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How to draw SHINY things
How to draw believable shine with colour pencils.

Helen Carter
Oct 104 min read
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Pastelmat - smooth layers to cover the grain
How smooth do you really need your pastelmat drawing to be?

Helen Carter
Sep 25 min read
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Essential Colour Pencil Supplies for Beginners
What supplies do you really need when starting out?

Helen Carter
Jun 204 min read
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BLUE IRIS: Free Colour Pencil Tutorial
This short step by step tutorial will help your colour pencil skills grow.

Helen Carter
Apr 265 min read
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Make your colours *POP* on black paper
Using colour pencils on black paper can make for a brilliantly vibrant artwork, but you need to have a few tricks up your sleeve

Helen Carter
Aug 29, 20244 min read
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Mastering Blurry Backgrounds in your drawing
Blurry backgrounds add depth and make a picture look finished.

Helen Carter
Jul 16, 20243 min read
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Am I Layering or am I Blending ?
These words are used interchangeably, but while they’re done at the same time, they aren’t the same thing.

Helen Carter
Jul 11, 20242 min read
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Derwent Chromaflow - Super easy blending and a huge colour payout
Where do Derwent's Chromaflow pencils fit in to their growing colour pencil offering? Read my review and let me know if you agree.

Helen Carter
May 31, 20220 min read
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