• For the first 12 days of December, I’m going to show you how to draw, colour-in, cut out and make your own Nativity scene.
    I hope you, your family, school or Sunday school are going to join in and have some Christmas fun!

    Draw, Cut-out and Make your own Christmas Nativity Scene with this bumper pack that includes.

    • 9 page print-out colouring sheets
    • 34 minute How to draw the Nativity Characters Video
    • Print-out, cut and make Nativity set – including Colour and colour-in black and white versions – with Stable and Nativity characters.
    • How to assemble the stable video
    • Printout sheet for making character stands
    • Draw-it-yourself Nativity Stable template guide

    Everything you need to create a wonderful and personal Nativity Scene to make your Christmas special.

    All advert free and on your device so no distractions of social media or other internet rabbit holes!

    2. Follow the instructions in the second video and learn how to draw the stable in ink. This shows how to do the wicker-work pattern.

    3. Follow this video to learn how to colour in your video. At this point you might want to score the fold lines to make it easier to fold later. Watch this video if you don’t know how to score card and paper.

    4. Follow this video and learn how to cut out and assemble your stable so you can start making the people and animals to fit in it. It’s all a lot easier from now on!

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    5. How to draw and make Mary

    6. How to draw and make Joseph

    7. How to draw and make the First Wise Man

    8. How to draw and make the Sheep

    9. How to draw and make the Shepherds

    10 How to draw the Second Wise man

    11. How to draw and make the Cows

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    12. How to draw and make the Third Wise Man

    13. How to draw and make the Angels

    14. How to draw and make the Baby Jesus is coming on Wednesday 11th January

  • Are-You-A-Fruistrated-ArtistsmlI had a message from a Graphic Design student in Paris last week. They really want to be an illustrator and there is not enough drawing on the graphic design course, which only uses illustration within design projects.

    As I was wondering what to advise, I saw a video by @willterryart called called “Artists should always have a personal project”

    It got me thinking. Life takes you down may routes and sometimes you might wish you had chosen a different path. Sometimes, if you are in a really bad or dangerous place, you need to stop and start again immediately, but generally, going back and trying another route doesn’t get you very far either. You can just sit down and cry, but that doesn’t help much.

    It’s generally best to forge ahead and do the very best you can, learning all you can along the way. At the same time, have your personal project. If you want to be an illustrator, then draw ever day – all day – in every spare minute. then bring what you learn into the part of your work you find less interesting and do that to the best of your ability.

    If you are stuck in a place, work so well, putting in love and enthusiasm to your work, so that you outgrow the situation you are in. It’s amazing how opportunities come to such people, because opportunity likes to work with hard working and talented people.

    Your degree qualification will mean nothing in the big, wide world. You will be judged on the quality of your work, ideas and personal vision. So get working on that and others will start working to advance your career. Everyone loves a winner and everyone loves to be a part of their success.

    Good luck to you all, but you won’t need it if you work hard and do in your own time what burns inside you. Luck only comes to those who have already prepared the ground.

    If you wonder what this post is doing on a children’s book author’s site, then I wonder the same thing too. I’m planning to split my efforts across two sites soon. one will be more aimed at drawing, professional and personal development nad this will return to children’s books.

  • CybermansmallIt’s the 50th anniversary of Doctor who and to celebrate, I’ve done a few Doctor Who videos. Click here to see the whole playlist.