Twitter portrait challenge...

this weeks challenge is  Brass helmet mask for the Ododua ritual. Edo artist unknown, 18th century, from Benin, Nigeria @britishmuseum but when I saw it I immediately thought of Mr T from the "A" Team...so I combined the two...

Rene Russo..

Rene Marie Russo is an American actress, producer, and former model. Russo began her career as a fashion model in the 1970s, appearing on several magazine covers such as Vogue and Cosmopolitan.

Maud Wagner..

Maud Wagner, circus performer and the first known female tattoo artist in the United States.

Anton Du Beke...

Anthony Paul Beke (born 20 July 1966), known professionally as Anton du Beke, is a British ballroom dancer, singer and television presenter, best known as a professional dancer on the BBC One celebrity dancing show, Strictly Come Dancing, since the show began in 2004. His professional dance partner since 1997 has been Erin Boag.

Ellen Mary..

Here's my version of - Ellen Mary in a White Coat, painted in oils on canvas by Mary Cassatt around 1896.

Selika Lazevski..

Thursday #PortraitChallenge @StudioTeaBreak My Selika Lazevski from a photograph taken in 1891 at the studio of Paul Nadar in Paris.

Jayne Mansfield..

Jayne Mansfield was an American film, theater, and television actress. She was also a nightclub entertainer, a singer, and one of the early Playboy Playmates.

Dolores del Rio..

Dolores del Río was a Mexican actress. She was the first major female Latin American crossover star in Hollywood, with an outstanding career in American films in the 1920s and 1930s.

" Shoulders back lovely boy..."

Windsor Davis RIP..
Was a retired British actor who acted in many films and TV shows between 1964 and 2004. He is best known for playing the part of Battery Sergeant Major Williams in the British sitcom It Ain't Half Hot...

Betty White..

Betty Marion White Ludden, known professionally as Betty White, is an American actress and comedian, with the longest television career of any female entertainer.

Carol Channing..RIP

Debonair stage actress and singer who created many enduring roles, but best known as Dolly in HELLO DOLLY!

Nancy Pelosi..

Nancy Patricia Pelosi is an American politician serving as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives since January 2019; she had previously served as Speaker from 2007 to 2011. I wonder what she has in mind for the gavel.?

Jeff Bezos..

Jeffrey Preston Bezos is an American technology entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist. He is the founder, chairman, CEO, and president of Amazon.

Olivia Coleman as Queen Anne....

She is an English actress who has just won a golden globe for her part as Queen Anne in the film The Favourite...

Diana Dors...

Diana Dors (born Diana Mary Fluck; 23 October 1931 – 4 May 1984) was an English film actress and singer. She first came to public notice as a blonde bombshell in the style of American Marilyn Monroe,

Rachel Weisz..

Rachel Hannah Weisz is a British-American actress. She began her acting career in the early 1990s, appearing in Inspector Morse, Scarlet and Black, and Advocates II. She made her film debut in Death Machine .

RIP Mean Gene..

Eugene Arthur Okerlund also known by his ring name "Mean" Gene Okerlund, is a semi-retired American professional wrestling interviewer, announcer and wrestler.

Claudia Cardinale...

Claudia Cardinale is an Italian Tunisian film actress and sex symbol who appeared in some of the most acclaimed European films of the 1960s and 1970s, mainly Italian or French, but also in several English films.

Gina Lollobrigida..

Luigina "Gina" Lollobrigida is an Italian actress, photojournalist and sculptor. She was one of the highest profile European actresses of the 1950s and early 1960s

Dame June Whitfield RIP

Dame June Rosemary Whitfield, DBE was a much loved English actress who will be greatly missed...

Sir Ian Mckellen..

Sir Ian Murray McKellen CH CBE is an English actor.

Chuck Norris..

Carlos Ray Norris is an American martial artist, actor, film producer and screenwriter.

need I say more ?

Jodie Whittaker..

she is an English actress who is the 13th Dr Who...

Noddy Holder..

Neville John "Noddy" Holder, MBE (born 15 June 1946) is an English musician and actor. He was the lead singer and guitarist of the English band Slade, one of the UK's most successful acts of the 1970s.

The bottom drawer..

another copy of part of Norman Rockwell Saturday evening post's cover for December 1956..

The Flirts..

Part of another Norman Rockwell painting , the Flirts was on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post in July 1941....

The young lady with the shiner..

Norman Rockwell is one of my favourite artists and I thought I'd try to copy a part of one of his paintings.This is called " The young Lady with the shiner "..

Charlize Theron...

Charlize Theron is a South African and American actress and film producer. 

Marilyn Monroe ..

Holly Willoughby..

Holly Marie Baldwin is an English television presenter and model. She is currently the co-presenter of This Morning and I'm a celebrity 2018..

Audrey Hepburn..

Audrey Hepburn was a British actress, model, dancer and humanitarian. Recognised as a film and fashion icon, Hepburn was active during Hollywood's Golden Age.

Harvey Keitel..

An American actor and producer.Since 2014, he has reprised his role of Winston Wolfe from Pulp Fiction as part of a £40 million television advertising campaign for Direct Line, an insurance company in the United Kingdom.

George Carlin..

Was a Visionary standup comedian, social critic, and actor of the '60s-2000s whose musings on the language are legendary.

Les Dawson..

Leslie Dawson Jr. was an English comedian, actor, writer, and presenter, who is best remembered for his deadpan style, curmudgeonly persona and jokes about his mother-in-law and wife.

Jason Statham...

Jason Statham is an English actor and film producer. Typecast as the antihero, he is known for his action-thriller roles and portraying tough, irredeemable, and machiavellian characters. 

Cleo Lane...

Dame Cleo Laine, Lady Dankworth, DBE (born 28 October 1927) is an English jazz and pop singer and an actress, known for her scat singing and for her vocal range. 

Penelope Cruz..

Penélope Cruz Sánchez is a Spanish actress and model. 

Francoise Pascal..

Françoise Pascal is a Mauritian actress and model. She was born on the island of Mauritius to French Mauritian parents. She is best known for her role as Danielle in the British sitcom Mind Your Language.

Sandra Dee..

she was an American actress...

Jacob Rees-Mogg..

Christina Aquilira..

Christina María Aguilera  is an American singer - songwriter, actress, model, dancer and television personality.

Taylor Swift..

she is an American singer/songwriter..

Ingrid Bergman...Casablanca

I

ngrid Bergman was a Swedish actress who starred in a variety of European and American films

Geoffrey Holder..

Geoffrey Lamont Holder  was a Trinidadian-American actor, voice actor, dancer, choreographer, singer, director and painter. He was known for his height (6 ft 6 in, 1.98 m), "hearty laugh", and heavily accented bass voice combined with precise diction. Particularly remembered as the villain Baron Samedi in the 1973 Bond-movie Live and Let Die and for his role of Punjab in the 1982 film Annie, he was also known for his 7 Up commercials of the 1970s and '80s.

Bea Arthur..

Beatrice Arthur (born Bernice Frankel; May 13, 1922 – April 25, 2009) was an American actress, comedian, singer, Marine, and animal rights activist.

Tina Louise..

Tina Louise is an American actress best known for playing movie star Ginger Grant in the CBS television situation comedy Gilligan's Island.

Freda Payne..

Freda Charcilia Payne (born September 19, 1942) is an American singer and actress. 

Sade..

Helen Folasade Adu CBE  born 16 January 1959, known professionally as Sade Adu or simply Sade , is an English singer, songwriter, and actress. She is best known as the lead vocalist of the English band Sade.

He's behind you.....

Batman and the joker...Adam West and Cesar Romero...

Jaqueline Bisset..

Winifred Jacqueline Fraser Bisset (/ˈbɪsɪt/ BISS-it; born 13 September 1944) is an English actress. She began her film career in 1965, first coming to prominence in 1968 with roles in The Detective, Bullitt, and The Sweet Ride, for which she received a most promising newcomer Golden Globe nomination.