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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.
How to apply & mix pencil colours
With your materials to hand, learn basic techniques and colour mixing with Helen Carter
How to draw a cat in coloured pencil
John Stansfield shows how to draw a portrait of Poppy the cat using a variety of coloured pencil techniques.
How to draw a sheep on black paper
An easy-to-follow demonstration to introduce you to the joys of drawing with soft pencil on black paper by Fiona Peart
How to draw a dog using Inktense Pencils
Angela Gaughan shows how to use Inktense pencils to paint a border collie, tired out after a game on the beach.
How to Draw a Blue Tit using Coloured Pencils with Chloe O’Neil
How to create detailed, colourful and textured feathers using coloured pencils, with wildlife artist, Chloe O’Neil
Top tips for coloured pencils
Vice-chair of the UK Coloured Pencil Society, Helen Carter shares her top tips for drawing with coloured pencils.
How to use coloured pencils to draw a butterfly
Learn how to use coloured pencils for drawing a realistic peacock butterfly with Milly England
How to draw a bee in coloured pencil
Learn to draw a colourful bee study with Milly England