'Landscape artist of the year'

[Simpo Two]

Put eight artists in front of the baroque east front of Hampton Court - but they all paint the garden instead. Why? 'Cos the building is too hard to paint... excessive amount of arty bks.

[Skyedriver]

We've watched and grumbled about LAOTY in the past.
Watched the first of the new series, the winner was poor, the rest were a bad, the judges looking for something just 'cos.
Said that's it, won't watch another.

[Regbuser]

It's all about the 'mark making'..

[SmithCorona]

It's enjoyable with a glass or two of wine, I always feel there is more variety and interest in the wildcards and wish they would dedicate an episode to these.

I rarely agree with the judges, apart from Tai-Shan who seems reasonable.

[Antony Moxey]

Portrait artist, landscape artist, the judges to my mind look at all wrong. They mainly base their views on the painting produced in the show, not their submission, but the winner will end up producing a piece more like the submission because they’ve got the time to do it exactly how they want rather than rushing out a four hour piece.

I know it’s all subjective, but rarely have the winners been the ones whose work I’d have hanging on my walls.

[SmithCorona]

Agreed fully. I find potrait artist less engaging overall too.

[Pitre]

New '2026' series started this evening.

All good except for the loss of Kate Bryan as a judge.
Fortunately she's apparently still doing the portrait version of the show...