When I hit a low point in my artistic career, I returned to the traditional mediums I knew best: pencil and charcoal. In charcoal powder, I discovered the power of starting with an abstract, and it ...

For the last 20 years, I’ve worked almost exclusively with digital tools for commissioned jobs. At the beginning, I would be sketching my art on paper, scanning, and then colouring with Photoshop.

These days, living on lockdown has meant living online. That's not only the case for people working from home or for kids attending virtual class rooms, but for the rest of us using the web for ...

Coloured pencils can be blended on the page and their tone can be altered by pressure. Some coloured pencils are water-soluble. Water can be brushed over them, or they can be used on wet paper to ...

With a few basic tips you can begin to draw the creatures around you, and remember the joy they bring. By Clare Walker Leslie If you enjoy watching birds floating by or chipmunks scampering across ...