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Post by jacqui on Feb 9, 2011 12:51:53 GMT
Thanks Crumbs!
I don't think i could sit still if I had to either!
Looking forward to watching it ;D
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Post by lindenchase on Feb 15, 2011 14:40:09 GMT
A bump and a reminder, that this is on tonight.  An upload would be greatly appreciated!  |
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Post by antonia on Feb 15, 2011 14:48:55 GMT
Yes please!
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Post by jacqui on Feb 15, 2011 21:14:01 GMT
This was very interesting to watch, John Myatt is obviously a very talented artist in his own but clearly he struggled with this style of painting. But the end result was very good, he wasn't out to "copy" per se just but his own twist on the original.
I think James looked a bit unsure about the end result but quite pleased to immortalized in paint at the age of 25 ;D and who wouldn't be quite honestly.
A good program, I look forward to Steven Fry's episode.
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Post by xjsarah on Feb 15, 2011 23:45:48 GMT
I thought this programme was really good. Very interesting and informative. Definitely worth a look if possible. |
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Post by eshalda on Feb 15, 2011 23:58:40 GMT
I liked the programme, but didn't like the picture. I liked James comment on the woman in the picture who looked like an old girlfriend, but was too posh for his liking, as he liked a woman to be more arty and dishevelled .When asked who he would chose, he said the one I live with, a Spice girl ,Faye Dunnaway or Penelope Keith. I think the artist really did struggle with the painting, and I wondered if james was just been polite saying he liked it, or whether he really did.
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Post by dit on Feb 16, 2011 0:47:05 GMT
Interesting programme. James was familiar with the original and seemed genuinely interested as to how he would fit into it. He asked a couple of perceptive questions for someone who claims not to be artistic and pinpointed the difference between technique and artistic creativity.
I do like the way he repeated comments he's made over the years about preferring the lady/ladies in his life to be arty and a bit dishevelled, possibly because I'm....well, you get the idea!
I agree that Myatt clearly found this style hard work. Anyone who works in the traditional genre would find this technique a challenge. I liked him; I understood what he was trying to achieve. I felt that James was surprised but impressed with the end result, but genuinely liked it.
I do wonder if James meant Felicity Kendal rather than Penelope Keith, though. And is it lew who has expressed a wish for James' eyebrows to be trimmed? Good to know he did that for this programme!
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Post by fallatyourfeet on Feb 16, 2011 8:00:14 GMT
If James likes Penelope Keith that just endears him to me even more. ;D My Hubby likes her.  ;D |
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Post by lindenchase on Feb 18, 2011 14:28:50 GMT
I have searched the internet for a torrent, but so far to no avail. Even TheBox is letting me down on this one. :-(
Has anyone else managed to download it?
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Post by fallatyourfeet on Feb 18, 2011 14:52:49 GMT
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Post by lindenchase on Feb 18, 2011 16:00:14 GMT
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Post by lew on Feb 18, 2011 16:19:46 GMT
I did dit, as long as they were trimmed and not plucked which in my mind is not at all manly  And I can do dishevelled very well, a day on the farm does wonders ;D  Oh and thanks for the linky and the lady that does the linky |
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Post by jacqui on Feb 18, 2011 16:35:11 GMT
He knew you'd be watching Lew - got them done just for you he did ;D |
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Post by lew on Feb 18, 2011 19:56:14 GMT
More like he'll grow them more ;D.
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Post by key on Feb 20, 2011 20:50:14 GMT
Just wondering.......
Where is the blue in his eyes in the painting?
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Post by antonia on Feb 21, 2011 10:57:07 GMT
Cheers for the download.Enjoyed thoughly.
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Post by devil-may-care on Feb 21, 2011 20:36:36 GMT
Loved the program! I was nervous for James! The initial sketch he did of James was quite good. ;D
Could have used less Hyundai commercials in the second half though. Do they honestly think I'm going to go out and buy an Elantra just because they kept interrupting the program at crucial moments to show me kids in beds that are too short for them!?
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Post by devil-may-care on Mar 30, 2011 16:23:37 GMT
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Post by dit on May 11, 2011 16:27:59 GMT
Little bump, but has anyone noticed an odd coincidence?
When the TG3 had to justify the art/design element of cars they'd chosen to a team of art experts (don't know the exact episode but I'm sure you'll know the one I mean), the original of that Lichtenstein is clearly seen on the wall behind James when he's talking.
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Post by eolise on Dec 2, 2011 17:39:50 GMT
Just (TRIED to, as the video sucks and keeps stopping) watched the video and I must say that yea, James is delightful, as always, been the painting *ahem*  |
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Post by Vivienne on Jan 12, 2012 0:36:15 GMT
I agree, especially the original painting.
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Post by dit on Jan 12, 2012 0:40:01 GMT
PLEASE folks, read this before Vivienne's post just above otherwise it won't make sense, and it's my fault! (Sorry Vivienne, I put my post on here, then took it out and put it in Pics of James. Then I thought it would be better here, came back and you'd responded. So I'm putting it back in here, where it makes better sense, to be fair. Phew!) I'm probably over-stretching reality a bit here, but I can see a passing resemblance between this pic of James, the original Lichtenstein painting and the version from "Fame in the Frame". Yes, I know the angle of the head is different but there's something about the set of his jaw... Could be just me, I suppose! (And in the 'weird coincidences' department, just as I clicked on the James pic to put it with the others, Paul Merton said 'Lichtenstein' on the TV chunnering away quietly in the corner. It was a question in HIGNFY saying that you can hire the whole of the principality for £40,000 per night. I 'do' synchonicity quite a lot, you know!)  |
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Post by adrianmay on Jan 12, 2012 0:42:13 GMT
Good call Dit. I like the analogy.
Can't stand what Myatt did to our James. He looks like Liberace.
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Post by Vivienne on Jan 12, 2012 1:03:42 GMT
Actually I think the copy looks kind of like Nathaniel Parker of Inspector Lynley.
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Post by jmsquared on Jan 12, 2012 2:43:59 GMT
There is nothing of James in the copy. Nat, could you have a go at this? Not the whole painting but just the line drawing of James at that angle. Only if you want to.
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Post by eolise on Jan 14, 2012 0:31:18 GMT
I could try......   thankyou for saying that... *hides under DMC's blanket* |
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Post by ElerVim on Jan 14, 2012 6:30:30 GMT
The only thing I see of James in that painting is the shirt. Other than that, no. I'd love to see Nat take a swing at it! |
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Post by eolise on Jan 14, 2012 7:55:10 GMT
But it's a bit cartoon-ish, maybe you could try and make one as well! |
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Post by ElerVim on Jan 15, 2012 2:50:38 GMT
Oof, I have put him in his flowery shirt before...That style is incredibly hard to replicate and I would probably end up making him look like a fox anyway! ;D
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Post by eolise on Jan 15, 2012 9:31:49 GMT
lol, well, I just am not going to draw the flowers... I think.... LOL, well, that could be nice, a driving fox-James. ;D |
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I love a man who can handle a gun 
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but the ever reliable Helen has it on her Dailymotion site
And I can do dishevelled very well, a day on the farm does wonders ;D 
thankyou for saying that... *hides under DMC's blanket*
