Tonight | Portrait Artist of the Year on ABC: Baker Boy, Jenny Kee and Peter Rowsthorn sit for the artists – Portrait Artist of the Year airs tonight on ABC. Nine artists race a four-hour deadline to capture three distinctive Australian personalities.
The challenge brings music, fashion and comedy into the studio through Baker Boy, Jenny Kee and Peter Rowsthorn. Each sitter gives the artists a very different public image to interpret, while the time limit forces quick decisions about pose, colour, detail and style.
For viewers following Portrait Artist of the Year, the episode has a clear point of pressure. That structure makes the result easy to follow without making the process predictable. Viewers can see how nine artists respond to the same pressure, then weigh each likeness against the sitter before the judges make their decision. The episode also shows how a portrait can capture character rather than simply reproduce a face.
What happens in Portrait Artist of the Year?
The artists can work across different techniques and mediums, but they have only four hours to complete a portrait inspired by their celebrity sitter. The judges then compare the finished works, narrow the field to a top three and choose one artist to advance to the semi-finals.
Baker Boy, Jenny Kee and Peter Rowsthorn also give the finished gallery a wide visual range. The artists must decide which details make each sitter immediately recognisable and which details reveal something less obvious during the sitting.
When is Portrait Artist of the Year on ABC?
Don’t miss Portrait Artist of the Year, Sunday 20 September at 7.30pm on ABC and ABC iview.
For more free-to-air coverage, visit TV Central’s ABC news and highlights. Viewers can also watch and catch up through ABC iview.
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