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Parth G

Hi there. Ā My name is The Artistic Actuary and today I'm going to show you the third of my collection of six YouTube content creators. We've had a...

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Michael Penn

The second of my six YouTube subject areas is maths. Ā This is Michael Penn who does maths videos. Ā He seems to be a pure mathematician, into number...

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David Suchet

It's still too cold to be out painting, so I'm indoors with the coloured pencils again. Ā And, to be honest, I could do with having more portraits...

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Moeen Ali, The Beard To Be Feared

I'm back to cricket player portraits today. Ā After my disastrous Stuart Broad portrait, I'm having another attempt at a bowler who could bat for me...

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Annual Self Portrait 2023

It's that time of year when a certain job comes up. Ā It's time for the annual self portrait, something that I've been looking forward to for a...

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Nasser Hussain

More cricket portraiture with Ā the markers today. Ā I'm going to continue with cricket portraits until I have a complete balanced team together, or...

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Adil Rashid

My third successive cricket portrait and they've all been in different media. Ā Today it's the first outing for markers since last winter. Ā I picked...

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Neil Young In Coloured Pencil

I've had a couple of days off doing a bit of retirement planning but am back on the painting again now. Ā After discovering how my figure drawing...

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James Anderson

I was in the mood to do another oil pastel portrait today and I picked a source photo of James Anderson, the third highest wicket taking test...

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Annual Self Portrait 2022

It's time for the annual self portrait and after two years of inktense pencils, this year's portrait is in oil pastels. Ā I have a long way to go...

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Doctor Richard Maunder

Second up in the Christ's Maths Fellows 1982-86 collection is Richard Maunder. Ā This guy was an absolute legend. Ā He was a pure mathematician, into...

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Oddjob

Ah, Oddjob. Ā Played by Harold Sakata in Goldfinger, he was always going to be in this collection once I'd moved on to henchmen. Once again, I...

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Doctor Julius No

Now that I've convinced myself these are my takes on Bond villains and not just portraits of the actors that played them, I feel liberated and am...

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Auric Goldfinger

I might have only awarded that Emily Ball book one palette but it has got me mood to do some portraits and, in particular to try to get the gaze...

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Cher

Before I head back to watercolours tomorrow, I thought I really should give the marker pens a quick go. Ā So I googled for black and white celebrity...

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Chadwick Boseman

It's only 28th December but a new year's artwork kicks off here. Ā I wanted to have another go at a black and white portrait against a black...

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Robert Plant

Next up in the Led Zep collection is Robert Plant. Ā Those curls were always going to make this a difficult job but I don't think this came out too...

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Neil Peart

Next up in either the Rush collection or supergroup collection is the late Neil Peart, one of the greatest drummers of all time and an amazing...

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