What was your primary motivation for purchasing this course?
Other
“I would like to have seen a lot more of his process rather than here him talk about it. A lot of repetition and often doesn't say much at all with lots of words. Visual art is ltireally a visual medium and this talking head style, in the era of high quality youtubes and online classes this doesn't quite measure up. I am a fan of his painting and think he would have more to teach than this format gave.”
Hi there,
Thanks for your review. We value every BBC Maestro customer, and really value your feedback.
All courses have detailed course notes to accompany them, which a lot of learners find really useful when watching a course, especially when completing the course exercises. Hopefully that's give you a little more in terms of the practical application of Yeo's techniques :)
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Rebecca
What was your primary motivation for purchasing this course?
Learn a new skill
“Most people will watch this course with a view to start portrait painting. I learnt how one man goes about his job, but nothing really about various drawing techniques, exact colour mixing, timings; just a lot of hand waving by a nice enough man who used 'sort of' a little too much.”
Hi Annie,
Thanks for your review. We value every BBC Maestro customer, and really value your feedback.
All courses have detailed course notes to accompany them, which a lot of learners find really useful when watching a course, especially when completing the course exercises to gain that more practical experience.
I can see you also have a full subscription to BBC Maestro. With a subscription, you have access to all of our amazing courses across 8 categories, so we're sure you'll find something you like. You can browse all of our courses here: https://www.bbcmaestro.com/courses - we have some other great art and design courses, including a new course on Interior Design launching in the New Year!
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Rebecca
What was your primary motivation for purchasing this course?
Learn a new skill, Pursue a hobby
“I have only done a few episodes so far but I am very dissapointed. So far it is just watching Mr. Yeo talk. It is all very abstract advise and unhelpful to someone who is farily new to portrait painting. I understood this course to be teaching one how to paint not just listening to a famous artist go on and on about his experiences and thoughts.”
What was your primary motivation for purchasing this course?
Learn a new skill
“This is the ONLY painting course I've ever signed up to that is essentially hours of an artist talking about portrait painting without any techniques being demonstrated by the tutor!! There are occasional short snippets of the artist painting an actor which is already in progress and not actually being taught. There are also lots of photos of finished portraits. Jonathan Yeo is a talented artist but honestly it should have been made clear by the BBC that this class is just Jonathan talking about portrait painting and is not actually the artist demonstrating portrait painting techniques. I would not have signed up to this if I'd known. Disappointing.”
What was your primary motivation for purchasing this course?
Achieve career goals
“It was such a joy to discover the course with Jonathan Yeo, as I am a fan of his work, but I'm very disappointed. I was hoping to get real instructions and demonstrations of how Jonathan works, how he chooses certain colours and how he tackles problems that might arise during the process of painting. But this course is really a very long monologue and some footage of a portrait being painted, but it is not a teaching course with instructions etc. And as examples we get many finished portraits, which are beautiful, but he doesn't discuss why and how he made them a certain way. I am already painting portraits and I am sorry to say that I learnt very little new insights in the eight hours of this course. I sometimes found it difficult to sit out long discussions, but as the course is not cheap, I felt I had to finish the whole thing.”
Hi Stefanie,
Thank you for your feedback. We value every BBC Maestro customer and we're sorry to hear you are underwhelmed with your purchase.
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Rebecca
What was your primary motivation for purchasing this course?
Pursue a hobby
“Far too much talking; not enough demonstration of techniques and methodology or information about, e.g. canvas types, preferred paints etc. This was not what I expected and I’m very glad that at least I didn’t pay the full price.”
Hi Coral,
Thanks for your review. We value every BBC Maestro customer, and really value your feedback.
All courses have detailed course notes to accompany them, which a lot of learners find really useful when watching a course, especially when completing the course exercises. These might give you an opportunity to practice which I hope you find useful!
I hope this helps, but feel free to contact our amazing customer service team at support@bbcmaestro.com if you would like more support!
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Rebecca
What was your primary motivation for purchasing this course?
Pursue a hobby
“I was expecting instruction on how to paint, but mainly got chat and naval gazing. Slightly disappointing given the high cost, but still an interesting and enjoyable experience... just don't expect any tips or tricks on how to be a better painter. Also, the camera annoyingly panned back and forth too often.”
Hi Robert,
Thanks for your review. We value every BBC Maestro customer, and really value your feedback.
All courses have detailed course notes to accompany them, which a lot of learners find really useful when watching a course, especially when completing the course exercises. I hope you get a chance to explore some of those and that they give you an opportunity to put the learnings from Jonathan Yeo into practice!
I hope this helps, but feel free to contact our amazing customer service team at support@bbcmaestro.com if you would like more support!
Best,
Rebecca
What was your primary motivation for purchasing this course?
Other
“Basically, the course is a very long and repetitive interview with Jonathan Yeo. At first, it might be interesting to learn about the early career of a successful artist. However, after a while, the videos start to repeat the same things in an endless conversation about very basic tips, without depth and with little educational content. There is very little theory or practical demonstrations, and many basic tips for beginners that can be learned from any oil painting video on YouTube. For those who already paint, it will be difficult to finish all the videos. The course is quite disappointing.”
Hi Joao,
Thank you for your feedback. We value every BBC Maestro customer and we're sorry to hear you are underwhelmed with your purchase.
We'd love to give you the opportunity to try out another BBC Maestro course - we have so many great courses that I'm sure we have something else for you to enjoy. Please get in touch with our amazing customer support team at support@bbcmaestro.com to let them know if there's another course that interests you and we can get this actioned for you.
Best,
Rebecca
