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Amateur artists attempt to perfect their skills and be crowned the overall champion.

Passionate amateur artists undertake an intensive, six-week, artistic boot camp in a bid to perfect their skills and be crowned the overall champion.

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Mariella Frostrup

Richard Coles

Lachlan Goudie

Daphne Todd

David Dibosa

Diana Ali

Pascal Anson

Bex Hevingham

Meriel Beale

Claire Nosworthy

The Big Painting Challenge: Series 1: Episode 3: Animals

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BBC One - The Big Painting Challenge, Series 1, Animals

The eight remaining artists head to ZSL Whipsnade Zoo where they have to paint animals.

Amateur painting competition. The eight remaining artists take a walk on the wild side - heading to ZSL Whipsnade Zoo where they are asked to paint animals.

There are eight amateur artists still in the frame, and they take a walk on the wild side as the competition once again gets trickier. This time they're heading to ZSL Whipsnade Zoo and are asked to paint animals. Capturing that spark of life while stood in front of a living, breathing wild creature is incredibly tricky, and mentors Pascal and Diana are on hand to help every step of the way.

First up, they get in a flap as they face the flamingos, and the deceivingly simple form of these feisty birds trips some of our artists up. As ever, the judges don't spare anyone's blushes when they pass comment on the efforts.

From graceful birds to lumbering animals, the easels move to the elephant enclosure, and the artists come face to face with these magnificent creatures. With the judges looking for the artists to convey a sense of life, the texture of the skin and the sheer size of the elephants, who will rise to the challenge and whose efforts will be more Dumbo than dramatic?

The public panel vote to keep one artist in the competition, and the judges decide whose time in the competition is up.

Mariella Frostrup and the Rev Richard Coles are the hosts.

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