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How to Draw a Pair of Sneakers in Coloured Pencils coloured pencils free lessons Mar 26, 2024

In this step-by-step coloured pencils lesson, I'll show you how to draw these Converse sneakers (or trainers if you're from my part of the world!) from a blank piece of paper right through to the finished artwork.

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How to Draw & Sketch Animals - Part 3 free lessons graphite Mar 19, 2024

Learn how to sketch animals in this mini-series of drawing lessons. In this final part, we'll be sketching a lion. 

See beneath the video to download the reference materials for this part. There's also a materials list (but all you need is a...

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How to Draw & Sketch Animals - Part 2 free lessons graphite Mar 19, 2024

Learn how to sketch animals in this mini-series of drawing lessons. In this second part, we'll be doing a loose sketch of a horse.

See beneath the video to download reference materials for this part. There's also a materials list (but all you need...

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How to Draw & Sketch Animals - Part 1 free lessons graphite Mar 19, 2024

Learn how to sketch animals in this mini-series of drawing lessons. In this first part, we'll focus on proportion before doing more complete sketches in parts 2 and 3. 

See beneath the video to download reference materials for this part....

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Charcoal Pencils for Beginners - Simple Still Life charcoal free lessons Mar 11, 2024

Join me in this full charcoal pencils tutorial designed with newcomers in mind. This is a full step-by-step lesson so download the reference photos below, check the materials list, and follow along!

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How to Draw a Fried Egg with Coloured Pencils coloured pencils free lessons Mar 08, 2024

Here's how to draw a realistic-looking fried egg and eggshell with coloured pencils. This is a full coloured pencil tutorial designed for you to follow along with, that will take you from blank piece of paper to finished artwork!

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6 Mixed Media Combinations You Have To Try free lessons mixed media Nov 10, 2022

Combining two different mediums into a single drawing is a great way to mix things up, try new styles, and get creative playing about with your art materials. 

In this video, I'll show you six options for combining different...

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An Artist's Guide to Colour Schemes free lessons Jul 04, 2022

You've decided to make your next piece of art. And this one is going to be with a coloured medium.

You'd like to make full use of your artistic licence and come up with your own unique mix of colours - rather than being a slave to the...

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How to Use The Enveloping Method for Better Proportions charcoal drawing tips free lessons Mar 18, 2022

The enveloping method helps you to draw proportions more accurately and is often used in figure drawing. In this lesson, I take you through a drawing of a simple figure using a white charcoal pencil on a black piece of paper.

However, you can...

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Free Pen & Ink Lesson: Drawing A Skull free lessons ink Mar 16, 2022

Learn how to draw a human skull in pen and ink with this in-depth drawing tutorial. 

Materials List

Pen: I used Sakura Pigma Micron pens - a couple of small nibs and a brush pen (more like a felt pen for large areas of black). Any brand will...

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Free Pencil Drawing Lesson: Boat On A Shore free lessons graphite Mar 16, 2022

In this pencil drawing lesson, I take you through the steps to re-create this landscape scene of a small boat resting on a shore. 

Materials List

1. Paper: I used Strathmore Bristol Board (Vellum surface, which has more tooth than the Smooth...

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