The Big Painting Challenge

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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

Fraser Scarfe

Diana Ali

Pascal Anson

Rachel Watson

Louisa Gray

Paul Newton

The Big Painting Challenge: Series 2: Episode 2: Nature

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Episode 2: Nature

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The nine remaining artists head to the Cotswolds to depict nature in all its glory.

Amateur painting competition presented by Mariella Frostrup and Reverend Richard Coles. In the Cotswolds, the artists try to depict nature in all its glory.

Mariella Frostrup and Reverend Richard Coles travel to the Cotswolds for the second episode of the amateur painting competition. Nine painters continue in the artistic boot camp, which this week sees them working with their professional mentors Diana Ali and Pascal Anson to conquer paint-handling techniques to depict nature in all its glory.

The first task sees the artists try to capture the form and character of dogs Herbert and Nutmeg. Once the task is complete, the mentors continue their tutelage with masterclasses that have the artists painting with bark, moss, leaves and even underpants before moving on to the final challenge. They need to capture the majesty of the Acer Glade. For some this means painting outside for the very first time. Will they be able to cope with the changing light conditions?

Once completed, the canvases are viewed by members of the public, who give their favourite painter a pass straight through to the following week. The others must await the verdict the judges, Daphne Todd and award-winning landscape artist Fraser Scarfe, to see who is sent home.

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