To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, HRH The Prince of Wales, patron of the Battle of Britain Fighter Association, commissioned the series of drawings by alumni and faculty of the Royal Drawing School.
James Lloyd held the Paul Smith Scholarship at the Slade School of Art (1994-96). He won the BP Portrait Prize in 1997. Other prizes he has won include the Royal Society of Portrait Painters first prize and the Discerning Eye Award in 2003. He has two portraits hanging in the National Portrait Gallery and has undertaken a number of commissions of prominent figures including Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 2011. James has been teaching on The Royal Drawing School's courses since 2004.