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Start your drawing journey with Jake Spicer

17th January 2019 Derwentart Sketching, Tonal values

If you’ve never drawn before, or if you just want to start at the beginning, then start here. […] These[…]

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Getting my claws into Wolverine: drawing a pop culture icon by Amas Bansal

3rd March 2017 derwentart Graphic Pencils, Portraits, Recent blogs

For a portrait artist, achieving a likeness to a reference (either through a primary i.e. life model or secondary source[…]

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The Art of Miniature Portraiture – April 2013

2nd April 2013 derwentart Archive (2010-2015), How-to tips, Portraits, Sketching & drawing

We asked Nicolien Beerens to tell us more about miniature portraiture and how she started creating small scale drawings. In[…]

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Top Tips Series 3: Graham Bradshaw – March 2013

5th March 2013 derwentart Archive (2010-2015), How-to tips, Portraits, Sketching & drawing

Graham Bradshaw returns with series 3 of his Top Tips. Here, he runs through ideas for keeping your work clean[…]

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Top Tips Series 1: Graham Bradshaw – Feb 2013

12th February 2013 derwentart Archive (2010-2015), How-to tips, Perspective

Over the coming weeks, photorealistic pencil artist Graham Bradshaw will be bringing you some top tips for drawing! Today Graham[…]

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Featured Artist: Alexis Marcou – April 2012

9th April 2012 derwentart Archive (2010-2015), Interviews

Our next featured artist is Alexis Marcou. Alexis graduated from the University of Plymouth & since then has illustrated for[…]

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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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The importance of drawing – Nov 2011

4th November 2011 derwentart Archive (2010-2015), How-to tips, Sketching & drawing

Keith McMean, watercolour artist tells us about the importance of sketching. This is the first blog post I have written[…]

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Interview: Diego Koi – June 2011

9th June 2011 derwentart Archive (2010-2015), Interviews

Thanks to Facebook we found an amazing artist who really astounded us with his skill at photo-realistic pencil drawing. We[…]

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Sketching step-by-step: Bridge & Brook – April 2011

12th April 2011 derwentart Archive (2010-2015), How-to tips, Landscapes, Sketching & drawing

Bridge and Brook Here’s a great tutorial on how to draw a lovely bridge and brook using a variety of[…]

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