Grayson Perry’s Art Club

[Vagus]

Is back again, started last Friday for anyone interested and enjoyed his last series. I only caught the second half on Friday but saw the first half on catch up yesterday.
He comes across as such a nice person, and I love his ceramics.

[emmie]

he was featured on the ONe Show the other day, him and his wife, he comes across as such a nice bloke.

[margarettom]

I saw a pair of his large pots on display a few years back in a gallery, (can’t remember which one). They were great.
I’ve watched some of his programs in the past. In one series he made a huge tapestry based on the people he met. He does seem to be able to relate to anyone. Perhaps because he is not judgemental.

[lady-janine]

He does seem to be a nice person and the shows he does with his wife are so enjoyable.
Went to an exhibition of his work many years ago and have to say I found some of his pots a bit lumpen. But I'm sure they are much better now. Not a criticism but just as I found them.

[pastafreak]

The more I see of Grayson Perry, the more I like him. He connects so well with people, without being soppy, or condescending.

[naomi24]

I like Grayson Perry but I switched the first of his art programmes off after about the first ten minutes. They mentioned Covid/lockdown several times and I found that depressing. I haven’t watched it since. I want to be entertained - not reminded of doom and gloom.

I like Landscape Artist of the Year.

[Mamyalynne]

I enjoyed last year's Art Club and this looks to be equally as good so far.

[AuntPollyGrey]

Naomi: That was the point of his first Art Club -to encourage people to take a negative and turn it into a positive. To encourage people to start dabbling in Art in whatever form, as a distraction to the Pandemic, and not being worried they were 'not good enough'. I love all his programmes and his attitude; he seems very genuine and not at all up himself like a lot of these Arty types can be.

Landscape/Portrait Artist of the year -well I watch it but admit FF the middle bits as it gets quite tedious.

[pastafreak]

Naomi, you really should watch the first series if it's still on catch up. It was one of the most uplifting things I've seen in a long time. I had a smile on my face at the end of each weeks programme and wanted more. Nothing depressing at all about it.

[Lie-in King]

I enjoyed the first series & am looking forward to starting this one.

[naomi24]

APG, I know what the point of it was. Telling me once would have been enough.

[AuntPollyGrey]

Naomi: //APG, I know what the point of it was. //

Naomi 'knows' a programme is about Art during the pandemic.
Naomi watches it.
Naomi complains she turned it off after 10 minutes because it referred to Covid and Lockdown.......

Did you honestly expect Grayson was going to do a programme about Art during the Pandemic and not mention the above?
Obviously, something hasn't sunk in -maybe you should have read the Radio Times twice to make sure you knew what the programme was about.

[Maydup]

Its a great programme and they are a lovely couple. It has a really strong sense of inclusivity which is so very rare, and helps to remind me that everyone is in the same boat during these long lockdown months. Arts and crafts can be isolating hobbies and this series has gone a long way to reduce that feeling.

[burlyshirley]

I've never seen this, but I really like Portrait Artist of the Year as has been mentioned on here. Would love to be able to paint a portrait.

[lady-janine]

BurlyS - try. All you need is something that makes a mark and something to make a mark on. First 100 not that good but getting better all the time. Persevere and you'll get there. Honest.

[burlyshirley]

I tried many years ago in school Lj as I used to love art, but I was just never any good at it. The teacher drew a quick charcoal drawing of my face from the side and it was excellent, Mum treasured that portrait. I just couldn't compare. It's such a gift to be able to create another person's likeness.

[pastafreak]

It needn't be a realistic likeness though. Capture a person's personality instead.

[lady-janine]

Agreed Pasta. Emphasise hair or specs or something else that tells you who they are.

[AuntPollyGrey]

What I've got from Grayson's programmes are that your artwork does not have to be perfect as long as its honest. Like he said -if you want a perfect likeness take a photo. It's certainly inspired me to think about doing some different types of artwork including using some of the fleece from my sheep. I wonder if anyone on AB has sent in any artwork for his programme?

[naomi24]

APG, what was it about ‘I know what the point of it was’ that you didn’t understand?

[Mamyalynne]

One of Grayson's favourite images that made it to the exhibition last year was a row of bins, so you certainly don't need to be good at depicting people.