0:00:02 > 0:00:04Welcome to the grand final.
0:00:04 > 0:00:07Ten brilliant amateur artists, three judges,
0:00:07 > 0:00:11two mentors and 78 paintings have brought us to this point.
0:00:11 > 0:00:15Now we have just four contestants left.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18Suman, David,
0:00:18 > 0:00:20Alan and Jennifer.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23What's really good, this area here...
0:00:23 > 0:00:25With support and coaching from their mentors,
0:00:25 > 0:00:27our finalists have grown and developed,
0:00:27 > 0:00:30and proved they have what it takes to be here.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32If it all goes really badly,
0:00:32 > 0:00:34we could all have a game of Frisbee at the end.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39And with the judges and members of the public determining their fate...
0:00:39 > 0:00:43Life is really the thing that comes out of this painting.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45They have shocked...
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Jennifer, a couple of times I have told you you've produced a dud.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49This isn't one of them.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51..stunned...
0:00:51 > 0:00:54- David, it's a trippy painting, isn't it?- ..and astounded...
0:00:54 > 0:00:57I think you've got a good sense of movement. Well done.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59..their way to success.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03Last week, Jimmy was defeated by dance,
0:01:03 > 0:01:05and Suman won the public vote for the third time.
0:01:07 > 0:01:12Now, just two challenges stand in the way of one of our four finalists
0:01:12 > 0:01:15being crowned champion of The Big Painting Challenge.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19Would you please reveal who our winner is?
0:01:27 > 0:01:30The grand final requires a grand location and this week,
0:01:30 > 0:01:32we're in the Royal Borough of Greenwich,
0:01:32 > 0:01:35following in the footsteps of monarchs.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44Queen's House, Greenwich, is steeped in 400 years of art,
0:01:44 > 0:01:46culture and royal history,
0:01:46 > 0:01:50and this is the setting for our four finalists' penultimate challenge.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53I can't believe I'm actually here. I can't believe I'm in the final.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56It's madness.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58I'm feeling a little bit nervous.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00I'm feeling really proud that I got this far.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04And I'm just hoping that I'm able to do myself justice today.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06Being in the final, what it says
0:02:06 > 0:02:08to me is that you shouldn't be so negative
0:02:08 > 0:02:10about your possibilities,
0:02:10 > 0:02:13and I think I'd probably say that to my kids as well.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15I'm really proud of myself for getting this far.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17I've got into the finals.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19It's like, you know, I couldn't have gone any further,
0:02:19 > 0:02:22so what will be will be today.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26This time, the artists will face two very different challenges.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29It will give them the chance to demonstrate to the judges just how
0:02:29 > 0:02:33far they've progressed over the last six weeks.
0:02:35 > 0:02:36Welcome to the final.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39You've done brilliantly to make it this far.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Two challenges await for us to
0:02:41 > 0:02:44discover the finest amateur artist of 2017.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47The first is something to which you will be longing to return.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49It's a portrait.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52You'll each have your own very special subject,
0:02:52 > 0:02:55and in a moment or two, you will find out who it is.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58We want you to capture the character of your sitter and we will give you
0:02:58 > 0:03:02a few moments to talk to them before you get started.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04And Jennifer,
0:03:04 > 0:03:07was it the stress that's changed the hair colour
0:03:07 > 0:03:08in our final instalment?
0:03:08 > 0:03:10Yes, yes.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13Anyone else got any other physical changes going on that you
0:03:13 > 0:03:14want to discuss with us?
0:03:14 > 0:03:18I've had a couple of piercings, but maybe not for the camera.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21Your mentors Diana and Pascal will of course be there to help you,
0:03:21 > 0:03:24but not actually while you're on canvas.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26No, during the challenges you're on your own,
0:03:26 > 0:03:29so maybe now is the chance to cluster closely to them
0:03:29 > 0:03:31and soak up their love.
0:03:31 > 0:03:32Off you go.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Is it going to be Diana and Pascal that we have to paint?
0:03:40 > 0:03:42Is it going to be the other contestants
0:03:42 > 0:03:44that we've been really friendly with?
0:03:44 > 0:03:47Or just some random person?
0:03:47 > 0:03:48I don't know.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51If they want us to capture the emotions that we're feeling,
0:03:51 > 0:03:54I'm working on despair, horror...
0:03:54 > 0:03:55- Hello!- Hi.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Throughout the competition,
0:03:57 > 0:04:00Jennifer and Alan have been mentored by art educator,
0:04:00 > 0:04:02curator and artist Diana Ali.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Brilliant. You're both in the final.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Really, really proud of you.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09You've come so far. So, portraits.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Think about your strengths that you've got from all the weeks.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14Remember to keep looking, keep observing.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16So think about your composition -
0:04:16 > 0:04:18could be face, could be the whole thing.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Think about the background, think about the colours...
0:04:20 > 0:04:23Think about everything!
0:04:23 > 0:04:25You're going to be on your own for this one.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Just have my voice in your head going, "Do that, do that!"
0:04:28 > 0:04:32But I've got complete confidence in you being independent.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35Being without the mentors is going to be quite tough for me, I think.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39Diana's been a second pair of eyes and she's been absolutely spot-on
0:04:39 > 0:04:42throughout the challenges, so it's going to be quite tough.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44I'm actually really digging portraits now.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46I think this could be my new direction, so...
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Well, we'll see how this challenge goes.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53And guiding David and Suman is Pascal Anson, artist,
0:04:53 > 0:04:56designer, and guest lecturer at the Royal College of Art.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00So we have a portrait for you to do.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02One of the things we talked about
0:05:02 > 0:05:04before is if we can get this triangle
0:05:04 > 0:05:07right between the bottom of the nose and the centre of both the eyes,
0:05:07 > 0:05:10no matter whether it's square on face or three quarter view.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13If you get that right, you can kind of do anything you want
0:05:13 > 0:05:15with the painting.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17You're going to do the best painting you've done so far.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19I'm 100% sure.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22It's going to be nice not to have the pressure of Pascal
0:05:22 > 0:05:26looking over your shoulder saying, "David, David! Come on, wake up!"
0:05:26 > 0:05:29I have a feeling that we're going to have to paint our mentors.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31And if it is him,
0:05:31 > 0:05:34I think I'm probably going to be at risk of making him look like he's a
0:05:34 > 0:05:38sailor or some sort of explorer with this moustache
0:05:38 > 0:05:40just totally exaggerated.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45In this challenge, the artist must showcase all they've learnt in the
0:05:45 > 0:05:47weeks leading up to the final.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49So, no pressure, then.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54They'll be judged on how they've managed to capture the character of
0:05:54 > 0:05:55the sitter in their painting.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00And it's time to find out who their sitters are.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05Artists, here you are to start work on a magnificent portrait.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08But for that of course, you need subjects.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10So, sitters, would you please come in?
0:06:13 > 0:06:14Oh, my God!
0:06:21 > 0:06:23Hi, Mum!
0:06:23 > 0:06:24It's my mummy!
0:06:25 > 0:06:27I've never painted her in my life.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30You're going to be craggy, Dad. How you doing?
0:06:30 > 0:06:33When my dad came in I thought, "Oh, no."
0:06:35 > 0:06:37I just saw a bit of his turban and, like, a bit of his glasses
0:06:37 > 0:06:40and I was like, "You are kidding me."
0:06:43 > 0:06:45I was not expecting Mother.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48I'd better get it right or she will probably slap me.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52You've done your hair!
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Why have I never painted her before?
0:06:54 > 0:06:56I could have been practising for the past couple of weeks.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58Oh, wow.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01If I make him look too old, he's going to...
0:07:01 > 0:07:03There'll be some comeback, won't there?
0:07:03 > 0:07:05How could you do this?!
0:07:07 > 0:07:10Yeah, the pressure just went from there to there.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14OK, sitters, if you wouldn't mind taking your seats, please.
0:07:17 > 0:07:18Oh, Dad.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Artists, you have to attempt to
0:07:23 > 0:07:26repay the unpayable debt of a parents' unfailing love.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28- So get cracking.- Good luck.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36The artists have three and a half hours to paint their loved ones.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42I love your face.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46I really don't know how she's going to put my face on the canvas,
0:07:46 > 0:07:50because, like, I'm really no oil painting myself.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55- Are you comfortable?- Yes.
0:07:55 > 0:07:56You sure?
0:07:56 > 0:07:59I can't believe that my son is in the final.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01I want Alan to win.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03It's my dream. I love him.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07How do you feel about deceiving your only child?
0:08:07 > 0:08:10What she has done and achieved is remarkable.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13I'm really proud of her, to see her in this final.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Well, I'm surprised David is in the final.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18I did think his paintings were rather good,
0:08:18 > 0:08:19but then, of course, as a parent,
0:08:19 > 0:08:22one might always think that of one's children.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Painting their parents could end up being more
0:08:25 > 0:08:27of a hindrance than a help for our four finalists.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33The most difficult...to kind of cut off my emotional reaction,
0:08:33 > 0:08:37because inside, I'm so happy to be looking at my mum,
0:08:37 > 0:08:42but I'm trying so hard to break just down the light and dark of the face
0:08:42 > 0:08:45and trying to look at it as shapes instead of,
0:08:45 > 0:08:47"This is a nose. This is an eye."
0:08:49 > 0:08:53This is not the first time we've seen Jennifer being emotional.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57I'm sorry to say, but it's sort of meaningless to me.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59You all right? Don't worry about it.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Over the course of the competition,
0:09:01 > 0:09:04her abstract style has contributed to her success.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07The artist chosen by the public is...
0:09:07 > 0:09:09- Jennifer.- Jennifer!
0:09:09 > 0:09:11But hasn't always gone down well.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13I struggle to find good points in this painting.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16They just looked like little lumps.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18A vast improvement in drawing and
0:09:18 > 0:09:20observing has earned her a well deserved
0:09:20 > 0:09:22place in the final.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24The proportions are good,
0:09:24 > 0:09:26I think the sense of movement is good
0:09:26 > 0:09:29and our imaginations are set alight. Well done.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Jennifer has progressed really, really well.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33She's really listened to rules of painting
0:09:33 > 0:09:36to make the work a lot more convincing.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39I just hope she can do really well for the final now.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41I've noticed in the room there is less tension in the room
0:09:41 > 0:09:44- than normal on the first sitting. - Yes, interesting, isn't it?
0:09:44 > 0:09:47It's probably because I'm not crying in the corner or having some sort of
0:09:47 > 0:09:50meltdown to distract everyone.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53So who do you most want to impress?
0:09:53 > 0:09:55I mean, is it going to be your mum,
0:09:55 > 0:09:57or is it the judges who you obviously
0:09:57 > 0:09:58need to impressive if you're going to win?
0:09:58 > 0:10:00Always the judges. Always.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05Mum's cool because she's going to say...
0:10:05 > 0:10:07It's either she likes it or it's
0:10:07 > 0:10:09different, in which case, if it's different,
0:10:09 > 0:10:11I know she hates it and that's fine.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13I can deal with that.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22David is feeling intimidated by the subject matter.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24I want to make sure I get a likeness,
0:10:24 > 0:10:27otherwise he's going to get offended.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Yeah, he's calmer than me, so maybe I can capture some of the calmness.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34Assuming he doesn't... Well, especially if he falls asleep.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40Unlike his father, David is anything but laid-back.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Argh! It's horrible.
0:10:45 > 0:10:49I'm randomly trying things out and I don't think all of them are working.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52But he's a brave painter and he's
0:10:52 > 0:10:54not afraid to experiment with different techniques.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58It's not the elephants that were on the rampage,
0:10:58 > 0:11:00you've been rampaging through styles.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02How's that going with the palette knife?
0:11:02 > 0:11:04I think it's a motor skill that you need to learn.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06So I'm learning.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08His analytical approach to art means it's sometimes
0:11:08 > 0:11:09been lacking in emotion.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14David's very, very able, but he's removed.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18He paints objectively and I think he needs to engage much more with the
0:11:18 > 0:11:21subject, but also with the practice of being an artist.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39Both Suman and David are sketching rather than painting their sitters.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Do you know where my painters have gone?
0:11:43 > 0:11:44I can't find them anywhere.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48Because I don't recognise them from what's happening in there.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50For some reason, they've gone back to just getting
0:11:50 > 0:11:53all their reassurance from drawing.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56I think the pressure of the final has, unfortunately,
0:11:56 > 0:11:58made them tighten up and I'm a bit worried for them,
0:11:58 > 0:12:02because I'd like to see them a bit freer than that, and start in a way
0:12:02 > 0:12:04which is kind of loose and painterly.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08David has been sketching his father now for 30 minutes.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16I wasn't happy with the likeness on that one.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18He decides to start again.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21I'm just going to see if I can draw it out more to my satisfaction
0:12:21 > 0:12:23and then go from there and make a decision.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26That's not right at the moment, so I just want to try again.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28- When you're ready.- Right.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33David's struggle with accuracy isn't unusual when painting a familiar
0:12:33 > 0:12:38face, as judge and portrait painter Daphne Todd knows only too well.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41When you're painting someone you know,
0:12:41 > 0:12:44I think the problem is that you don't see them with a fresh eye.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46You know too much about them.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50They have so much background knowledge
0:12:50 > 0:12:54that seeing what's in front of them can be difficult.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Along with Daphne, art historian
0:12:56 > 0:13:00Dr David Dibosa and award-winning artist Lachlan Goudie will judge
0:13:00 > 0:13:02their paintings.
0:13:02 > 0:13:07Now that we've reached the final, we want to see our artists
0:13:07 > 0:13:10putting in everything that they have learned so far.
0:13:10 > 0:13:15We need them to use their technical skills to bring out the inner
0:13:15 > 0:13:17character of their sitters.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20We want this to be a painting that not only tells us about the sitter,
0:13:20 > 0:13:23but about their own relationship with that person.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26So it's an emotional exchange between artist and subject.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Before taking part in this competition,
0:13:32 > 0:13:37most of our amateur artists would produce paintings from a photograph.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40Painting a sitter means that capturing expressions
0:13:40 > 0:13:42is extremely difficult.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44Stop smiling.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47To try and keep up a smile for three and a half hours is
0:13:47 > 0:13:50nigh-on impossible, so I've just let her face rest
0:13:50 > 0:13:53and hopefully I'll get some character in the eyes.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55I'm thinking about the self-portrait that I did.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59Probably going to go that way and see how we get on.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02Alan started out as one of the most inexperienced
0:14:02 > 0:14:04artists in the competition.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Painting with other people or drawing
0:14:07 > 0:14:09with other people is completely new.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11I've never done anything like this before.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14But his sensitive and emotional approach to painting
0:14:14 > 0:14:17earned him early praise to boost his confidence.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20That sense of impending storminess that's
0:14:20 > 0:14:24just about to break is excellent.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27And he proved himself to be one of the strongest portrait
0:14:27 > 0:14:29painters in week four.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Alan, I think this is a lovely painting.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35David said it was my best work yet, so I'm absolutely amazed.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38His willingness to listen and learn has got him to the final.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41Alan is brilliant at taking on advice.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44He's really enjoyed the mentoring process.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47It's really complimented his work to the point where Alan can do a
0:14:47 > 0:14:49variety of different techniques now,
0:14:49 > 0:14:51show us something different every week.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53We were very struck by your reaction
0:14:53 > 0:14:55when you saw your mum coming through the door.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Obviously that was a huge surprise.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59How would you describe your relationship?
0:14:59 > 0:15:00She holds the family together.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03- I love her.- Oh, I really want my son to say that.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05She's never seen me paint actually, so...
0:15:05 > 0:15:06- What?- It's such a big deal.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08And you'd never painted her before, then?
0:15:08 > 0:15:09Never painted Mother before.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12I think it's quite relaxing, because we know the sitter so well.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15Well, we've noticed that there is a really palpable difference
0:15:15 > 0:15:18in atmosphere. Normally on the first challenge you're having meltdowns
0:15:18 > 0:15:21and nervous breakdowns and throwing paint brushes around, but not today.
0:15:21 > 0:15:22There's time yet.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Orange dress is a nightmare.
0:15:33 > 0:15:38It's given my mum a bit of an orange glow around the, kind of,
0:15:38 > 0:15:41jowls for want of a better word.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43It's brilliant that Alan's mother
0:15:43 > 0:15:46has turned up in a bright orange dress,
0:15:46 > 0:15:50because he had had comments that his colours can be quite murky and quite
0:15:50 > 0:15:52drab, which makes the painting look flat,
0:15:52 > 0:15:56so I hope he's really going to go for it with the bright orange.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00They're now halfway through the challenge.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02It's very clearly your dad, isn't it?
0:16:02 > 0:16:06It's making me wonder if perhaps you've painted him before?
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Since I was a kid.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11I remember the first time I drew him.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13A little square for the turban and colour it in
0:16:13 > 0:16:17and then a little U under that and then a little beard.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Was there something about your dad that you found
0:16:19 > 0:16:21a particularly appealing subject?
0:16:21 > 0:16:24I've always wanted to do the best I could
0:16:24 > 0:16:26and show him that I really love this
0:16:26 > 0:16:28and that I'm good at it and make him proud of me for doing it.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31I just see... I can't look directly at him.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35All right, look, I'll block you, OK?
0:16:35 > 0:16:38He's just really important, really important to me.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40I want to get this right.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42I want to
0:16:42 > 0:16:44get some of the wisdom in the portrait.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46We've seen you at this stage of the game
0:16:46 > 0:16:48look considerably less composed than this.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50Yeah, and grey and washed out.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Yeah, we don't want him to know that, do we?
0:16:52 > 0:16:54She's always looked very confident.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57- Very, very confident.- I've seen her do it before.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01Suman's confidence has grown immensely since she first started.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03- Hi.- Help me!
0:17:03 > 0:17:06She's proved a hit with the public vote,
0:17:06 > 0:17:09winning immunity three weeks running.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Suman!
0:17:11 > 0:17:12Suman.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14Suman!
0:17:16 > 0:17:19And although she still likes to seek approval,
0:17:19 > 0:17:23her desire to push herself and improve has seen her grow.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25I think with Suman, the next thing for her, really,
0:17:25 > 0:17:29is to understand what it feels like to be an artist and I think that's
0:17:29 > 0:17:32about not worrying about what anyone else feels.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55Yeah, you've got a likeness there. That's good.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57That's really good, though.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00- Bloody hell, David.- How long have we got, about an hour?
0:18:00 > 0:18:01About an hour.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07Jennifer and Alan, they have become quite expressive.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10I think they can show that vision.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12There's a lot riding on this challenge.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15It is the final. It's really hard not to step in.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24Yeah. I'm just really struggling with this last bit.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26It needs something, and I'm really struggling
0:18:26 > 0:18:29to figure out what it needs.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33I'm feeling all right. I've not really cracked a hair.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38If somebody said, "Is that your dad?"
0:18:38 > 0:18:40I would say, "Yeah, I think it is. To me."
0:18:40 > 0:18:43So, I think I've captured him as I see him.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Whether the judges recognise him, I don't know.
0:18:47 > 0:18:51Course, he's changed his expression now. He's grimacing.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53You've got a bouffant, dad.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55I've moved. Now your hair...
0:18:55 > 0:18:57- Oh, my hair?- Never mind, I'm not going to worry about that.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59I can't do much about my hair.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04Actually taking off paint, it looks good.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Yeah. Yeah, I'm OK. OK.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Reeling it back in, just taking all the paint off.
0:19:12 > 0:19:13I'm finished now. Yes.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17I think it actually helped, having my dad about.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20If only he was here for the rest of the challenges!
0:19:21 > 0:19:24It's you. It's you.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33Painters, will you please stop painting?
0:19:41 > 0:19:44- It's your daddy! - It's your best one yet.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47So fresh.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49He's absolutely nailed him.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53Yeah. You all right?
0:19:53 > 0:19:55You look like you're...
0:19:59 > 0:20:02This time around, the judges are not giving you their verdict until
0:20:02 > 0:20:05you've painted your final painting.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08Yes, it's time to get the most important opinion of all.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10The judgment of mums and dads.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12So, Nerendra, would you please step up
0:20:12 > 0:20:14and see what Suman's made of you?
0:20:15 > 0:20:18Oh, yes!
0:20:18 > 0:20:21You've got the look. Everything is there, perfect.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25Really good, well done.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Well done.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29I can't find any fault in it at all.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Ooh, that's a first!
0:20:32 > 0:20:35- Cor!- I think I made you look younger.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37You have, you've flattered me!
0:20:37 > 0:20:41Thank you very much. I am very impressed with that.
0:20:41 > 0:20:42I'm amazed, in fact.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45I've made other people look angry, so at least you're looking smiley.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48Well done.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Every child likes to get approval from their parents.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56Finally! No...
0:20:56 > 0:20:57Oh, yeah!
0:20:57 > 0:20:59I'm impressed.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01- It's not "different" then? - No, that's like me.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03I can't believe that. Golly gee whizz...
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Usually when I say "different" you know I mean...
0:21:06 > 0:21:09- Bad different.- Yeah, but this is different in a good way.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12- Would you put it on the wall? - Oh, I definitely would.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14That's centre place.
0:21:14 > 0:21:15- That's a first.- Well done.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Thanks, Mum.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20This has been the best thing out of the whole competition.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23Even no matter what the judges have said to me, that, today, was just...
0:21:23 > 0:21:26Yeah. That's ticked every single box.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Wow!
0:21:28 > 0:21:31- What do you think?- Wow!
0:21:31 > 0:21:34- I can't believe it.- Do you think it looks like you?
0:21:35 > 0:21:38- That's the real me.- Would you put it on your wall?
0:21:38 > 0:21:40I will.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42If you let me.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54That last challenge was a pretty emotional one.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58With the next one, we're really pushing the boat out.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02As you may know, Canaletto's famous painting of Greenwich hangs here
0:22:02 > 0:22:05in the Queen's House and the scene we're standing in here
0:22:05 > 0:22:10has basically not changed that much since he painted it in 1750.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12Apart from a few skyscrapers.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15You're going to be looking at exactly that same view,
0:22:15 > 0:22:18but you'll remember the view of Greenwich from the river,
0:22:18 > 0:22:20so I hope you've packed your sea boots,
0:22:20 > 0:22:22because we are putting you on a boat.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24Oh, my God!
0:22:24 > 0:22:25That's not fair!
0:22:25 > 0:22:27A big day ahead of you tomorrow.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30So rush of home, get some sleep and we will see you on board.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37We'll be singing sea shanties tomorrow, won't we?
0:22:37 > 0:22:38LAUGHTER
0:22:38 > 0:22:41We're going to be on a boat and speeding...
0:22:41 > 0:22:44There's no point in trying to emulate Canaletto, is there?
0:22:50 > 0:22:53The final challenge of the competition is upon us...
0:22:55 > 0:22:59..and our four finalists are about to board today's studio space.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06'As they find their sea legs,
0:23:06 > 0:23:11'Diana and Pascal take one last opportunity to give their artists
0:23:11 > 0:23:12'some help and inspiration.'
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Good morning.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18- So, hopefully, this is going to help you master your paintings.- OK.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22'Diana has tailored her guidance to the needs of the artists.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24'First up, Jennifer.'
0:23:25 > 0:23:29Now, with you, Jennifer, you look at a massive big scene and you go,
0:23:29 > 0:23:31"Wow, there's so much to paint!" and you get overwhelmed.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34This is going to get rid of that overwhelming scene.
0:23:34 > 0:23:39So if you just look over my shoulder, this straight line represents...
0:23:40 > 0:23:42- ..this straight line.- Yeah.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44So, when you're marking out your painting,
0:23:44 > 0:23:47you can measure out the different lengths that you see.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51'Diana marks of the distinguishing features she can see in her view.'
0:23:51 > 0:23:53What I'm seeing is the river.
0:23:53 > 0:23:54- OK.- OK?
0:23:54 > 0:23:58So, I know the river starts here and then
0:23:58 > 0:24:02the end of the river is just slightly above half.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05'These marks are now transferred to the canvas.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10'Marking these points helps to convey the scale of the landscape
0:24:10 > 0:24:12and kick-start your composition.'
0:24:13 > 0:24:15OK? So, have a go.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17- Over to you, Jen.- Thanks.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21It's good to have tools in place, so that could help me at some point,
0:24:21 > 0:24:22if I'm struggling with lines.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26Because there's times when I have meltdowns and need something
0:24:26 > 0:24:30more structured to put it into proper painting terms.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33'Outside on deck, Pascal has a parting gift for his artists.'
0:24:35 > 0:24:37So, I've got presents for you!
0:24:39 > 0:24:42So, it's absolutely what you need for this final challenge.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44Oh, it's going to be messy.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49'David and Suman will also be sporting Pascal's signature boiler suit.'
0:24:49 > 0:24:53It's like we're going into some sort of experimental lab.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55- Suman, you are just doing a painting.- I know.- OK?
0:24:55 > 0:24:56'Like many painters,
0:24:56 > 0:25:00'they're both used to being very precise and this exercise will
0:25:00 > 0:25:03'encourage them to have a looser approach.'
0:25:04 > 0:25:08You're going to stop painting with these mops, so that's for you...
0:25:08 > 0:25:11I thought, David, you could paint this view, going into the distance here,
0:25:11 > 0:25:14and Suman, I thought this was a good view for you to have here.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17There's always a danger, especially with David and Suman,
0:25:17 > 0:25:20that they're going to resort to tight, narrow, controlled,
0:25:20 > 0:25:22small ways of working, so I wanted to do the opposite of that.
0:25:22 > 0:25:27You've got a mop, a sponge, a decorating brush...
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Normally, Suman's that far away from the canvas with a tiny little brush
0:25:30 > 0:25:34and now she's painting with a mop, so I feel like my job is done now.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44I was there, mopping the floor, basically just thinking,
0:25:44 > 0:25:49how can make as much structured mess as possible, which is fantastic.
0:25:49 > 0:25:50I really like it.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54I'm going to try and be a little bit more free with the work.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59I thought that exercise was great and amusing and going wild with
0:25:59 > 0:26:02- all those brush marks.- Oh, man!
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Don't get me in that.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07There's a few things I could take forward into the challenge,
0:26:07 > 0:26:09but I think if I took too much of that freedom through,
0:26:09 > 0:26:12it would end up like a Jackson Pollock and then I would get criticised
0:26:12 > 0:26:15for copying another style again.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17It's good fun, making a mess. I don't like...
0:26:17 > 0:26:19This thing.
0:26:19 > 0:26:20Yeah, get rid of it. Get rid of it!
0:26:20 > 0:26:23There's an easy way to get rid of it.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29It's the first time I've ever done anything this messy.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31I've always sat and been really neat.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Yeah, that's why I wanted you to do it.
0:26:33 > 0:26:34Yeah.
0:26:34 > 0:26:35Alan.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38'Now, what does Diana have in store for Alan?'
0:26:38 > 0:26:42What point has come across over the past few weeks?
0:26:42 > 0:26:44I tend to overwork stuff.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47Probably my mark making gets a bit fuzzy.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51'So she has an exercise in mind which will enable him
0:26:51 > 0:26:53to be more expressive with his work.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57You've got a big brush and a very small canvas.
0:26:57 > 0:26:58OK? There is your view.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02- Yeah.- You are only allowed to use ten marks...
0:27:02 > 0:27:06- OK.- ..to represent that view and then you have to stop.
0:27:06 > 0:27:07- OK.- One mark could be...
0:27:10 > 0:27:13OK, that's one, because I've taken the paint brush off.
0:27:13 > 0:27:14Next one could be buildings.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18So you're plotting, but in a very quick way.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22That's two marks. Another mark might be three, four, five, six,
0:27:22 > 0:27:24to represent the skeleton of a building.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28You do work quite small and you tend to go over areas again and again
0:27:28 > 0:27:30with the same pressure, the same marks,
0:27:30 > 0:27:32so this will help you with the variety of marks that you get from
0:27:32 > 0:27:36- something really subtle to something really bold.- OK.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38I needed to really think about my mark making, so really,
0:27:38 > 0:27:43it's just getting confidence in my brush strokes really,
0:27:43 > 0:27:45and trying to express something in one mark,
0:27:45 > 0:27:49rather than using 20 and muddying everything up.
0:27:51 > 0:27:56'Challenging our artists to paint this spectacular view was inspired
0:27:56 > 0:27:58'by the work of Venetian artist, Canaletto.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04'And Lachlan is in Greenwich to find out more about the original artwork.'
0:28:06 > 0:28:07In the 18th century,
0:28:07 > 0:28:11eligible young aristocrats would regularly undertake a grand tour
0:28:11 > 0:28:14to Italy. They'd tick off the country's cultural hot spots,
0:28:14 > 0:28:18but the place that most of them wanted to be was Venice,
0:28:18 > 0:28:21a sort of 18th-century Las Vegas on the Med.
0:28:21 > 0:28:26And observing all this was a young artist called Giovanni Antonio Canal.
0:28:26 > 0:28:27Canaletto.
0:28:30 > 0:28:34'Young Canaletto started to paint rather theatrical and rose-tinted
0:28:34 > 0:28:35'views of Venice himself
0:28:35 > 0:28:38'and the English aristocrats rolled up to buy them,
0:28:38 > 0:28:41'eager for a painted reminder of their frolics
0:28:41 > 0:28:42'beneath the Doge's Palace.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48'But when wars in Europe deterred the English punters
0:28:48 > 0:28:49'from visiting Venice,
0:28:49 > 0:28:53'Canaletto decided that he would come to them.
0:28:53 > 0:28:57'He uprooted himself to London and began painting views
0:28:57 > 0:28:58'of the British capital.'
0:29:01 > 0:29:04In this canvas of what was then at the Greenwich hospital, we find
0:29:04 > 0:29:08Canaletto's sprinkling and a little bit of his Venetian fairy dust.
0:29:08 > 0:29:12He's transformed the River Thames into a sparkling,
0:29:12 > 0:29:15radiant version of the Grand Canal,
0:29:15 > 0:29:19complete with a sort of pageant-like bustle of barges and boats.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31In the sky, we have a whole stream of pink clouds that suggests this
0:29:31 > 0:29:33is a beautiful summer's evening,
0:29:33 > 0:29:38and those same candy pinks are picked in a river that's so smooth
0:29:38 > 0:29:43and glossy, it acts like a mirror, reflecting the white stone
0:29:43 > 0:29:45of the new Greenwich Hospital.
0:29:50 > 0:29:54This really is a love letter to the Thames, and to Greenwich.
0:29:54 > 0:29:57"Aren't you beautiful, Greenwich", this painting seems to be saying.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59Quite stately. Mighty impressive.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09'Our artists are about to come face-to-face with this impressive view,
0:30:09 > 0:30:12'which they now must paint for their final challenge.'
0:30:13 > 0:30:16We're nearly in position, aren't we?
0:30:16 > 0:30:18Ooh!
0:30:18 > 0:30:20That just looks...
0:30:20 > 0:30:21Oh, man!
0:30:21 > 0:30:23I'm feeling nervous about doing this landscape,
0:30:23 > 0:30:26but I'm trying to get myself into the same sort of head space as I had
0:30:26 > 0:30:29yesterday, so try and just enjoy it and not get too...
0:30:30 > 0:30:32..worried about the situation.
0:30:32 > 0:30:37This is the first time I've been on a boat, in the middle of London,
0:30:37 > 0:30:39painting an amazing building.
0:30:41 > 0:30:46'This view is almost identical to the one Canaletto had in 1750.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52'But our artists have just five hours to create their masterpieces.'
0:30:54 > 0:30:57All right guys, it's the last time you're painting with us.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01So, make it a really, really good painting.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17'Ever changing light, weather,
0:31:17 > 0:31:21'painting a landscape outdoors is no easy feat.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24'But we've upped the ante and added an additional difficulty.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29'The boat is constantly bobbing around,
0:31:29 > 0:31:31'and this part of the Thames is tidal.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36'This means their painting position will be moving
0:31:36 > 0:31:38'from side to side and up and down.'
0:31:41 > 0:31:43This movement is freaking me out.
0:31:45 > 0:31:49I feel I might need a large canvas to get this in.
0:31:49 > 0:31:51'It appears size does matter.
0:31:51 > 0:31:55'All of the artists have opted for the largest canvas available.'
0:31:55 > 0:31:58It's the final. I thought, I've not painted a canvas this big before.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00Daphne's picked up on that.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02I thought, why not? Just go for it.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05I've just got to think about the composition.
0:32:05 > 0:32:06I can't get it all in,
0:32:06 > 0:32:10so I think the two structures in the middle will probably be kind of the
0:32:10 > 0:32:14centre point, a bit off centre, and then I'm just going to go at it.
0:32:14 > 0:32:18I am really trying to push the fact that it's the final out of my head.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21Because if I think that it's the final I'll not be able to cope with that.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24I haven't decided what I'm doing yet,
0:32:24 > 0:32:26but I like the symmetry of the thing.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29So I'm just trying to see if it works as a composition,
0:32:29 > 0:32:32and then I was thinking to make it a little more contemporary,
0:32:32 > 0:32:36putting in one of the boats that went past on the front here.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38I need to break the symmetry in some fashion,
0:32:38 > 0:32:40so that maybe where I place the boat.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42I'm going for a bit of energy.
0:32:42 > 0:32:43I think I've done realistic now.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48I'm testing to see what I want to do the background in.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51I'm well aware I used the same tone when I painted my dad,
0:32:51 > 0:32:53so I don't think it's a good idea doing it again.
0:32:53 > 0:32:58I feel like I need to do something slightly different.
0:32:58 > 0:33:00I just want to be free and have fun.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17'With Diana's advice ringing in his ears,
0:33:17 > 0:33:20'Alan appears to be a lot freer with his mark making.'
0:33:21 > 0:33:23I'm going to let this dry. Quite like these drips.
0:33:23 > 0:33:27It'd be quite nice to see some of the undermarks kind of show through, really.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30'It's not the only guidance he's taken on.'
0:33:31 > 0:33:37I've marked out some of the lines from Jen's masterclass,
0:33:37 > 0:33:39which I was pilfering.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41I am just going to figure out the distances.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55'Rather than drawing out her composition,
0:33:55 > 0:33:58'Jennifer is experimenting with a new technique.'
0:33:58 > 0:34:01I'm literally just cutting off sections of masking tape.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05It's as basic as that, erm...
0:34:05 > 0:34:07just to create some sort of angle.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09Jennifer is plotting the actual sea.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12She's doing it in a very Jennifer way, she's cutting things out.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15She's making the hair into straight lines.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18She's started off really well and really thinking about the technical
0:34:18 > 0:34:20mark making that she needs to do.
0:34:22 > 0:34:23I notice when we see you,
0:34:23 > 0:34:26often you're up close to the cameras with a fine brush, drawing.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28We came out today and there's you with a wider brush,
0:34:28 > 0:34:30really slapping on some paint.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32- That's different.- It is different.
0:34:32 > 0:34:36Hopefully, the six weeks will have taught me to loosen up,
0:34:36 > 0:34:38and, hopefully, this will be the culmination
0:34:38 > 0:34:39of everything we've learned.
0:34:39 > 0:34:43You've worked your socks off. You know, you've had ups and downs,
0:34:43 > 0:34:46you've had run-ins with the judges, and, you know,
0:34:46 > 0:34:48you've had triumphs and failures.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51What does it mean to you now, at this point in the competition?
0:34:51 > 0:34:55Well, if I mess this up, they can't boot me out, can they? So...
0:34:55 > 0:34:58So you're feeling reckless, really? That's the answer to my question.
0:34:58 > 0:34:59I am feeling a bit reckless.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02I might stand over there and just start throwing stuff,
0:35:02 > 0:35:04- do you know what I mean? - You're looking relaxed.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07That's a real change I've noticed over the past few weeks,
0:35:07 > 0:35:09is that you're less tense at the picture.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11Yeah, I think so.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14Hopefully, that will come out through the painting, really,
0:35:14 > 0:35:16and just be a bit more gestural.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18I think he's gone a bit cocky, actually.
0:35:18 > 0:35:19- Do you reckon?- Yeah, I do.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21LAUGHTER
0:35:21 > 0:35:23'It's very rare to see Suman unhappy,
0:35:23 > 0:35:28'but this final task seems to have got the better of her.'
0:35:28 > 0:35:29I hate it already.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32It's too high up. I can't see.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35There's loads of things. I keep moving from here to there.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38It's not working. It's like trying to paint in the dark.
0:35:38 > 0:35:40'And the weather isn't helping.'
0:35:41 > 0:35:45It's really windy. I keep watching the canvas to make sure it doesn't
0:35:45 > 0:35:46fall on top of my head.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59A lot happening on the surface with Jennifer.
0:35:59 > 0:36:03We've got some hair, we have some cut out bits of card and stuff.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06Returned to your tried and trusted techniques.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08Yes, I think just with it being the final,
0:36:08 > 0:36:11it's quite nice to show my processes are still there.
0:36:11 > 0:36:14It's just I'm using them a different way now,
0:36:14 > 0:36:16so I'm trying not to rely on them,
0:36:16 > 0:36:20but I'm just trying to include them because they're part of my, sort of,
0:36:20 > 0:36:22skill and I don't want to lose that.
0:36:22 > 0:36:28You said at the beginning that your worst nightmare would be a landscape
0:36:28 > 0:36:33scene with a building, with lots of lines and an old building at that.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35And look, we've managed to come up with it for you.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38Well, yes, yous have found the exact thing that I hate painting,
0:36:38 > 0:36:42so if I even get some sort of resemblance at the very end of this
0:36:42 > 0:36:43I will be happy.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01I know you talked at the beginning of this process
0:37:01 > 0:37:04- about wanting to do this for your children.- Yes.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07Is that still something that's still in the front of your mind?
0:37:07 > 0:37:09Yeah, that's what I was approaching yesterday with.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12With an idea of, you know, trying to forget too much
0:37:12 > 0:37:16about the competition, and show them, really it's about having a go.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18You could win the final, David.
0:37:18 > 0:37:19So could all four of us.
0:37:21 > 0:37:22Artists, you're at the halfway point.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43Trying to get a bit more detail in and see where we go from there.
0:37:43 > 0:37:47I'm having to hold the canvas as I'm painting, which isn't ideal.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49HE LAUGHS
0:37:49 > 0:37:50So, yeah, it's tricky.
0:37:52 > 0:37:56'It's not just the wind which is creating unwanted movement onboard.'
0:37:56 > 0:38:00It's the motion I'm really struggling with, because it's...
0:38:00 > 0:38:03Yeah. I'm not...
0:38:03 > 0:38:06I'm not finding the boat an easy thing to be on.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09Erm... I normally don't get motion sickness.
0:38:09 > 0:38:10This is really weird for me.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12The painting keeps moving back-and-forth,
0:38:12 > 0:38:16so I don't want to it to drop off the easel.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19Oh, sorry!
0:38:19 > 0:38:20Like that, for example.
0:38:22 > 0:38:23Whoa!
0:38:25 > 0:38:28The wind's blowing my canvas that way,
0:38:28 > 0:38:30which I guess is kind of par for the course.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32Managed to just rescue it in time.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37Just trying to add a bit more tonal range in it.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39It's not going how I wished it had gone.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42I suppose it's closer than other people's composition,
0:38:42 > 0:38:44cos it's a larger view,
0:38:44 > 0:38:49but that's about the extent of the similarity with the Canaletto.
0:38:49 > 0:38:50Maybe a Cornetto!
0:38:57 > 0:39:01I might actually work into it with my pens, because they're darker.
0:39:01 > 0:39:06I seem to just make decisions in my head very abruptly and go with that,
0:39:06 > 0:39:09and if it works, it works and if it doesn't, it doesn't.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23- Hi Suman.- Hey.
0:39:23 > 0:39:24How you doing?
0:39:25 > 0:39:28- Coping.- Have you had a meltdown?
0:39:28 > 0:39:33Several, because I've been on the floor, holding on, putting stuff down.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35So, yeah, I'm happy with my bus.
0:39:35 > 0:39:36It's bolder.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39You seem a more... You always seem composed, but you seem
0:39:39 > 0:39:40more confident now.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43You can see it better, I think, than anyone else.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46You don't tend to see these things yourself.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48You'd be a better judge of that, I think.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05I've got paint on my face, haven't I?
0:40:05 > 0:40:06You look like the Joker.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12- I'm going to be sick. - OK.- I need to get water.
0:40:14 > 0:40:18'There's now one hour remaining and the paintings are starting to come together.'
0:40:18 > 0:40:23I've basically just let the paint run down the painting.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27I started off at a bit of pace with the water
0:40:27 > 0:40:30and left some of the marks in and then I tried to replicate that in
0:40:30 > 0:40:34the sky just to give a bit of continuity
0:40:34 > 0:40:36so it didn't look like two paintings, really.
0:40:36 > 0:40:37So, that's what I'm doing.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40Loads still to do but, you know, I'm not going to worry about it.
0:40:40 > 0:40:41Alan's been really loose.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43There's drips going down his canvas,
0:40:43 > 0:40:45there's marks that are all over the place.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48I'm not used to seeing Alan like this, so it's brilliant.
0:40:48 > 0:40:52I finally got things to stay still so I can put some detail in,
0:40:52 > 0:40:55the hints of some details, so that's really good.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58I'm trying to piece together everything I've learnt over the last
0:40:58 > 0:41:00couple of challenges.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03I thought I'd add the boat to give a bit of focus.
0:41:04 > 0:41:08Hopefully, it's my vision of what's in front of me, but...
0:41:08 > 0:41:10You know, I don't know.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12Some of it's working here.
0:41:14 > 0:41:15And some bits of the water,
0:41:15 > 0:41:17but I don't know whether it all hangs together very well,
0:41:17 > 0:41:19that's the problem.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21How are you feeling? You're looking better.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23Yeah, I just feel a bit sick.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25- I won't hug you because you might be sick on me.- Very sick.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28- You're better now, though? - Yeah, I've got mint tea.
0:41:49 > 0:41:54Artists, for the final time, I'm afraid time is up.
0:41:54 > 0:41:57Step away from the canvases, put down your brushes.
0:41:57 > 0:41:58Yes, you can do no more.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01From now on it's all in the hands of the judges.
0:42:01 > 0:42:02BOTH: DUN-DUN!
0:42:02 > 0:42:05Come on, team.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07I want a cuddle like this.
0:42:07 > 0:42:08Come on then, gang.
0:42:10 > 0:42:11Aw!
0:42:11 > 0:42:12All over now.
0:42:14 > 0:42:15I know I'll probably miss it at some stage,
0:42:15 > 0:42:18but at the moment I'm glad it's over.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21That wasn't how I intended to finish, to be honest.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23A bit too much stress.
0:42:25 > 0:42:26There's nothing I can do now.
0:42:26 > 0:42:31At least the only thing I can do before I see the judges is mentally
0:42:31 > 0:42:35prepare for the onslaught that is going to be the critique.
0:42:38 > 0:42:41The judges have absolutely put us through the mangler.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43I mean, I thought last week was bad and then they introduced
0:42:43 > 0:42:47seasickness, so we'll see how we get on.
0:42:47 > 0:42:49There's no public.
0:42:52 > 0:42:57So, obviously being the one who's won the most public appreciation,
0:42:57 > 0:43:01it feels odd not having anyone with a safety net to sort of swing in there
0:43:01 > 0:43:06and be, like, "No, she's awesome, give her a shot, she's amazing."
0:43:06 > 0:43:08Where are we going?
0:43:08 > 0:43:10Where is the pier? Is that the pier?
0:43:10 > 0:43:13Ugh! When are we going to dock?
0:43:25 > 0:43:29Well, artists, traditionally vicars are the ones to spoil the party mood
0:43:29 > 0:43:32by talking about judgment and I'm no different.
0:43:32 > 0:43:34It's time for you to face the judges.
0:43:48 > 0:43:51Jennifer, so I like to keep quiet about it, but I love colour.
0:43:51 > 0:43:55And, you know, this is a wonderful rainbow of colour,
0:43:55 > 0:43:58it's cascading down the canvas.
0:43:58 > 0:44:01This portrait is a striking success and I think it sums up, to me,
0:44:01 > 0:44:06that you have enormous potential and that's going to continue to grow.
0:44:06 > 0:44:08Well, Jennifer, what an achievement.
0:44:08 > 0:44:13You've managed to make a perfectly normal looking human being.
0:44:13 > 0:44:16And I think there you've got a lovely sense of the light falling on
0:44:16 > 0:44:19the top and then coming round in a very abstracted way,
0:44:19 > 0:44:24and if you could've carried that through into the smaller details,
0:44:24 > 0:44:27I think it would have been a better painting,
0:44:27 > 0:44:29but it's a pretty good attempt.
0:44:34 > 0:44:37If I can come to the painting of the buildings,
0:44:37 > 0:44:41I think some of your stylistic devices haven't served you well
0:44:41 > 0:44:44to give a sense of the overall composition
0:44:44 > 0:44:46and elegance of this setting.
0:44:46 > 0:44:49I think that you were brave in zooming into this particular detail
0:44:49 > 0:44:50of the composition.
0:44:50 > 0:44:53That might have contributed to your feeling of seasickness
0:44:53 > 0:44:56cos you were so busy concentrating on this tiny thing
0:44:56 > 0:44:58a way off that it was intensifying all the movement.
0:44:58 > 0:45:02Jennifer, you have come an enormous distance since the beginning,
0:45:02 > 0:45:07so push your drawing, but work it in your own way,
0:45:07 > 0:45:08in a way that feels natural.
0:45:14 > 0:45:17Alan we had that breakthrough with the self-portrait
0:45:17 > 0:45:21and I think we're seeing a similar level of breakthrough here.
0:45:21 > 0:45:25This portrait is a great leap forward because what you've
0:45:25 > 0:45:28been able to do is bring out the depth
0:45:28 > 0:45:32to get away from the tendency to flatness in your work.
0:45:32 > 0:45:36I think this is a crowning achievement of your work so far.
0:45:36 > 0:45:40And I think that part of the success has been that she give you this
0:45:40 > 0:45:43wonderful tangerine dress to create the kind of highlights
0:45:43 > 0:45:45and the colour that warms up her face.
0:45:49 > 0:45:52Now we have Greenwich.
0:45:52 > 0:45:54Stately, very well drawn
0:45:54 > 0:45:58with a great attention to all the perspective lines.
0:45:58 > 0:46:02That Dickensian sense of almost grimness about your painting.
0:46:02 > 0:46:05This is a river we're going to dig a body out of, I think, and
0:46:05 > 0:46:09that's definitely a reflection of the Thames that we know
0:46:09 > 0:46:11and were looking at.
0:46:11 > 0:46:13This is a building you would immediately recognise and
0:46:13 > 0:46:15it's got the grandeur.
0:46:15 > 0:46:18You've learned over the weeks and you've used your proportion to
0:46:18 > 0:46:21really make sure that we know that we're small.
0:46:28 > 0:46:31David, as one would expect, you've been brave yet again.
0:46:31 > 0:46:35Here, you've attempted the most difficult thing in a portrait,
0:46:35 > 0:46:37which is a fleeting expression.
0:46:37 > 0:46:41Hardly any great portraits are of smiling people.
0:46:41 > 0:46:45A smile can be very cheesy and I think you've just edged
0:46:45 > 0:46:47to the right side of that.
0:46:47 > 0:46:51You've lightened your touch considerably and I think that
0:46:51 > 0:46:53has helped you to see more.
0:46:53 > 0:46:56So you've got a man who feels large and powerful
0:46:56 > 0:46:58you've got a presence in the painting,
0:46:58 > 0:47:01yet you manage to communicate that with a very thin,
0:47:01 > 0:47:05almost chalky use of paint and then you've given him a smile,
0:47:05 > 0:47:06and he does have this smile.
0:47:06 > 0:47:09Where did all the smile genes go? Because you're always looking...
0:47:09 > 0:47:10LAUGHTER
0:47:10 > 0:47:12..looking so intense!
0:47:12 > 0:47:15But he has this uncanny constant grin.
0:47:15 > 0:47:16- It's my mum's side!- Oh!
0:47:16 > 0:47:19To get that is really well achieved.
0:47:24 > 0:47:29Coming to the next painting, I enjoy this painting very much.
0:47:29 > 0:47:32You've brought all of the techniques together
0:47:32 > 0:47:35to create an integrated whole.
0:47:35 > 0:47:39It's gentle, it's calm, it's very easy to be with.
0:47:39 > 0:47:40This is a painting that has...
0:47:40 > 0:47:44It's inherited so much from the Canaletto original
0:47:44 > 0:47:46and, most importantly,
0:47:46 > 0:47:47it's that sense of space.
0:47:55 > 0:47:59Suman, I would say this is a commanding portrait.
0:48:00 > 0:48:05Not just because this seems to be an image of a commanding presence,
0:48:05 > 0:48:11also because of the command, I think, you're showing as a painter.
0:48:11 > 0:48:16The marks are very gentle, they're very calm and the colour is muted,
0:48:16 > 0:48:22and yet it describes, very clearly, the presence of this man.
0:48:22 > 0:48:24You can look at this painting on several levels.
0:48:24 > 0:48:26I think your proportions are wonderful,
0:48:26 > 0:48:30I think there's a sense of surface, your detail is lovely.
0:48:30 > 0:48:32I think it's a really successful portrait.
0:48:32 > 0:48:33Thank you.
0:48:37 > 0:48:41Greenwich. We've got colour, we've got boldness, we've got mark making.
0:48:41 > 0:48:45I think that this has got oomph, that...
0:48:45 > 0:48:47When I remember your first still life...
0:48:47 > 0:48:52Oh, a quiet little painting and here we've come!
0:48:52 > 0:48:54I believe this painting, I believe the structures,
0:48:54 > 0:48:57I believe the sense of scale and architecture.
0:48:57 > 0:49:00I love the red bus that, once again,
0:49:00 > 0:49:04is a key point in making me motor my way towards this part of your
0:49:04 > 0:49:06painting. You're telling the viewer what to do.
0:49:06 > 0:49:09You know, from this distance, one's drawn in.
0:49:09 > 0:49:13There's all sorts of detail of light, the darks and shadow.
0:49:13 > 0:49:18There's quite a lot going on and you've kept the sparkle of the sun
0:49:18 > 0:49:22hitting the burnished gold tops to those two parts of the buildings.
0:49:22 > 0:49:23Thank you.
0:49:23 > 0:49:25Judges, thank you very much indeed.
0:49:25 > 0:49:27Can we send you off to deliberate now
0:49:27 > 0:49:30and decide who's going to walk away with the title?
0:49:30 > 0:49:33Yes, please make your way to the deck of decision.
0:49:42 > 0:49:45'And while the judges make their decision,
0:49:45 > 0:49:48'we have a surprise in store for our finalists.'
0:49:51 > 0:49:54OK, now it's time for the public to view your work
0:49:54 > 0:49:57and this week we won't be counting their votes
0:49:57 > 0:49:59and when you see who they are, you'll know why.
0:49:59 > 0:50:01So, artists, would you please welcome...
0:50:01 > 0:50:02your families.
0:50:08 > 0:50:11And will you also please welcome your former team-mates.
0:50:11 > 0:50:13ALL: Oh!
0:50:16 > 0:50:18CHATTER
0:50:23 > 0:50:26Well done, you, for getting this far.
0:50:30 > 0:50:33- She's blown me away. - They are incredible.
0:50:33 > 0:50:36- He would have spent weeks doing this at home.- Yeah, he would have done.
0:50:36 > 0:50:38Sketching it all out then doing it.
0:50:38 > 0:50:39I think he did this in a few hours.
0:50:39 > 0:50:41- I think the sky is superb.- Yeah.
0:50:41 > 0:50:45I particularly like the way she's got the highlights.
0:50:45 > 0:50:46The golds on the top.
0:50:46 > 0:50:48She's put in quite a few bits of detail in there,
0:50:48 > 0:50:51which must have been hard at that speed.
0:50:51 > 0:50:55To come to this and doing these paintings here,
0:50:55 > 0:50:57I couldn't be prouder of her.
0:50:57 > 0:50:59She's done a fantastic job.
0:50:59 > 0:51:04- I think she could win it. - That is so nice.- Don't you think so?
0:51:04 > 0:51:05I think so.
0:51:05 > 0:51:09- That is definitely you. - That's amazing.- I love it.
0:51:09 > 0:51:11It's amazing.
0:51:11 > 0:51:12Are you proud of Alan?
0:51:12 > 0:51:15- Yeah, of course. - Yeah, I'm really proud.
0:51:15 > 0:51:17Very proud of him. He's done well, hasn't he?
0:51:17 > 0:51:19He's done really well. Very good one.
0:51:21 > 0:51:25He's captured something and it's very fluent and I think it's a great
0:51:25 > 0:51:27portrait for what he's done, don't you?
0:51:27 > 0:51:29- I like that.- I just think...
0:51:29 > 0:51:31I don't know David's father but
0:51:31 > 0:51:34I just think it just looks full of love.
0:51:40 > 0:51:43So, here we are at the final and I think
0:51:43 > 0:51:46they've all come such a long way.
0:51:46 > 0:51:48I think it's quite impressive, really.
0:51:48 > 0:51:51I didn't, I didn't expect these artists to develop as much as they have
0:51:51 > 0:51:54and grow in strength and in confidence.
0:51:54 > 0:51:57- It's wonderful to see.- I personally thought Jennifer had an enormous
0:51:57 > 0:52:00amount of talent and individuality right from the start.
0:52:00 > 0:52:05I think that her sensitivity towards drawing and observation and line
0:52:05 > 0:52:09has crystallised a little more than it was at the beginning.
0:52:09 > 0:52:11And I think that in her portrait today,
0:52:11 > 0:52:14I think she has made a step forward.
0:52:14 > 0:52:17Yes, I think she's got a signature style which came out in the portrait
0:52:17 > 0:52:19of her mother.
0:52:19 > 0:52:23I wasn't quite sure about her painting of Greenwich itself.
0:52:23 > 0:52:25It wasn't Jennifer's best work.
0:52:25 > 0:52:26I suspect she's kicking herself.
0:52:26 > 0:52:31Someone who's excelled themself this time is Alan because
0:52:31 > 0:52:34he struggled, I think, in the early part of the competition.
0:52:34 > 0:52:35All that flatness that we had.
0:52:35 > 0:52:38We kept saying break out, break out, and, here, I felt,
0:52:38 > 0:52:40he really broke through.
0:52:40 > 0:52:43I think he's learnt something in this competition.
0:52:43 > 0:52:46I think that Alan redeemed himself in the final,
0:52:46 > 0:52:47he proved why he was here.
0:52:47 > 0:52:49And he kept his sensitivity.
0:52:49 > 0:52:51That's his real strength,
0:52:51 > 0:52:54that sensitivity of touch and of observation
0:52:54 > 0:52:58and did some of the best work he's done.
0:52:58 > 0:53:00I thought that David, by contrast,
0:53:00 > 0:53:03was being very understated this time.
0:53:03 > 0:53:04Where did this David come from?
0:53:04 > 0:53:07It's like he's been hiding for weeks.
0:53:07 > 0:53:12I think he'd been listening to us and really trying to find a way
0:53:12 > 0:53:15of being able to analyse what was in front of him.
0:53:15 > 0:53:19And maybe the act of painting his dad allowed that to happen because
0:53:19 > 0:53:21he became unguarded, you know.
0:53:21 > 0:53:25He was so committed to the subject that maybe he lost the need
0:53:25 > 0:53:28- for all of that theatre. - And what about Suman?
0:53:28 > 0:53:31It was a wonderful portrait of her father.
0:53:31 > 0:53:32Very, very sensitive.
0:53:32 > 0:53:34I felt it was a very confident painting.
0:53:34 > 0:53:38I was really taken by the way that Suman painted the architecture,
0:53:38 > 0:53:41the way that she really used texture and paint and colour to make me
0:53:41 > 0:53:42believe in the structure.
0:53:42 > 0:53:46For her, I think that is progression.
0:53:46 > 0:53:48I mean, here's an artist perhaps used to more tentatively,
0:53:48 > 0:53:50sensitively trying things out.
0:53:50 > 0:53:52And after the end of this experience,
0:53:52 > 0:53:56she can throw caution to the wind and boldly, solidly put down colour.
0:53:58 > 0:54:02Well, I've thoroughly enjoyed watching all these artists grow and develop
0:54:02 > 0:54:06and I don't want to have to pick one out from the crowd,
0:54:06 > 0:54:08but we're going to have to.
0:54:13 > 0:54:17The judges have made their decision and will shortly be revealing
0:54:17 > 0:54:20which one of you is to be our winner.
0:54:25 > 0:54:27So, judges, any final comments?
0:54:29 > 0:54:31Well, congratulations to you all for getting here.
0:54:31 > 0:54:34You've continued to create intriguing and engaging paintings
0:54:34 > 0:54:39and I know you're going to continue with that well past this final.
0:54:39 > 0:54:45Well, you've all come so far and every one of you has developed
0:54:45 > 0:54:50as a painter because you've risen to the challenges that have set.
0:54:50 > 0:54:53Every one of you has shown tremendous guts and determination
0:54:53 > 0:54:55to reach the final
0:54:55 > 0:54:59and each one of you has produced work of real beauty.
0:54:59 > 0:55:02You've made us believe in you as artists.
0:55:02 > 0:55:03Thank you.
0:55:07 > 0:55:10David, we can't take the suspense a second longer.
0:55:10 > 0:55:13Will you please reveal who our winner is?
0:55:17 > 0:55:18Suman.
0:55:22 > 0:55:24APPLAUSE
0:55:28 > 0:55:32It's been an amazing journey and I've always said, just go for your dreams,
0:55:32 > 0:55:36just go for your dreams, and in the back of my head throughout this
0:55:36 > 0:55:38whole process, I've been, like, this is right for you,
0:55:38 > 0:55:40this is what you need to do, just believe in yourself,
0:55:40 > 0:55:43believe in yourself, and it's worked!
0:55:47 > 0:55:48You worked hard.
0:55:48 > 0:55:52Suman's a worth winner because week on week she's shown improvement.
0:55:52 > 0:55:55You need that little bit of magic and Suman's able to put that into
0:55:55 > 0:55:59her best paintings and she has the drive to want to keep doing that
0:55:59 > 0:56:00independently in her own work.
0:56:00 > 0:56:02You've done really well. And you've got it in you.
0:56:02 > 0:56:05Suman's got all-round skill.
0:56:05 > 0:56:08She will be able to go out in the world and make a living, I'm quite sure.
0:56:08 > 0:56:11I don't know who to hug first! Thank you so much.
0:56:11 > 0:56:13- Well done.- Thank you.
0:56:13 > 0:56:16I think Suman can really carry the crown.
0:56:16 > 0:56:19She's a great artist in the making, she's a winner.
0:56:19 > 0:56:23- I'm so proud of you. Well done, well done.- Thanks.
0:56:23 > 0:56:27Suman, it gives us enormous pleasure to present you
0:56:27 > 0:56:30with this stunning trophy.
0:56:30 > 0:56:32Be very careful because,
0:56:32 > 0:56:35like all of us at the end of these long six weeks, it's very fragile.
0:56:38 > 0:56:40Thank you so much. Thank you.
0:56:42 > 0:56:43Suman deserved it.
0:56:43 > 0:56:45I think she's been pretty consistent all the way through.
0:56:45 > 0:56:49I think this competition has changed where I'm going to go in the future
0:56:49 > 0:56:52with painting. I've definitely progressed.
0:56:53 > 0:56:55Do you know what, from the bottom of my heart,
0:56:55 > 0:56:59I am so happy that Suman got that because her work has been amazing.
0:56:59 > 0:57:03At the end of the day, I'm walking away from this a completely different artist
0:57:03 > 0:57:05from what I was six weeks ago.
0:57:06 > 0:57:09I thought Suman was the prime candidate.
0:57:09 > 0:57:10She's developed so much.
0:57:12 > 0:57:13It's all over now. Excellent!
0:57:15 > 0:57:19It won't be anything I'll ever forget.
0:57:19 > 0:57:22It's like every little part has led to this
0:57:22 > 0:57:25and now I have the confidence to get going and get painting
0:57:25 > 0:57:29and I've learnt so much from the whole process. And it's great.