Know Your Values: Speed and Light with Versatile Indigo
PREMIUM article. Light and shadow can be effectively conveyed with the use of just one colour added to an ink line. Here the colour used is indigo, but Payne’s grey is equally effective.
Only Human, After All: 10 Dos and Don’ts When Drawing People
PREMIUM article. While it’s potentially very rewarding, drawing people is one of the biggest challenges you’ll face as a sketcher. Get the inside track of tips and techniques to make it easier…
The Colours In My Paintbox: How They Earn Their Place
PREMIUM article. Finding you’re missing a crucial colour can be annoying at best..but choosing just twelve colours for your paintbox is hard. Here I describe mine, and why they’re there.
Cartooning for Kids: Getting Started
PREMIUM post. Children are natural cartoonists. There are a few tips I’ve learned that will make it easier for children to get more out of the comic strips they invent.
Painting Reflections in Watercolour
PREMIUM article. Painting reflections in watercolour can be challenging. Getting to know their main forms provides a short cut to learning to look well and paint faithfully.
Forge an Old Master: The Japanese Art of Ukiyo-e
PREMIUM. You can learn a lot by trying to forge an Old Master: in this article, I offer tutorials to download, based on the beautiful Japanese prints of Utamaro.
Accurate drawing and understanding tonal values: Killeenaran Quay, Co. Galway
PREMIUM article. I show how to achieve accuracy when drawing and how to achieve good tonal values in watercolour
Painting a Still Life in Watercolour
PREMIUM article. I give a demonstration of painting a bowl of fruit in a still life in watercolour