Mixed media
How to paint a Paris cityscape
Ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games, Alan Bickley demonstrates a Paris cityscape in mixed media using watercolour, gouache and pencil.
How to paint a Spritsail Barge on the Orwell
Alan Bickley uses pen and wash to depict an iconic Spiritsail barge on the Orwell.
How to paint a still life with dried poppies
Alan Bickley demonstrates a still life of dried poppy seedheads in mixed media
British Plein Air Painters’ top tips for painting outdoors
Top artists from the British Plein Air Painters share their top tips for painting outdoors.
How to paint a still life with grapefruit and pears
Alan Bickley demonstrates a healthy breakfast still life painting in mixed media using charcoal pencils, acrylic ink, soft pastel, conte chalk and gouache.
Drawing the natural world in pen and ink
How to create a hatched and cross hatched pen and ink drawing of the natural world.