Drawing Tips

Find out how a colour wheel can help you with your coloured pencil drawings.

Find out which coloured pencil to use to draw black and orange fur, without it turning green!

Find out how to get past the ugly stages of your coloured pencil drawing without losing heart or letting your confidence drop.

Learn how to create line art for your coloured pencil drawings in Adobe Photoshop.

Find out my tips for working with poor reference photos when it comes to drawing portraits in coloured pencil.

Learn my tips for mixing warm and cool greys in your coloured pencil artwork, and train your eye to spot these different hues.

Learn how I manage my time to make sure the jobs that need doing get done, while still leaving myself enough time to do what I love and draw in coloured pencil.

Learn how to use the indenting technique in your coloured pencil drawings to create realistic fur and features.

Learn how to use fixative on your coloured pencil drawings to add extra tooth to your support, so you can continue adding layers of detail to your artwork.

Learn how removing pigment from your coloured pencil drawings with the subtraction technique can help you to achieve realism in your artwork.