The 2020 FIDE Candidates collection is now framed and I have it on display in my art studio.
Month: April 2020
My Sunset’s On Fire
See, this is what happens when I go in without a real plan. After all that experimenting with triads, I wanted to have a go at a painting using...
Summer Swatching
The weekends are getting warmer and, although I did some painting a couple of weeks ago, I don't think the painting season has really started until...
Draw People Every Day, Kagan McLeod – Book Review
Time for another book review. Today it's Draw People Every Day by Kagan McLeod. It's a hefty feeling 196-page paperback. It's a strange book...
Super Blood Wolf Moon
Today was going to be about bright colours. I was still in my orange fixation but was also wanting to give the viridian another good workout. I...
We Will Make Them Give Us Light
After throwing my heart and soul into that last watercolour I wasn't ready to stop for the day. I needed to "warm down" by doing something more...
Bubble Horse Horse Bubble
It's a bank holiday, the sun's out and I'm back on the watercolours for the first time in months. I've been pining for orange over the last couple...
2020 FIDE Candidates Tournament – The Collection
And here's the collection. This is the format in which I want to get them all framed. and that may mean getting a specialist framer to at least...
Fabiano Caruana
And here it is, the last one in the collection. It's world number two Fabiano Caruana. I thought I'd go for a bright green background as that...
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
And today's second portrait is Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. A longer shot, this one, with more of the body showing (looking for variety). The first...
Anish Giri
It's the weekend and I'm back to drawing portraits of the with players in the FIDE Candidates tournament. Today it's Anish Giri, a player with a...