig - the heat (35C and rising) was unforgiving, and the newness of being filmed was equally challenging. <br />Hopefully my own website might indicate the fact that I largely ignore the still life genre - except for practicing drawing skills. And, despite the observation of one or two people that I am afeared of a big surface on which to paint, much of my work is LARGE - I love a big space! <br />Looking forward to the rest of your incisive observations on the series, I am yours faithfully, <br />Lesley-the-first-one-to-go.<br /><br />PS - A bit more about me can be found here - www.lesleyrowe.co.ukfredaGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17491808487308626723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-50786299141312841042017-02-25T08:44:39.814+00:002017-02-25T08:44:39.814+00:00Thanks for letting me know about these programmes....Thanks for letting me know about these programmes. I immediately set my TV to record the entire series as I did in 2015. I find it so much fun to watch them and then go to "Making a Mark" to read all the commentary. The programme may not be perfect but the additional resources such as your blog posts make it into a fascinating art event. There's even work by TV viewers on the BBC1 site. Someone painted the Hastings landscape from the image on their TV. I'm tempted to try that.<br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08fn9p2<br />Yet I agree about the still life: what an uninspiring group of objects!Catherine Halehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04969628864443095705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-38294325549973652932017-02-20T00:22:05.423+00:002017-02-20T00:22:05.423+00:00I don't understand why they are going to all t...I don't understand why they are going to all the expense to seriously produce a series with people who have so little experience...and then giving them challenges that are really tough AND timed. It would be so much more interesting and educational with more experienced artists.Jana Bouchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18019523068496828367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-21861780439562819462017-02-18T01:03:18.624+00:002017-02-18T01:03:18.624+00:00I don't normally allow anonymous comments but ...I don't normally allow anonymous comments but I thought the last one made some sound points - hence publication.Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-34528916786401971252017-02-17T21:15:39.749+00:002017-02-17T21:15:39.749+00:00Interesting your comment about the sizes of brushe...Interesting your comment about the sizes of brushes used! I found myself desperately searching the screen for a large spalter/bakers brush. It almost hurt! But it is good that the amateur painters are amateurs. I am not quite feeling comfortable about including a painter who is quite clearly a well developed and natural abstract painter...It is a bit like entering a circle in a squares competition, and I wonder if a painters objectives are out of line with the whole representational thing, what the point of taking part is? However, she must have her reasons and hopefully its not a case of her being used by the programmers just for effect. These things are done in agreement, and I am sure she is clever enough to use the exposure wisely. The bottom line for me is that I offer a huge amount of respect to anyone brave enough to put themselves in the media while working on a painting. It's wonderfully brave of all of them! Rather them than me!!!! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14121050833735487167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-54612327264146428782017-02-15T14:12:33.314+00:002017-02-15T14:12:33.314+00:00Thanks for the article; I enjoyed reading it - and...Thanks for the article; I enjoyed reading it - and learned something from it! I enjoyed the programme but would have preferred more focus on the painting and fewer presenters/judges/mentors (the Rev added nothing). I liked the idea that there would be instruction in the programme but thought the mentors did very little really. I learned more from your article than from them! It would have been nice to have more input from the mentors before the painters started tackling the subject (fill the canvas, work big, tips on composition...) rather than standing back and watching them get off on the wrong foot. We could have had some much more interesting paintings that way.<br /><br />Helen Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03863669417160164611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-31716117152438696432017-02-14T23:25:06.073+00:002017-02-14T23:25:06.073+00:00I am following the programme because David is a me...I am following the programme because David is a member of our local art group and his large paintings are very striking. However, time constraints and uninspiring subjects are unlikely to result in stunning work from any of the contestants - I don't envy them their task. Hopefully they will each find something they can relate to later in the series.Soniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07771474804594916193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-48482727289972112502017-02-14T08:06:36.927+00:002017-02-14T08:06:36.927+00:00You're very polite about it. For me the progra...You're very polite about it. For me the programme falls decidedly into the "could do better" category with the presenters/judges being excruciating at times. As for the ridiculous wait-for-it wait-for-it time wasting before making the who's leaving announcement ... please just get on with it already.<br /><br />I found myself obsessed with the angles of many of the easels which were so far off vertical. How can you do accurate perspective with a skew easel distorting your view of your canvas?Marion Boddy-Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16492298393921353238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-64297411197590995912017-02-13T12:49:56.124+00:002017-02-13T12:49:56.124+00:00Would have loved to see a watercolour artist among...Would have loved to see a watercolour artist among the contestants......... or even a watercolour challenge seperate programme ....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08018159240273346851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-27322736159773368162017-02-13T12:02:56.302+00:002017-02-13T12:02:56.302+00:00You're considerably more generous about this p...You're considerably more generous about this programme than I am, but I agree with all the points you make, and particularly the one about the still life - a more incongruous group of objects, horribly placed and grouped, I've yet so see. Probably the best of them was the one (I can't remember which one) which emphasized the bear and basically let the rest of the nonsense go hang. <br /><br />And did you think the other room, ie the non-van Gogh one, really had anything to do with Roy Lichtenstein? I didn't see the point of even dragging him into it... <br /><br />So far as I'm concerned, the programme can only improve - but if they're getting boring paintings, as indeed they are, it's because they're setting boring subjects, boringly assembled. Robert's reflectionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10205119728499995000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-25053330760240508232017-02-13T09:44:39.623+00:002017-02-13T09:44:39.623+00:00I just tested to see if your system now admits me ...I just tested to see if your system now admits me - it didn't for a while.<br /><br />This is a really useful post; so clear and informative, and must have taken you ages .... many thanksGatepost productionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18061920423331681586noreply@blogger.com