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Category: Sketching & drawing

Sketching & drawing

Coloursoft Pencils Step by Step of the Ilfracombe View by Judith Heilbronn-Crown

22nd January 2021 Derwentart Archive (2010-2015), Coloured Pencils, Coloursoft, Coloursoft, Environment, How-to tips, Landscapes, Landscapes, Projects, Projects, Recent blogs, Sketching & drawing, step by step

What You Will Need: Coloursoft pencils –  Lime Green, White, Dove Grey, Steel Grey, Light Blue, Dark Green, Seaweed, Light[…]

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Inside the Sketchbook Series: Ollie Silvester

6th August 2020 Derwentart Illustration, Interview, Interviews, Sketching & drawing

What makes an artist? Is it a childhood spent drawing on the kitchen floor? Is it a unique style that[…]

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Urban Sketching with Derwent Procolour by Jacky Fellows

16th August 2019 Derwentart Cityscapes, Environment, Line Makers, Procolour, Procolour, Recent blogs, Sketching, Sketching & drawing

I’ve been urban sketching for around six years now. I started when I saw an article about Birmingham Urban Sketchers[…]

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A preview of Patchings with artist Beverley Haines

6th July 2018 Derwentart Inktense Paint Pan Set, Journaling, Patchings, Sketching, Sketching & drawing

When I started my daily gratitude sketch-blog back in 2012, I never thought that I would be discussing it at[…]

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Derwent introduces Pete Levey from London Art College

10th March 2017 derwentart Cityscapes, Graphic Pencils, Landscapes, Recent blogs, Sketching & drawing

My name’s Pete Levey and I’m currently studying an illustration diploma course with the London Art College. I’m a big[…]

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Drawing animals with Victoria Parsons

24th February 2017 derwentart Animals, Recent blogs, Sketching & drawing

I began in the early days using oils for portraits and animals commissions, as I felt that I could almost[…]

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Colours of the Season with Emma Kerridge

10th February 2017 derwentart Recent blogs, Sketching & drawing

I must admit, I try and work ahead of the seasons because I exhibit my work and make cards from[…]

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Derwent introduces… Emily Miller, London Art College

27th January 2017 derwentart Recent blogs, Sketching & drawing

I’ve never really used more than a few pencils, using HB, H, and 2B when drawing and, in recent years[…]

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Portraiture and facial features in graphite pencils by Antonio Finelli

13th January 2017 derwentart How-to tips, Portraits, Recent blogs, Sketching & drawing

It’s safe to say that no two faces are the same. Whether walking the streets of Rome, shopping or in[…]

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Step-by-step: Using a full range of Graphic Pencils by Alexis Marcou

16th December 2016 derwentart Graphic Pencils, Recent blogs, Sketching & drawing, Tonal values

Using a full range of Graphic Pencils by Alexis Marcou Like a builder having only a flathead screwdriver in his[…]

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