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!
How to draw a red squirrel in coloured pencil
Follow Linda Drury as she demonstrates a red squirrel, step-by-step in coloured pencil.
How to paint hair
Learn how to paint hair in different media with Ann Witheridge as she shares her top tips.
How to draw a cat step-by-step
Rosalind shows us how to draw a cat using coloured pencils, in this step-by-step tutorial
Bearly monochrome - how to draw a teddy bear with Trudy Friend
There’s a great deal to be said for a model that keeps still. Trudy Friend uses monochrome media to describe form and texture.
A simple guide to drawing a Polar Bear with Jonathan Newey
Jonathan Newey demonstrates how to draw a Polar Bear
A simple guide to drawing a snowy Reindeer with Jonathan Newey
Jonathan Newey demonstrates how to draw a snowy Reindeer