Early this year my Mum (Lindsay Pritchard) entered Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year and got a call back to go on the show - she was so overwhelmed.
Her episode was filmed at Knaresborough Castle in Harrogate on the 21st June. We headed up to Yorkshire the day before and detoured to the castle where they were filming the first day of the competition. On the day of filming, it was an early start, everyone was nervous and excited. All the artists competing that day had a few hours to set up their pods and decide how they were going to capture the space in front of them. Once started, we weren’t allowed to disturb them and had to try to keep out of as many shots as possible which was virtually impossible given the amount of cameras around. The presenters, Frank Skinner and Dame Joan Bakewell, went around the artists one by one to interview each of them and check on their progress.
Her episode was filmed at Knaresborough Castle in Harrogate on the 21st June. We headed up to Yorkshire the day before and detoured to the castle where they were filming the first day of the competition. On the day of filming, it was an early start, everyone was nervous and excited. All the artists competing that day had a few hours to set up their pods and decide how they were going to capture the space in front of them. Once started, we weren’t allowed to disturb them and had to try to keep out of as many shots as possible which was virtually impossible given the amount of cameras around. The presenters, Frank Skinner and Dame Joan Bakewell, went around the artists one by one to interview each of them and check on their progress.
Now for the judging… my Dad and I had spoken to the judges earlier in the day and they couldn’t emphasise enough how difficult it was to judge correctly and put their emotions aside. The judging took a few hours and then it was time for the line up to see who had made it to the final. It was such a tense moment for all the artists and their families! Unfortunately my Mum didn’t make it through the final but Fadi who was in the pod next to her did. He’d focused on painting the other contestants rather than the castle grounds with my mum right in the middle of the painting so in a way, she still made it to the final. I’m so proud of my Mum, out of thousands of entries she managed to make it onto the show.
Congratulations Lindsay
https://www.lindsaypritchardart.co.uk
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Content source: www.pritchart.co.uk/blog
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