And here are the YouTube six in their full glory. Somehow Lee's ugly arms and Liron's cartoony smile are no longer a problem. These six guys just...
Category: Chess
Antonio Radic, Agadmator’s Chess Channel
Hello everyone. Today I'm going to show you an amazing portrait that you're going to want to show to all your friends at the bar and library....
Ten Greatest Chess Players
Continuing to experiment, today I'm trying two new approaches with the new drawing technique: multiple portraits crammed together and combining...
The Frankenstein-Dracula Variation
After reading Painting By Design by Charles Reid, I felt ready to attempt my first watercolour portrait. It started off as the world chess...
The 2020 FIDE Candidates Collection Framed!
The 2020 FIDE Candidates collection is now framed and I have it on display in my art studio.
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...
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...