Tag: drawing

  • Create Characters by looking at real life animals and insects

    Be inspired by real life to create truly original characters. A beetle crossed my path on a walk the other day. I filmed it and took photos. When I enlarged the photos, there were elements of its design that inspired me to sketch out some ideas. A triangle theme emerged and I developed that further,…

  • How to sketch on the beach – draw along with me

    I was looking through my sketchbooks and I really like this sketch of my niece and great nephew that I drew on a glorious day near Tenby in SouthWales. It’s not a photograph. It doesn’t particularly look like them, but it captures a moment and an essence of their personality that anyone who knows them…

  • How to sketch a billy goat

    In this video I show you how to sketch a Billy goat with a pigment pen and watercolours. I was staying bed and breakfast on a farm recently, and they had golden Guernsey goats. They were so cute and I had a spare ten minutes so I decided to sketch them.