Sketching St Margaret’s Church in Rainham with My Little Girl
A quick sketching trip to St Margaret’s Church in Rainham becomes a father-and-daughter adventure involving churchyard ghosts, outdoor filming and an award-winning cheeseburger.
Sketching Reculver Towers in line and wash with limited time
At Reculver Towers, I have limited time to find the right composition and complete a line-and-wash sketch using a 4B pencil, fude pen and watercolour.
Sketching a Tudor Revival House in Gillingham Park with One 4B Pencil
Returning to outdoor sketching at Gillingham Park, a forgotten art kit turns an architectural drawing into a one-pencil challenge.
Perspective Drawing Of Chatham Synagogue Building
I made this architectural perspective drawing of the Chatham Synagogue, during a regular art event day out with Rochester and West Kent Art Society, UK – (A great art society with regular exhibitions and events, if you are in the…
Pencil Drawing – Learn 5 Tips and Techniques of Theodore Kautzky
Review and lessons from one of the greatest art books on Pencil drawings: The Ted Kautzky Pencil Book and Pencil Broadsides.
Perspective Drawing Basics for Beginners
To improve your Perspective drawing, The best tip I have for you is this; practice drawing perspective lines on a photo (like the one below) I’m sure at some point in life you looked at railways or at some street…
Shading Techniques of Hatching and Cross Hatching
By learning and incorporating hatching and cross-hatching techniques in your art, you will be able to draw fast. You can sketch anywhere and it will give you a headstart to the understanding of values, tones and eventually painting. There are…
Watercolour Basics Tutorial for Beginners : 4 Important Techniques
Watercolour Basics Tutorial for Beginners. Watercolours are tough to work with. Even for experts and seasoned artists, watercolours can be difficult as they work differently compared to acrylic or oil paints. Without a doubt, they have been a favourite yet…
7 Top Drawing Tips and Techniques to Improve your Skills
“Drawing is the basis of art. A bad painter cannot draw. But one who draws well can always paint.”— Arshile Gorky Drawing has been indispensable to humanity. Everything you own was first a design and every good design starts with…
Drawing People and The Human Figure Gallery by Nab Zamali
Collection of drawings and sketches by Nab Zamali mainly of the human figure, life drawings, and sketches of people in public. You can also see here our extensive Pinterest collection of Human figure classical drawings