Landscape Artist of the Year

Chartwell House, Kent: This year's competition kicks off as a new batch of hopefuls head to Kent to shoot their shot at impressing the judges with their paintbrush skills.

The artists look to wow the judges with more stunning portraits as the competition continues to get intense.

The artists head to another stunning location to wow the judges with their portraits in just four hours as the competition continues.

A return to the Chartwell House in Kent, where another batch of contestants takes on the challenge of painting the historic Churchill home in just four hours.

The artists head to another stunning location to wow the judges with their portraits in just four hours as the competition continues.

It's the sixth and final heat, and the artists are challenged to capture the urban landscape surrounding Hackney's West Reservoir.

With only three spots in the final, the remaining six semi-finalists and one Wildcard Winner must pull out all the stops to make it to the end.

The finalists take in the scene at the London Docklands and try to secure the crown with visions of the landscape across the Thames to the Millennium Dome.

This year's winner heads to Snowdonia to take on and complete a 10,000-pounds commission to commemorate Dinas Oleu for the National Trust. It is the fragmentary remains of an Iron Age enclosure the coastal town of Barnmouth.