How to... tutorials
How to... tutorials
How to paint from photographs
Follow artist Steve Strode’s six top tips for painting, not copying, from photographs and bring your work to life
Knife painting techniques for acrylics
Explore the use of texture in acrylic painting using a painting knife
Simple drawing exercises for beginners
Try these simple sketching, shading and mark-making exercises to help develop your drawing skills
How to paint Love Birds in a traditional Japanese style
Takumasa Ono takes us through a step-by-step demonstration of how to paint a pair of Love Birds with ink in a traditional Japanese style
5 common drawing problems and how to overcome them
Help is at hand with these five common problems and how to overcome them.
A brief history of drawing
From cave walls to the sketchbook, learn how drawing has evolved.