15 tips to improve your sketches

Anatomy, gesture and line quality are key aspects of figure drawing. Joshua Black ’ s advice will enhance your character work

Alla Prima is Italian for “at the first” and in painting terms means completing a painting at once, in a single sitting or session. The overall aim is to capture an immediate impression of the subject

I’VE RELIED ON DRAWING FOR MOST OF MY CAREER, especially early on as an illustrator. It’s only been within the last decade or so that it hasn’t been the main driving force in my work. When you’ve disc

Being able to draw provides the confidence and perception to create a convincing representation of a subject. The skill creeps up on you through practise and ingrains as a habit making the act so much

Putting 30 minutes aside each day for sketching is something that I’ve been doing for several years now, and I’ve filled at least a dozen sketchbooks during that time, plus numerous separate sheets of

Putting 30 minutes aside each day for sketching is something that I’ve been doing for several years now, and I’ve filled at least a dozen sketchbooks during that time, plus numerous separate sheets of