Virgin Virtuosos s01e01 pdtv xvid

Art genius and former master forger John Myatt has set himself the ultimate challenge. He believes ...Art genius and former master forger John Myatt has set himself the ultimate challenge. He believes he can take absolutely any novice and discover the artist within them. In this series, we put Johns skills as an experienced and gifted teacher to the test. In each episode, we give him a set of paints, a canvas and a celebrity art novice. John has just one day to find the budding artist within his pupil. His task is to coach them into creating a work of art that they never thought possible. If he succeeds, theyll be surprised and delighted to have found a latent talent they didn’t know they had and Sky Arts viewers will have learned techniques they could use to find the artists within themselves too. Its a tough challenge, but we will make it just a little easier for John … We will bring each celebrity to a real life landscape that we all recognise from a great work of art and John will teach them to paint right there. We hope the settings will inspire his pupils, just as they did Turner or Constable, for example. The celebrities will not have to paint in the style of an old master, since John is trying to release the artist within them and it’s their own style he’s after.

Virgin Virtuosos Series 1 Episode 1: Bill Baily
Sky Arts 1
Wednesday 3rd February 2010,
20:00 to 20:30

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