Pencil
Sharpen Your Skills with Painters Online Pencil Tips & Techniques – your ultimate guide to mastering pencil sketching and drawing. Explore in-depth articles on shading, line work, texture creation, tonal values, composition, blending methods, and more—from realistic portraiture to expressive landscapes. Whether you’re a beginner sketcher or an experienced artist, find step-by-step tutorials, expert advice, tool comparisons, and creative prompts to enhance your graphite and coloured pencil work. Start refining your pencil art today!
Simple drawing exercises for beginners
Try these simple sketching, shading and mark-making exercises to help develop your drawing skills
A guide to drawing paper and surfaces
From smooth sheets to textured surfaces, the paper you use shapes every mark you make. Discover how to pick the best paper for your drawing style
Your essential guide to drawing tools
Each drawing tool has unique differences so it’s important to understand which is best suited to your needs. Here’s a guide to the main types of drawing tools and how they can shape your artistic experience.
Drawing: Let's get started!
Helen Carter looks at the materials and tools you’ll need to begin your journey with coloured pencils and drawing.
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.