25th April was International Penguin Day so I drew a cute little Penguin Chick. By way of a change, I’m using a pentel Brush pen, which is really black and also waterproof for watercolour painting. I’m still getting to grips with it. So different to drawing with a pen, where you have a solid connection and feedback with the paper. I’ll have to do more videos about it in time.
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Illustrating Children’s Books
I’ve just finished page 140 of the Michael Morpurgo book that i’ve been illustrating all this month. That’s the last page – hooray! But then I didn’t like it, so I wanted to do it again.
This video will show you how I copy the illustration I didn’t like and turn it into one I do like.
Also there’s a load of chat about illustrating and techniques.
How to paint a cowslip in Watercolour
Here iOS a video showing you how to draw a Cowslip, which is a member of the primrose family, in watercolour.