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PAINTING THE NATION

Painting the Nation Image Name: Painting the Nation Description: Painting the Nation Episode 4 Portrait model Anne Doyle with presenter Pauline McLynn and judges Gabhann Dunne and Una Sealy Copyright: RTÉ 2017
Painting the Nation - Series 2 Episode 4 Image Name: Painting the Nation - Series 2 Episode 4 Description: Painting the Nation Episode 4 Portrait model Anne Doyle with presenter Pauline McLynn and judges Gabhann Dunne and Una Sealy Copyright: RTÉ 2017
Painting the Nation Image Name: Painting the Nation Description: Painting the Nation Episode 4 Portrait model Anne Doyle with presenter Pauline McLynn Copyright: RTÉ 2017
Painting the Nation Series 2 Episode 4 Image Name: Painting the Nation Series 2 Episode 4 Description: Painting the Nation Episode 4 Presenter Pauline McLynn with portrait model Anne Doyle Copyright: RTÉ 2017

Episode 4 of 5 – Sunday October 15th 

 

This week our painters attempt to capture Anne Doyle on canvas to win a place in the Painting the Nation final.

It’s week four of Painting the Nation and our four remaining painters visit the sunny south east for Portrait Week.

This week, the hopeful semi-finalists will face their most difficult challenges yet as they paint for a place in the Painting the Nation final.

They will first be tasked to paint a self-portrait, and then a portrait of a very familiar Irish face. This second challenge decides who goes through to the final and who goes home, but the painters don’t know the identity of the celebrity sitter.

Based in Ferns, which might give our painters a clue as to who the celebrity is, the foursome must first complete the warm up challenge.

In this self- portrait challenge, the painters take on the difficult task of painting their own face through a mirror.  After a somewhat shaky start they get to grips with their reflection and complete the challenge.

Warm up challenge complete the painters receive feedback from the Judges which will be invaluable to them as they move onto this week’s formidable Exhibition Challenge.

For the Exhibition Challenge our amateurs will paint a portrait from life. This challenge will decide who will be judged Painter of the Week and who will leave the competition.

This week we take inspiration from a portrait in the National Gallery’s Portrait Collection.This collection depicts prominent Irish individuals who have contributed to the civic, social, and cultural life of the nation. Maeve McCarthy’s portrait from the collection of the late, much loved author Maeve Binchy is one such painting.

Painting for a place in the final our painters have three hours to capture a contemporary famous face in oils.

The famous face our painters must capture to win a place in the final is that of former newsreader Anne Doyle.

Not fazed by sitting for three hours Anne allows our painters create their interpretation of her very familiar, household face on canvas.

With the pressure on for a coveted place in the final, will our painters feel the pressure as they struggle to do Anne justice?

What will friends and neighbours of Anne, and the locals of Ferns make of the four different portrayals of a face they know so well?  And what will our judges make of our painter’s attempts to capture Anne Doyle on canvas?

Who will our judges choose as this week’s Painter of the Week?

And which of our amateur painters will win a place in the Painting the Nation Final.