New Coloured Pencil Drawing Underway
My favourite combination of pencils and paper for coloured pencil drawings are Polychromos and Arches hot-pressed watercolour paper...
When Wildlife Visits the Studio
Drawing inspiration from local wildlife I must admit when I moved to Australia to live, after growing up in East Africa, I was astonished...
Cheap vs Expensive Coloured Pencils?
What’s the difference between Cezanne and Luminance coloured pencils? This question was asked recently and it’s a good question to answer...
Beyond Paper: Coloured Pencil Techniques on Two Surfaces
TWO KEY COURSES ROLLED INTO ONE! As an artist, I understand the importance of constantly expanding our horizons and experimenting with...
How the colour wheel can help with mixing colours using coloured pencils.
Fill in this colour wheel with three primary colours to mix the secondary and tertiary colours
Can you use Coloured Pencil over a Watercolour Wash?
This question was asked recently and as I have been interested in trying this out myself, I decided to give it a trial run and see what...
Concept to Creation - 28 Day Group Coaching Program with Kate Jenvey
Coloured pencil as a medium has so many attributes, they are vibrant, clean and perfect for detail but they do have their challenges such...
Tiger tutorial in coloured pencil
Two of the most common difficulties that arise with drawing animals in coloured pencil are colour choices and fur and are often requested...
Coloured Pencil on Black Paper
On asking some of my students what topic would interest them for a workshop theme, the subject of coloured pencil on black paper arose....
White pencil on black paper
"Moonlight Drink" 12"x 9" Ploychromos on Strathmore Artagain The theme for my most recent workshop was "Drawing white on a black...