DRAWING PRIZE 2025 WINNERS: CONGRATULATIONS to Florence Yuqing WITH HER PORTRAIT TITLED ‘Self, For Now’ Q. How long did your portrait take to make? Is there anything about the process you’d like to share? The portrait took me around four to five hours to complete. This drawing feels quite special to me, as…
DRAWING PRIZE 2025 WINNERS: CONGRATULATIONS to Caroline Burraway WITH HER PORTRAIT TITLED ’Tarik: The Face of a Modern Diaspora’ Q. How long did your portrait take to make? Is there anything about the process you’d like to share? Each drawing takes several months and are explored through many layers in an endless ‘dance’.…
WILLIAM LOCK PORTRAIT PRIZE 2025 WINNER: ROGIER WILLEMS WITH HIS PORTRAIT TITLED ‘ELVAN’ £20,000 for the most timeless portrait with a real feeling for paint and its aesthetic potential! “I have always kept a certain distance from the art world. I have no representation, I take on few portrait commissions, and I rarely enter…
DRAWING PRIZE 2025 WINNERS: CONGRATULATIONS to Anastasia Mironova WITH HER PORTRAIT TITLED ‘Self Portrait’ Q. How long did your portrait take to make? Is there anything about the process you’d like to share? I started this portrait very spontaneously, at a time of quiet reflection and transition. I was spending a lot of…
DRAWING PRIZE 2025 WINNERS: CONGRATULATIONS to Manny Woodard with her portrait titled ‘Iris’ How long did your portrait take to make? Is there anything about the process you’d like to share? My drawing took about six hours to complete. I begin by lightly sketching with charcoal, and once I find a comfortable composition on…
DRAWING PRIZE 2025 WINNERS: CONGRATULATIONS to Laura Arenson with her portrait titled ‘Before Life’ This drawing was made over several sittings. It was drawn from life alongside other artists at the lovely life drawing group I attend each week in London. Wherever possible, I will draw from life so that I can observe…
DRAWING PRIZE 2025 WINNERS: CONGRATULATIONS to LEAH DAVIS WITH HIS PORTRAIT TITLED ‘Shona and Fíadh’ Q. How long did your portrait take to make? Is there anything about the process you’d like to share? Usually I work quite quickly, not out of intention but out of organic process and to allow the energy…
DRAWING PRIZE 2025 WINNERS: CONGRATULATIONS to SAM CLAYDEN WITH HIS PORTRAIT TITLED ‘Rob Cleaning a Glass’ Q. How long did your portrait take to make? Is there anything about the process you’d like to share? The drawing took three or so hours. It was a study for a larger painting that is almost…
CONGRATULATIONS TO RP Michael Taylor who has a portrait titled ‘Self Portrait with Grave Goods’ in a major new exhibition opening soon in Istanbul… The exhibition titled ‘Folia’ is to be held in the amazing Abdülmecid Efendi Mansion. The exhibition is drawn from works in the Ömer Koç collection. Themed around “the enchanted garden”…
Image: Curtis Holder, ‘Terry Higgins (‘Terry Higgins – Three Ages of Terry’)’, coloured pencil on paper CONGRATULATIONS TO Our Critical Writing Prize 2024 winner Steve Slack who has some great news… “Join museum writer Steve Slack as he presents his research on LGBTQ+ portraits in the National Portrait Gallery Collection, exploring what it means…