Following winning the Sky Portrait Artist of the Year 2025, I found out that I was commissioned by the Royal Society to paint a portrait of Mathematician and broadcaster, Professor Hannah Fry! In this final saga of PAOTY, I will be going through my experience of meeting Hannah, building a connection and my process of making the commissioned portrait. I've split this last blog post into Studies/ The Sittings , Making The Portrait , and the final Hannah Fry Portrait . In total, I had three...

In addition to the final celebrity sitter, finalists are required to make a portrait of a loved one - in this case, I painted my housemate and best friend, Matt. In this blog post and in my desire to teach people about monoprinting, I wanted to discuss this portrait, including the process, challenges and certain decisions I made before painting Brian Cox in the last leg of the competition. Matt, Housemate 2025 Mixed-media (monotype, watercolour and pastel) on Hahnemühle paper Image size: 100...

So, the final is here, and if you've already watched the episode, you'd know that I am honoured to have been named the winner of this year's Portrait Artist of the Year competition! I've made a separate post about the commission piece I made of my housemate and best friend, Matt, which you can read here . Before getting into the thick of my portrait of Brian Cox, I wanted to talk a bit about making a monotype for the finals. Like my other posts, I've broken up my blog into the following...