And here are the four of them together. Back in my uni days, Statistical Physics was the course that came up trumps for me in every paper of my...
Year: 2020
Albert Einstein
Back to the physicists and I think everybody should recognise this guy. While I think I've got the likeness (for once) I've messed up in other...
New Court, Christ’s College, Cambridge
I saw a great stock photo on LinkedIn the other day. There was a sky in it that was yellow and pink on the left and blue, pink and purple on the...
Drying Brushes
I thought I was being clever using old unpaired socks to dry my brushes while I was painting but found that they just got wet too quickly and...
Satyendra Nath Bose
The latest physicist in the series. This is Satyendra Nath Bose. The man who bosons are named after. And I guess a few sets of headphones too. ...
Bernardine Evaristo
I had my first go at Sky Portrait Artist Of The Week today. Award winning author Bernardine Evaristo has been sat there on a Facebook feed while...
Paul Dirac
I'm on a roll. Where there's a Fermi, there has to be a Dirac. Unfortunately this one isn't as good. I had some trouble with Dirac's left eye...
Enrico Fermi
It's time to start a new series of portraits. As I felt good about drawing all those chess players, I'm going to go for another intelligent bunch...
The 2020 FIDE Candidates Collection Framed!
The 2020 FIDE Candidates collection is now framed and I have it on display in my art studio.
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...
Ding Liren
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...