• I’ve been asked quite a few times to do a video about shading with a pencil. Mostly it is all about doing and learning from mistakes, but here’s a video to with some thoughts on how to shade some simple shapes. As ever, the secret is to practice, practice and then practice some more!

  • Today I hit a big target for my online Drawing School. I have now served over a quarter of a million Drawing School Videos. I’d just like to thank all my viewers for their encouragement and support over the last year that I’ve really been working on it.

    I’m up north at the Northern Children’s Book Festival at the moment, but I’ll have a new video up on Saturday.

    Meanwhile, keep on drawing!

  • It took me a long time to learn how to draw a character from different angles, something you will need to do if you want to be a book illustrator. Follow this video and you should get an idea of how you can draw the same character from any angle you choose.