Royal Paintbox

I enjoyed discovering these paintings by Queen Victoria in “Victoria and Albert: Our lives in Watercolour” exhibition at the Laing Art Gallery Newcastle.

So many of the Royal family used to paint, and some still do…have a look at Royal Paintbox.

New figures released by the Royal household show the Prince of Wales has sold £2 million worth of lithographs through his shop at Highgrove, making the heir to the throne one of Britain’s most successful living artists […]
Source: The Telegraph

Featuring HRH The Prince of Wales, Foxtrot’s film Royal Paintbox directed by Margy Kinmonth tells the story of the artists in the British Royal Family.

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Will Prince Charles ever be as beloved as his mother, his sons or Prince George, his baby grandson?

We are about to find out as the royal effort to make the next British king seem more endearing arrives on royals-admiring PBS stations next month.

The news, for clueless Yanks (the Brits already knew this): The Prince of Wales paints. And by all accounts, he’s pretty good at it.

We learn this from Royal Paintbox, a documentary film by British filmmaker Margy Kinmonth, airing on PBS stations on Sept. 12 (check local listings). […]

Read full article: Did you know Prince Charles paints watercolors?
By Maria Puente
First published by USA Today on August 26, 2014

• PREMIERES September 12 on PBS

Foxtrot Films’ cinema documentary ROYAL PAINTBOX, produced & directed by MARGY KINMONTH and executive produced by MAUREEN MURRAY will receive its premiere in Bermuda on Sunday 22 June in the ‘Weekend Film Series’ curated by Bermuda Documentary Film Festival director Duncan Hall www.bermudadocs.com

Foxtrot Films’ Cinema documentary ROYAL PAINTBOX, directed by Margy Kinmonth, has been selected for presentation in the prestigious “Horizons” section of the 32nd International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA), to be held in Montreal, March 20 – 30, 2014. “Horizons” features the latest films on art from around the world, which take a penetrating look at art in all its forms.

ROYAL PAINTBOX has been chosen as a Realscreen MIPCOM Pick 2013, and is described as opening ‘a window into a tantalizing and surprising aspect of royal life.’

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