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

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

WHETHER YOU’RE A PROFESSIONAL OR AN AMATEUR – or someone who’s picking up a paint brush for the first time – there are some obvious steps you can take to improve what you do. You can practise every da

Welcome to the final part of my series of three articles about composition. I hope you managed to try out the pencil sketching method of composition that I showed in last month’s article and found it

Renowned illustrator Chris Legaspi reveals how he establishes the composition and brings his figurative art to life using light and shadow