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Behind the Derwent National Trust Collection Commissions with Claudine O’Sullivan

23rd June 2022 Derwentart Animals, Coloured Pencils, Environment, Flowers, Graphic, Graphic Pencils, Illustration, Interviews, New products, News, Pastel Pencils, Watercolour Pencils, Wildlife & pets

I’ve been drawing for as long as I can remember, both as a child and now, drawing is when I[…]

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Interview: Sandra Dieckmann – Nov 2014

7th November 2014 derwentart Archive (2010-2015), Graphik Line Painters, Interviews

  What do you listen to when drawing? We all share a studio playlist here that we contribute to. It’s[…]

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Interview: Claudine O’Sullivan – July 2014

17th July 2014 derwentart Archive (2010-2015), Coloursoft, Interviews

  Who’s your favourite artist/ illustrator or designer? It’s so hard to pick even a handful! My artist inspirations have[…]

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Interview: Dino Tomic – Feb 2014

24th February 2014 derwentart Archive (2010-2015), Interviews

We had the pleasure of interviewing artist Dino Tomic about his work as an artist. Here, he answers a few[…]

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Make Your Own Journaling Cards – Nov 2003

26th November 2013 derwentart Archive (2010-2015), How-to tips, Inktense Blocks, Journaling

If you’re a crafter or scrapbooker, you won’t have missed that pocket style scrapbooking such as Project Life that has[…]

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Drawing Hair with Inktense Pencils – April 2013

24th April 2013 derwentart Archive (2010-2015), How-to tips, Inktense Pencils, Portraits

Allyson Wright gives us some tips on using Inktense Pencils to draw hair… I love drawing and painting with Inktense and[…]

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Top Tips Series 2: Graham Bradshaw – Feb 2013

19th February 2013 derwentart Archive (2010-2015), How-to tips

Graham Bradshaw returns with some more fantastic tips for drawing in graphite. Rendering These days pencil artists are using techniques[…]

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Interview: Graham Bradshaw – Oct 2012

1st October 2012 derwentart Archive (2010-2015), Interviews, Wildlife & pets

We came across Graham Bradshaw’s work online and since then have been so impressed with his attention to detail and[…]

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How To Draw Eyes – Dec 2011

12th December 2011 derwentart Archive (2010-2015), How-to tips, Portraits

Val Webb takes us through an illustrated guide to drawing eyes – let us know what you think! Eyes are[…]

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Card Making with Coloursoft Pencils by Sarah Hurley – March 2011

28th March 2011 derwentart Archive (2010-2015), Coloursoft, Crafting Projects

When Derwent first asked me to write a blog piece for them, they said I could write about anything I[…]

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