{"id":2348970,"date":"2026-03-28T09:08:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T09:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2348970"},"modified":"2026-03-28T09:08:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T09:08:05","slug":"ronni-ancona-helena-kennedy-julian-fellowes-heat-portrait-artist-of-the-year-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ronni-ancona-helena-kennedy-julian-fellowes-heat-portrait-artist-of-the-year-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronni Ancona Helena Kennedy Julian Fellowes Heat | Portrait Artist of the Year UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ztoomo-WXEw?autoplay=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Artists paint Ronni Ancona, Helena Kennedy and Julian Fellowes at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. 12 painters compete in a four hour portrait challenge judged by Kathleen Soriano.<\/p>\n<p>00:00:00 Introduction to Portrait Artist of the Year<br \/>\n00:04:03 Artists Prepare and Meet Their Sitters<br \/>\n00:08:22 Setting the Poses and Starting the Challenge<br \/>\n00:12:54 Artists Begin Blocking Out Their Portraits<br \/>\n00:17:32 Judges Discuss Poses and Artistic Approaches<br \/>\n00:21:20 Midpoint Progress and Judges Early Opinions<br \/>\n00:25:25 Final Hour Crunch and Artist Reflections<br \/>\n00:30:00 Last Minutes and Sitters Choose Their Favorites<br \/>\n00:35:16 Judges Deliberate and Select the Shortlist<br \/>\n00:39:27 Winner Announced and Final Reflections<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to Banijay Arts \u2013 your home for powerful art shows and compelling stories from the worlds of culture, history, and the human experience. From intimate artist profiles to captivating explorations of creativity, identity, and heritage, this is where thought-provoking storytelling takes centre stage.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it\u2019s unforgettable biopics, fascinating cultural deep-dives, or iconic moments captured on film, Banijay Arts celebrates the stories that shape our world. Subscribe now and explore a curated collection of moving, meaningful, and visually rich content.<\/p>\n<p>Discover more \u2013 click to subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCUm4cFltc-2eBxGg5KXRuKw?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>#artdocumentary #banijayarts #trueartstories #artshow<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ztoomo-WXEw\">Video Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artists paint Ronni Ancona, Helena Kennedy and Julian Fellowes at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. 12 painters compete in a four hour portrait challenge judged by Kathleen Soriano. 00:00:00 Introduction to Portrait Artist of the Year 00:04:03 Artists Prepare and Meet Their Sitters 00:08:22 Setting the Poses and Starting the Challenge 00:12:54 Artists [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2348971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25180],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2348970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videos"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774688884_maxresdefault.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2348970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2348970"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2348970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2348972,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2348970\/revisions\/2348972"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2348971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2348970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2348970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2348970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}