{"id":2396090,"date":"2026-04-30T13:43:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T13:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2396090"},"modified":"2026-04-30T13:43:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T13:43:18","slug":"callum-paints-violinist-nicola-benedetti-portrait-portrait-artist-of-the-year-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/callum-paints-violinist-nicola-benedetti-portrait-portrait-artist-of-the-year-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Callum Paints Violinist Nicola Benedetti Portrait | Portrait Artist of the Year UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u-qKQK8ulBE?autoplay=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Portrait Artist winner Callum Stevenson takes on his biggest challenge yet: painting world-renowned violinist Nicola Benedetti for the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. Follow his journey from sketch to unveiling.<\/p>\n<p>00:00:00 Welcome to Portrait Artist of the Year<br \/>\n00:04:49 Callum&#8217;s Artistic Journey and Style Explored<br \/>\n00:09:00 Meeting at Scottish National Portrait Gallery<br \/>\n00:13:37 First Rehearsal Sitting with Nicola Benedetti<br \/>\n00:18:45 Westminster Abbey Drawing Session and Inspiration<br \/>\n00:23:08 Watercolor Experiments in the Abbey Attic<br \/>\n00:27:08 Mozart&#8217;s House Final Sitting and Details<br \/>\n00:30:52 Teaching Moment with Young Violinist Annabelle<br \/>\n00:35:27 Painting Process and Color Decisions<br \/>\n00:40:16 Portrait Unveiling and Emotional Reactions<\/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=u-qKQK8ulBE\">Video Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portrait Artist winner Callum Stevenson takes on his biggest challenge yet: painting world-renowned violinist Nicola Benedetti for the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. Follow his journey from sketch to unveiling. 00:00:00 Welcome to Portrait Artist of the Year 00:04:49 Callum&#8217;s Artistic Journey and Style Explored 00:09:00 Meeting at Scottish National Portrait Gallery 00:13:37 First Rehearsal Sitting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2396091,"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-2396090","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\/04\/1777556596_maxresdefault.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396090","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=2396090"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2396092,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396090\/revisions\/2396092"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2396091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2396090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2396090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2396090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}