Portrait Artist of the Year | Painting with Alan Cumming | S02 E09 | All Documentary

The victorious artist bags the winning commission of £10,000 for 2014 by making a painting of Alan Cumming for the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. Portrait Artist of the Year is a competition art show aiming to find the best portrait painter of the year. Each episode features a regional competition and contestants are challenged to produce a portrait of one of three famous sitters. As the competition goes on, three artists will remain, and these finalists will have their work displayed in the world-famous National Portrait Gallery in London. The winner eventually receives a $10,000 commission to become a permanent part of the British Library! Subscribe here for more full length documentaries:    / @banijaydocumentaries   Welcome to All Documentary, the home of amazing documentaries! Here you will find full length documentaries and full episodes from our documentary series, covering true crime, medical, science and more.