In today's podcast we’re going to talk about using your sketchbook to explore and have fun, rather than thinking of it as a portfolio. With the kind of sketchbook flip-throughs  you see online, it’s easy to think a sketchbook should be a work of art in itself… but...

In today’s podcast, we're talking about drawing and sketching people. It’s a subject a lot of people avoid because drawing people can be tricky, especially if they are moving. Drawing people is something that Sandra and I both enjoy and want to keep improving. There...

Happy new year and welcome to today's episode, the first of 2021! Today we are talking about our personal favourite art books… and not just tutorial books, but other inspirational books too. There are lots of obvious ones we could talk about, the Danny Gregory’s and...

Today’s podcast is all about our favourite art materials as well as some of the ones our guests have mentioned to us along the way. We’d love you to share the art materials you love in the comments too. Everyone loves new art stuff don’t they!...

Today's guest is Artist Mike Brennan. Mike's childhood dream was to ​be​ a cartoon. When he realised that wasn’t possible he became the next best thing – an Artist. He loves sharing experiences and making connections through his art, and helping other artists and...

Today's episode is all about how to cope with the feelings of stress and overwhelm that can come with being, or ‘trying to be’ a creative. https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/rzfgh8/Ep_74_Dealing_with_Overwhelm_as_a_Creativebjv3d.mp3 Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher | Spotify...

Today's guest is Kevin Murphy who is co-founder of the Evolve Art Program. Evolve is an online art school that can teach anyone how to paint in oils to a professional level, in a year or less....

Today’s guest is Chris Riddell, a British illustrator based in Brighton. Chris has illustrated many acclaimed books for children, including Pirate Diary by Richard Platt, and Jonathan Swift's Gulliver, which both won the Kate Greenaway Medal. He also writes and...

This is the second part of our podcast about the best ways to present your artwork. In this part, we cover more of the physical side of presenting your art rather than sharing it virtually on social media....

In today’s podcast, we are talking about the best ways to present your art. Not just our art, but ourselves as artists too. It can mean the difference between selling or not selling your work or just how your art is perceived by other people. You need to appear...