Category: Drawing
Artists, AI and the Common Wealth
For the last few years I’ve been wrestling with a question that I know many artists are asking: If AI can create beautiful pictures in seconds, what is the point of being an artist? I realised that what I was feeling wasn’t simply anxiety about technology. It was grief. The loss of a certainty about…
Can a Sketch Hold More Than a Photograph?
This weekend we visited Brownsea Island and spent a quiet afternoon on the beach. The weather was grey and cool at first, but when the sun finally appeared my wife and a newly-discovered relative decided to brave the sea. While they waded into the cold water, I pulled out a small watercolour postcard and made…
How to Draw an Angry Hippo!
Learn how to draw a roaring angry hippopotamus with this simple step-by-step drawing lesson. We’ll start with a few easy shapes and build them into a powerful hippo with huge teeth, a wide-open mouth, and a fierce expression. Hippos may look slow and peaceful when they’re resting in the water, but they are among the…