Lip drawing tutorial for beginners – Realistic and Simplified
In this lip drawing tutorial for beginners, we demonstrate how to draw lips with a charcoal pencil. We include some tips for following the contours of the lips and how to shade lips to get a sense of roundness. https://youtu.be/HnfdLOWk5aE Tools Used + Cretacolor Nero...
How to Sketch Quickly to Capture the Moment
In this video, we show you how to sketch quickly to capture the moment. Sandra shares how her way of sketching has changed so it is much looser, freer and more fun. It is a complete contrast to her highly detailed still life paintings. If you want to loosen up your...
How to Start Drawing Again Even if You Haven’t Drawn for Years
You want to know how to start drawing again, so I guess the answer is simple. Just start. But of course, our minds like to mess with us and we procrastinate and doubt ourselves. "What if I'm rubbish?" "What if I don't enjoy drawing?" "I'd better wait until my new...
How to Use Water Soluble Wax Pastels – NeoColor II Versus Lyra Aqua Color
In this video, we compare water-soluble wax pastel/crayon brands NeoColor II and Lyra Aqua Color alongside a water-soluble oil pastel made by Talens. We also give a quick demo of how to use water-soluble wax pastels by drawing a face with Neocolor II....
Fun and Easy Doodle Art Ideas – Doodling Over Paper Shapes
This is a quick, easy and fun doodling exercise to try. Tear or cut out some coloured paper shapes and glue them on a sheet of white paper. Turn the paper round and see if the shapes remind you of anything. https://youtu.be/mQUbkNF3C8s Doodle over the top of the...
Our Interview on The Brilliant Gamble Podcast – Creativity and Balance in Life
We were delighted to be invited to be interviewed on The Brilliant Gamble Podcast, hosted by Blaire Palmer. In this interview we talk about creativity in a broad sense - from painting to music to writing and crafts - about how important it is to make time for...
Watercolour Brush Pen Painting Tutorial (Stationery Island Brush Pens Review)
In this Art Kick Sunday video, we take a look at how to use watercolour brush pens. We demonstrate painting a parrot using Stationery Island Watercolour Brush pens. https://youtu.be/cplG5pSBTZc These watercolour brush pens give lovely bright punchy colours and are...
When you are Learning to Sketch, which is more Important, Quality or Quantity?
It’s often the case that the beginner artist is so determined to get everything ‘just right’ that they end up with a sketch that is stiff and overworked. The problem is that they are so focused on the result that they are not understanding the importance of the...
Indicating Faces in Quick Sketches – Art Kick Sunday
In this video, we suggest ways that you might indicate faces in a quick sketch. When people are moving or at a distance, it's hard to get down much detail, so we give you our ideas on how we indicate facial features in quick sketches. https://youtu.be/o77a9brjo3A...
Sketching Moving People and Objects
In this video, we offer some suggestions for practising drawing objects and people that move. This is useful if you want to sketch people, animals, vehicles etc from life. https://youtu.be/yAEDIdLvCxg Tools Used + Sammy Snail (Thank you Sammy, but you did leave a...
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