And next up is world number 3, Ding Liren. He's not doing too well at the candidates with just 2.5/7 at the point the tournament was paused. I...
Month: March 2020
Alexander Grischuk
Still tearing through the players at the 2020 FIDE Candidates tournament, starting today with Alexander "Sasha" Grischuk. He's drawn all seven of...
Wang Hao
My last chess portrait for the day. I really should have stopped at two. This portrait is instantly recognisable as my work but not so instantly...
Ian Nepomniachtchi
Next up is joint tournament leader Ian Nepomniachtchi, generally referred to as Nepo, although I don't know whether people call him that to his...
Kirill Alekseenko
Being stuck inside all day, I don't see much hope for doing many watercolours for a while. And with me actually having a piece of work on a the...
Urban Watercolor Sketching, Felix Scheinberger – Book Review
This is a weird book. I went into it open-eyed, already aware that, despite its name, this wasn’t a book on urban sketching. I mean, you only...
Henry Fonda, Once Upon A Time In The West
Back on the markers again and, for whatever reason, I've developed a taste for drawing portraits. Today, though, rather than looking for photos of...