Paint Off 2025
In August 2025, ten artists gathered at Raw Umber Studios in Stroud to paint a portrait from life, in a competition with over £3,000 of prizes.
Here is what happened

Wednesday 22 October, 2025 at 12 PM (UK time)
In August 2025, ten artists gathered at Raw Umber Studios in Stroud to paint a portrait from life, in a competition with over £3,000 of prizes.
In this first episode, we meet the judges and participants, and the artists start work on their portraits.
This video will be available in 3 days' time.
Note that this video isn’t a live session, so there will be no live chat.
Wednesday 22 October, 2025 at 12 PM (UK time)
In August 2025, ten artists gathered at Raw Umber Studios in Stroud to paint a portrait from life, in a competition with over £3,000 of prizes.
In this second episode, the artists take their work to completion.
This video will be available in 3 days' time.
Note that this video isn’t a live session, so there will be no live chat.