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How to paint a wildflower meadow with butterflies
Jackie Garner shows how to create a textured acrylic painting of wild flowers and grasses using acrylic mediums.
How to sketch birds from life
Richard Allen shares his secrets for sketching birds from life and demonstrates a watercolour sketch of birds on the shoreline.
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
Practising acrylic brush strokes: a step-by-step guide
Practise making a variety of brush marks, acrylic colour mixing and painting an acrylic landscape in this guide to acrylic brush techniques by Jackie Garner.
How to use blocking in techniques to paint a landscape with sheep
Jackie Garner shows how to paint and modify flat washes and block in your paintings.
Martin Ridley Masterclass
Wildlife artist Martin Ridley says: “As a source of inspiration, animals cannot be beaten”
Painting animals in watercolour with Jake Winkle
Animals and wildlife offer the watercolourist the opportunity to have fun with colour and mark making. Jake Winkle reveals the techniques he uses to obtain different textures and patterns.
How to draw a mountain gorilla using pastel pencils with Martin Aveling
Follow wildlife artist, Martin Aveling, as he draws a mountain gorilla using pastel pencils.
Animals in motion – paint a tern in flight with Marie Antoniou
Marie Antoniou reveals how she uses bold brushmarks and clean colours to achieve a sense of movement in her abstracted, impressionistic wildlife paintings.