I’ve been trying to get my head around this one for months.

Since I started my YouTube Drawing School, I’ve been trying to sort out several problems. The first was easy, I managed to get a cheap Creative Vado Camera from the States which is brilliant. It’s HD and dead simple to use. Once Mac sorted out the software glitches with iMovie it was perfect. Then I had lighting problems. In the end I realised that the best thing was to work in our big north facing window in daylight. But I needed some kind of a rostrum to keep the camera steady, that would not throw shadows over the paper.

I also realised that I had focusing issues. The little movies I made did not look sharp. Then, recently, I had a brilliant idea when I watched my wife putting on her reading glasses. I snatched them off her and did some tests with her glasses in front of the camera lens – hey presto! Perfect!

So today I got hold of some £1.99, 2.5 diopter reading glasses, did some test filming and designed my rostrum. The camera and the lens are held on with elastic bands, which help deaden any shock movements. The whole thing works beautifully. I’ve run out of time today, but tomorrow I will return to the drawing school and start posting new lessons. I’ve got a wild idea for Dark Claw, so I think I’m going to concentrate on him and the other characters in the series first.