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!

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How to draw a red squirrel in coloured pencil

Follow Linda Drury as she demonstrates a red squirrel, step-by-step in coloured pencil.

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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

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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.

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A simple guide to drawing a Polar Bear with Jonathan Newey

Jonathan Newey demonstrates how to draw a Polar Bear

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A simple guide to drawing a snowy Reindeer with Jonathan Newey

Jonathan Newey demonstrates how to draw a snowy Reindeer

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