Those members who joined in the live session broadcast last Sunday all enjoyed themselves and would highly recommend you join in for the next 3 Sundays. If you do, then send me (Tracy QP) your paintings by Tuesday evening and I will post them on the Wednesday. You can see paintings by other people on Facebook and Instagram with the hashtag #myPAOTW.

The sitter was dancer and choreographer Akram Khan, who sat so still that it looked like the screen had frozen. He did go out a couple of times to bounce on a trampoline in his garden with his son, which he said helped him stop fidgeting!

Winner of PAOTY 2020, Christabel Blackburn, painted from her home and the usual 3 judges joined in the broadcast too.

Here’s the screenshot of Akram that people could work from after the programme, and Christabel and her painting which she intends to complete.

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Cynthia sketching along on Sunday and created a wonderful pastel portrait during the programme itself. Afterwards she painted another portrait in watercolours.

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Rosie painted along and finished 20 minutes short of the 4 hours.

Steve painted standing at an easel, working from a screenshot of Akram at a different angle, which he preferred. He really enjoyed the experience and learnt a lot.

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Tracy did 3 small sketches on the day (the first two awful, the third a little better), but ended up watching Christabel paint most of the time. Afterwards she used the screenshot to work on a portrait of Akram in brown coloured pencil, studying the tones and shadows on his face. His eyes were definitely the hardest part to get right.

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Dot has drawn Akram from the screenshot that was taken of him during the live programme.. A really good likeness, well done.

Here’s more info about the programme.

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6 days later all paintings by the general public submitted to Facebook and Instagram were judged and these were considered the top three…

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