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This piece of paper fluttered out when I opened up my box of pastels to draw a quick sketch for Monday’s post on drawing with straight lines. It’s just a bit of tracing paper that’s there to prevent the lid of the box getting marked, I assume, but I really like the effect of all […]

It’s always a good trick, this one, and incredibly simple to pull off: just leave one part of your picture untouched, and you will get an immediate focus on it. An easy yet effective stylistic flourish, if you will.
Just a quick note that if you are interested in Beautiful Doodles, the book mentioned in […]

Linzie Hunter, whose innovative Spam Art I mentioned in a previous post has contacted me to say that her images are now available to buy as prints - so if you are looking for that elusive Christmas present for your colleague, boss or friendly neighbourhood spammer, your prayers may have been answered. They’re available here. […]

Thanks to those who have enquired: our health problems seem nearly over, touch wood. The week has consisted almost entirely of discussion topics, but I hope to resume usual service next week - and I have really enjoyed reading your answers!
I’ll carry on with the discussions for today, and ask you: what colour, or […]

 
This is not a picture I am pleased with, nor is it a good likeness, but we were travelling back from a weekend away today, and it’s all I got a chance to draw. Moreover, it was drawn with my daughter’s substandard hard pencil crayons - I throw them out when I happen across […]

I was out last night when I would ordinarily have been writing this post.. well, I have to play sometimes. So here is a quick and easy task to make your Friday easy as well as mine.
Find two, three or four colours that please you when they are placed beside one another. That’s all. This […]

I promised a while back that I would write about some of the ways I use Photoshop when I’m drawing.
As I said then, I should add that I can’t give a tutorial as to the best way to use Photoshop: I’m self-taught, and as a result I have no doubt that some of my methods […]

Well, as I’ve been talking about colours these past two days, it seemed the obvious choice to get us all drawing something colourful. Make a conscious effort to notice colours today, and take inspiration. Then post your efforts here. Link to big pictures, please - the site’s theme seems to have taken to placing scroll […]

Yesterday I wrote about working within a limited palette.
Of course, colour is a massive subject area within art, and there is a lot to consider when you are making a choice over which colours to use for a picture or series of pictures.
A first impulse is probably to go with your instincts, to […]

This is going to be a two-part post. Or, at least, a two-part task.
A while ago, I did an excellent Saturday course at Brighton University (I link to it because I really can’t recommend it highly enough if you are local to this area) on illustrating picture books for children.
One tip the tutor passed on […]