Category: Portraits

Marker Portraits Poll Results

So here are the results of my latest poll. Only a handful of surprises there.  Bernardine Evaristo did better than I expected, James Coburn and...

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Eli Wallach

Today on Portrait Artist Of The Week It was Clare Balding.  I didn’t rate my chances of doing Clare justice so I've instead headed back to The...

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The Magnificent Seven

  And here's the set all together.  I actually think they work well as a collection.  They all have something different to bring to the party, just...

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And Introducing Horst Buchholz

And here's the last one in the set.  It's Horst Buchholz as Chico. I'm not sure he's instantly recognisable unless you're looking at all seven...

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Yul Brynner

One more member of the Magnificent Seven.  It's Yul Brynner as Chris Adams.  I would say he's the coolest of the seven but I think Britt (James...

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Steve McQueen

Back to the Magnificent Seven and it's Steve McQueen as Vin Tanner. I really struggled to get. a likeness, so thought I'd have some fun with...

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Noel Fielding

When I heard in Friday that Noel Fielding was going to be this week's model for Portrait Artist Of The Week, I knew I had to have a go.  Not...

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Robert Vaughn

I take it back.  It's Robert Vaughn, not Steve McQueen that's hardest to draw.  I did a lot of drawing and rubbing out before ending with this...

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Charles Bronson

I was late out of bed this morning and it looked a bit too hot outside so I'm back to drawing with markers this morning. I'm back to the...

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Brad Dexter

Back for one more of The Magnificent Seven before I put the markers away for another week. Number two in the collection is Brad Dexter who played...

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Will Young

This week's model on Portrait Artist Of The Week was Will Young. Look, I'll keep this short.  This is terrible.  I have trouble with well kept...

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James Coburn

Back to the markers and it's time to start on a new series of portraits.  I've done a series of chess players and a series of quantum physicists....

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Judge Rindler

My latest entry for Sky Portrait Artist Of The Week is "Judge" Rob Rindler.  He's the first celebrity model that I've heard of so far.  I've not...

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Rankin

. It’s portrait artist of the week again.  This week it's John Rankin Waddell, aka Rankin, famous portrait and fashion photographer and director....

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Statistical Physicists

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...

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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...

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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. ...

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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...

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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...

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