• Proportions-with-a-pencilEver wondered why artists wave their pencils and thumbs about when they are drawing or painting? Its all about getting the proportions of the thing in front of you down correctly on the paper or canvas.

    In this video I’ll try to explain how it works. Have a go yourself and see if your proportions improve!


  • loveIt’s nearly Valentine’s day and love is in the air. To help you make a Valentines’s card or poster for a Valentine’s Evening, this video shows you how to write the word LOVE in a hippy dippy psychedelic kind of way

     


  • mouse-shipThis video explains how I have used models to really get to know the characters in my books, in this case my Dark Claw series, a sort of Star Wars with cats and mice – or rather – Kats and Muss!

    You can watch the animated version of the story on my Storytime Channel. This is the playlist for the whole series: http://bit.ly/DarkClawStory

    Make sure you are subscribed to find out when the next thrilling installment is available: http://bit.ly/StorytimeSubscribe

    Learn more about Dark Claw, learn how to draw the characters and and all the great Muss and Kat spaceships: http://bit.ly/DrawDarkClaw

    Can’t wait? Want to read the book?
    http://bit.ly/DarkClawAmazonUS

    Read on Kindle Fire: http://bit.ly/DarkClawKIndle

    Everyone asks about the tools I use when I’m out using my sketchbook.

    The Pentel Aquash Brush is here in the Uk
    and here in the US

    Rotring Tikky Graphic in the UK here
    in the USA

    The Cotman sketching watercolour set is here in the UK http://amzn.to/1gNpZ8s
    and in the US here: http://amzn.to/1gaG6qA