Drawing

First of all, though it’s a little late, Happy New Year. I must apologise for the lateness of my January blog but on Friday the 13th (of all days!) I tripped over an art bag at home and cracked a bone in my foot. How did this affect my right...

Hello there and welcome back to my ‘Festive Pastel’ I’ve used Deep Green Tint 5 (AP0135) to strengthen the darkest shadows cast by the overhang of the berries, blending the colour out towards the lighter shadows caused by the leaves natural planes. I’ve highlighted the leaf edges using the SAA’s...

PA Clive Riggs discusses drawing line and mass... ...His third post in this  series of tutorials. Part1 - Part2 - Part 3 Once you have a feel for using line, that is placing linear boundaries around objects or shapes and a feel for mass; areas of tone used to describe 3 - dimensional form, you can...

Artists Library Again we are spoilt for choice with some inspiring new titles for our shelf of Art Instruction books. Join us as we turn the pages for you and offer a synopsis as to what they have to offer Vibrant Acrylics, Hashim Akib I hope you’re going to find...