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Today, in this little blog post I will go through some of the steps that going into preparing for an artwork before a pencil even touches the paper. First off, I choose the reference image/images I want to use, this can be either pictures I have taken myself or choosing royalty free images (so I am not infringing on anyone's copyright). Sometimes I know clearly what I want to do and it can take only a few minutes and sometimes I don't have any ideas it's a much longer process

In this little blog post I want to show and explain how in general I go about a nature artwork. Whether you are just curious how I go about creating my artwork, want to better know about my creative process I hope this helps and you enjoy. First there is the prep work before starting a piece of art but for the sake of this blog post I won't go into that and instead focus on the process of actually drawing it but know that there were a few steps involved. So first, I start wit

I felt like writing this little blog post just to express how I felt doing a portrait of my own dog Charlie, because it's such an unique experience. In terms of drawing, there was nothing particularly different about drawing Charlie compared to drawing any other pet, I worked on the artwork the same way using the same coloured pencil techniques I would do for any other pet. The things that were different was how I felt about it. The main challenge I had was the self imposed p

What materials do you use to create an artwork is a common question I get asked so here in the short post I will tell you what materials I use and why. First of, let's start with coloured pencils because let's be honest it's the first art supply you think of when you hear coloured pencil artwork. I have a few different brands of pencils that I use for my artworks but my absolute favourite one is Derwent lightfast, everyone has that favourite item or tool that just works for t