Grey is a very popular colour at the moment, particularly in home decor. To the point where some have named it ‘greige’ (a combination of ‘beige’ and ‘grey’), suggesting...
Author - Diane
Colour theory often baffled me in the past because of its complexity. There were some things about it I just didn’t ‘get’. But every art and craft course I did had an...
Brown is a neutral colour. But how do you mix it with paint? Using basic colour theory, you can mix brown without using black.
Challenge yourself to draw this foxglove flower using coloured pencils.
Tone and contrast can be created in different ways. I show the stages of creating tone and contrast in a drawing with a quick demonstration using line work.
The easiest way to draw a bee, is to focus on creating some very simple shapes and getting the proportions right.
Mark making is a very easy way to start drawing. You can use pencils, pens, ink, brushes, charcoal, even feathers!
5 background ideas for your sketchbook or art journal. Add a drawing, photographs or text on top.
Join us at Rushden Lakes, Northamptonshire. Aimed at absolute beginners, the course allows a more playful approach to painting and drawing.
Using a paper bag to make the cover of your sketchbook / art journal / junk journal is a very easy papercraft recycling project. Here's how.