Cindy Wider Interviews Artist and Mentored Student Jillian Ridgeway
Jillian Ridgeway (a DrawPj Alumni student) shares with you how she studied the DrawPj course and now sells her art directly to her fans from her home studio in her garden.
Cecile Baird – Contemporary Realist Coloured Pencil Master Artist
Cecile Baird is a master of the coloured pencil medium and discusses how important it is to use your own reference materials and take time planning your ideas. She creates amazing still life set ups using back-lighting to capture the translucent nature of objects.
Perspective Drawing and Sketching Tips in the Barron Gorge
For DrawPj Show #10 I decided to head outdoors to get a bit of perspective! So I packed up my drawing equipment and off we went up the Barron Gorge in Far North Queensland, Australia. It’s so awesome to get out into nature to do some drawing, even if that nature has a great big bridge in it suitable for some perspective drawing practice.
Why I talk to myself – learn to draw better quicker
In this video I reveal the 4 major comparision skills that just about everyone has, and that you can use to help you draw better immediately. No you don’t draw only on the right side of your brain, you must include the left side as well. Instead of quietening the left, give it a job to do. You’ll be shocked at how this works.
I turned him into A BEAR! – How I draw an original children’s picture book character
DrawPj Show #8 is here! In this episode I create an original outline drawing of a bear named Mr Ted Maple in children’s picture book illustration style. Stuart was such a good sport for letting me release the pics I took when he was modelling the bear poses for my new character.
Your Drawing Questions Answered! (YDQA #1)
Learning how to draw? Need answers? You’re in the right place. This weeks show is ‘Your Drawing Questions Answered’ where Cindy Wider answers pencil drawing questions from students in the DrawPj.com community.
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