Poll: Do you like Kate's new official portrait?

[Enerchi]

Her first reaction say it all.

Just for the record I lied, or was joking.
I just found those three pics and creating my own captions.

I'm so bad.

I'd say you were bang on! I think it's well executed but aging. I'd love to see her beautiful smile!

 

[Enerchi]

Just looked at the poll results--- there are a lot of NOs here!

 

[kenny]

If you scroll down, this link has a nice video interview of the artist regarding this project.

http://www.helloonline.com/royalty/2013011110702/kate-middleton-national-gallery-portrait/

 

[rosetta]

Hmm. Probably more true to life than the airbrushed photos of her that we are used to seeing.

She has wrinkles in real life, and is very,very thin.

 

[Autumnovember]

Why is her face grey? I would like it if her face color actually looked like a human skin tone. Hers is grey! Wtf?

 

[Laila619]

Why is her face grey? I would like it if her face color actually looked like a human skin tone. Hers is grey! Wtf?

Yeah, maybe it resembles her when she is deathly ill with the flu. Otherwise?

 

[Snicklefritz]

Can I say ewww lala? I think the portrait is hideous, but that Kate is a natural beauty.

 

[Ally T]

I have voted no. Her eyes look tired & her mouth is not lighting up her face like usual. She also looks a bit podgy around the cheeks, and I can guarantee she is not podgy around the cheeks! Her beautiful bone structure looks a bit lost

 

[VRBeauty]

The story mentioned that the artist used a technique that uses many layers of transparent color... maybe the end result just doesn't photograph well, and that accounts for the ghostly pall that we see?

 

[rosetta]

I'll go look at it in person and report back!

 

[ClassyRocks]

Nope!

 

[Malbec54]

Her smile is pinched and it looks like she had a few too many late night soirées...although the portrait looks nice from a distance, it isn't representative of her true beauty and glowing face/smile.

 

[Kaleigh]

I know I wouldn't be pleased. Was he trying to capture her growing into this as in years from now?? To me and no not an art critic but know enough about portriat paintings. He didn't capture her essence, her lovely fun spirit. The lips are pursed, and that isn't her..

 

[VapidLapid]

It would seem in this picture, that she is cursing the artist through her royal smile while flipping him the bird!

 

[PetitiePoire]

This is a terrible representation of her. She's gorgeous, at least in photos. This makes her looks like she has bags around her eyes and is worn out. Not flattering at all.

 

[Amber St. Clare]

Hideous, simply awful. She's a beautiful woman and he managed to make her ugly. Did Camilla pick him?

 

[m-2-b]

Not a fan at all!

 

[MissGotRocks]

Would definitely want it done again. How could you have a subject that beautiful and end up with a painting like that? Terrible!

 

[canuk-gal]

Hi:

PS'ers can vote on the representation of her....but she could not? Honestly, did she have no say in the matter...as to how she was depicted? I thought the Royal Media was carefully "monitored"....

There has to be an epic backstory here. That said, picture--totes fail.

cheers--Sharon

 

[SCrane]

The eyes and hair look like her but I don't think that anything else does. The nose especially looks bad.

 

[Dreamer_D]

I have seen photos in the media where she makes that face, so it might be a natural expression of hers.

 

[junebug17]

Was it really necessary to paint those bags under her eyes She looks exhausted!

 

[kenny]

There has to be an epic backstory here.

Official royal portraits don't fade away like a magazine cover.
They last forever.
I suspect the back story is ... after the Di roller coaster the royal family wants to play down the high-fashion glamor babe thing.

I think toning down the future queen's beauty in her first official portrait was quite intentional and calculated.
No painter at that level executing such an important commission could be this inept.

 

[Laila619]

Here's a picture of her making the pursed lips like in the portrait:

(still much prettier IRL!)

 

[NOYFB]

It's hideous! Seriously, she is such a beautiful woman, but looks 20 years older in this pic. The mind boggles...

 

[tyty333]

I'd ask for a do-over! She is such a beautiful girl!

 

[kenny]

Perhaps Cecilia Gímenez could fix it.
She "restored" that now-infamous fresco of Jesus Christ.

http://www.digitalspy.com/odd/news/a401187/jesus-christ-fresco-painting-ruined-by-botched-restoration-attempt.html

 

[woofmama]

Perhaps Cecilia Gímenez could fix it.
She "restored" that now-infamous fresco of Jesus Christ.

http://www.digitalspy.com/odd/news/a401187/jesus-christ-fresco-painting-ruined-by-botched-restoration-attempt.html

LMAO Kenny! Did you photoshop the Kate? OMG-Too Funny!

 

[kenny]

LMAO Kenny! Did you photoshop the Kate? OMG-Too Funny!

I wish I could claim credit.
There are several Photoshopped ones going viral all over the Internet.
Here are more ...

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/kate-middleton-portrait-gets-viral-1530177

 

[Gypsy]

It shows technical skill but no artistry. I don't think it's art.

And it makes her look 15 years older than she is.