She Ain't No Oil Painting.

[SIRandyraven]

oh dear.
Here is me reading about welfare cutbacks , public sector pay freezes and the general state of things in the world at the moment and then I saw this.

Guess they should have tried Rolf Harris , couple of gallons of paint from B&Q and he could have knocked something up for them.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2260655/Kate-Middleton-Rotten-official-portrait-Duchess-Cambridge-artist-Paul-Emsley-unveiled.html

So funny ...different world they live in , isn't it ?

[DTCwordfan]

It's not KM DoC, it's a young Edwina Currie and she has just done a Monica on John Major.

[emmie]

can't say i like the portrait, it doesn't seem to do her justice, also makes her look rather matronly and much older.

[AlwaysConfused]

She's aged 10 years over night!

[Baldric]

Been discussed here,

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1206048.html

don't think it does her justice.

[friedgreentomato]

Oh did the tax payer pay for it then?

[2sp_]

The Emsley bloke obviously doesn't like her much!

It's not very flattering.

[Mick-Talbot]

Quick glance ........broken nose and a cod eye.

[Dee Sa]

I think its okay.

[PiedPiper13]

Not good.

[Khandro]

It is so obviously the product of a photograph that it may as well have been just that. The reason nearly all portraits are unsmiling is that it is not possible for a sitter to hold anything but a natural relaxed expression for the length of time required to paint a portrait.
She does though have bags under her eyes and a rather fleshy nose in reality.
What is your point about cutbacks, are artists supposed to starve? It's called trickle-down economics, and we need more, not less of it.

[SIRandyraven]

The tax payer funds everything they do , directly and indirectly.

Even there personal wealth is money taken from the state at some point in the past.

[SIRandyraven]

Let them eat cake.

[SIRandyraven]

One would hope in these days of cutbacks and austerity , they would have the common sense and manners not to flaunt there wealth. Set an example.

[corylus]

Looks like a bad waxwork model

[emmie]

certainly makes her look too old..

[Khandro]

How would the non-commissioning of this portrait have had any significance on your 'state'? You sound rather confused.

[Nibble]

Mmmmmm Photoshop doesn't seem to work as well for some "artists", but he'll learn when he stops trying to paint.

[sg]

The painter is technically brilliant, there is no doubt in that. Have a look at his other work and you can see that comparisons with Rolf Harris paint chucking and implying that he's Photoshopped up a fake painting are missing the mark. Whether you like it or not because you want to see a pretty girl picture is another thing.

[Nibble]

Its a photoshop job, painted from a photo - onto canvas (with a smattering of "talent" from the artist), but the Duchess of Cambridge likes it, so the customer is always right. My opinion of the finished article has no bearing on the merit of the portrait, but I feel that it's not very well executed. IMHO

[giveup]

Makes her look a bit cross eyed.