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Beginner to Advanced Drawing in 15 Months! Mary Jane Clark’s Journey
Beginner to advanced level in drawing in just 12 months mentored student Mary Jane Clark
Peta Turner – From Beginner to Selling Her Art on Cards and Journals
Melbourne based Australian Artist PetaTurner first came to me as a mentored student in August 2020 as an absolute beginner to drawing. She works in a full-time job as a Teacher of the Deaf in a primary school and mostly studied my course at her kitchen table,...
Niko Vargas – Beginner to Professional Tattoo Technician
Niko Vargas is a professional Tattoo Technician based out of the East Coast, he's been tattoing for 6 years from various studios and recently in his own private studio. His work is a dream come true. He gets to draw for a living! Niko creates beautiful fine art...
Top 10 Tips to Draw a Photorealistic Eye with Derwent Lightfast pencils
Drawing a realistic eye in Derwent Lightfast pencils can be easy with these top 10 tips from Cindy Wider
Katya Yanovich – From Learning to Sketch to Masterpieces
Katya Yanovich is a naturally gifted, dedicated artist who always fully commits to any drawing challenge she's presented with in my mentoring program, and the results show for her efforts. From very early on I could see by the high quality of mark-making Katya...
Derwent Brand Ambassador Cindy Wider with Officeworks in Sydney
Cindy travelled to Sydney to demonstrate her favourite Derwent products to the staff at Officeworks in Sydney
Lynn Nelson – ‘Best of Show’ Award Winning Artist
Lynn Nelson is a mentored student of Cindy Wider who creates stunning realism florals and still life subjects
How to use Derwent Inktense pencils on a ceramic tile
How to use Derwent Inktense pencils on a bisque fired ceramic tile to create a decorative drink coaster
Cornelia Urlass – Beginner to Award Winning Artist
See the stunning artwork by Cornelia Urlass from a beginner she is now an award winning artist
Karen Piper – Creating in Multiple Mediums
Karen Piper has a natural desire to use multiple artistic mediums. She creates beautiful artworks in a variety of different art styles from realism to expressive and contemporary, into children's picture book illustration and beyond. She is exploring with pastels,...
Character Illustration Course with Inks, watercolors and colored pencils
Have you ever dreamed of drawing and coloring in a nostalgic children’s picture book style? What if I told you it’s actually easier than you might think?
Book Illustration Process – Sweet Dreams Cuddleecat Kittens
Childrens book character illustrator Cindy Wider creates her Cuddleecats cute kittens using Derwent Inktense and Procolor.
Top 10 Tips To Help You Draw and Color More Often
10 Top Tips to help you draw more often
Meet Mrs Henrietta Quill The Hedgehog
Use pastel pencils to quickly and easily create blending, gradations and beautiful tones. You’ll also learn how to use the impressing technique.
Color-along Cupcake in Pastel Pencils
Use pastel pencils to quickly and easily create folds, cream icing and cake texture of red velvet cupcakes.
Woodland Animals With Florals Free Coloring-in Page
I just absolutely had to share this pretty 'Woodland Animals with Floral' drawing created by one of my course members. In this image (that was designed, drawn and colored by Colleen Cooke) there are 2 little birds and a secretive little deer (well hidden... look...
New Painting Course – Imaginary Play with the Cuddleecats
Effortlessly create large even areas of watercolor and gorgeous gradations in colored pencil on top.
Drawing From Imagination to Creation – in 3 steps
How does an artist create a totally original artwork from imagination to final final image? I’ll summarize the process for you in 3 simple steps so that you can do the same.
Draw Farmland Animals – Mini Guide
You can get the Draw Farmland Animals mini guide free when you subscribe to my blog. No experience is necessary and all you need is just 1 pencil and ordinary paper. I'll show you how to draw nine cute farmland animals in left and right-facing views using my easy...
Aleksey Kosarev – Imaginative Surrealistic Cityscapes and Environments
The imagination of Russian Artist Aleksey Kosarev is truly spectacular! Through his mesmerizing, expressive body of work, Aleksey transports us into other worlds and places that just don't exist in reality. His work is colourful, imaginative,...
You Can Learn To Draw in 60 Seconds!
Are you ready to draw better, more quickly, and confidently from memory and imagination or real life? I understand how you feel if you're frustrated at being stuck with your drawing. Even if you haven't tried to draw since you were a child because you lack the...
Denise Burns – A star in the making
Artist Denise Burns in her studio Denise Burns has a natural ability to design, compose and create beautiful artworks from the things we often don't notice in nature and man-made objects. From the complex mechanisms of a spectacular horse carousel to the tiny markings...
Lynn Nelson – From beginner to award winner in her 70’s
Artist Lynn Nelson in her studio Lynn Nelson is an absolute inspiration! She has learned to draw in her 70's from an absolute beginner just 5 years ago. After graduating from her beginner course her skills began to really grow rapidly from strength to strength....
Richard De Wolfe – Master of Nostalgic Fine Art
Meet Richard De Wolfe, one of the greatest living masters of Nostalgic art from our time. He has a unique gift for capturing that very special ingredient of nostalgia in his work. His art has an ability to capture our imagination and take us back to the warm...
Svitlana Holovchenko – Master Children’s Illustrator from Imagination
Svitlana Holovchenko transports us into her spectacular imaginary worlds through her breath-taking childrens book illustrations. Her characters are imbued with a special kind of vitality and lifeforce that entices us to learn more about them and to travel with...
Eason Ko – Whimsical Book Illustrator Young Master
Take a look at these gorgeous whimsical and happy children’s book illustrations that have been lovingly created by the multi-award winning and up-and-coming young master of children’s book illustration, Eason Ko.
Master Artist Paco Martin – Capturing The Beauty of Math in Coloured Pencils
Paco Martin is absolutely one of the greatest master artists of our time, creating realistic artworks in the medium of coloured pencil that mesmerise and fascinate us with their tantalising beauty. Paco has a Bachelor's degree in Forestry Engineering and a Master's...
Noah Nolywaika – beginner to selling his art in Alaska!
Learning to draw is a journey and everyone was a beginner once. Noah Nolywaika is a young professional artist inspired by the magnificent wilderness of the landscape, flora and fauna in Nenana Alaska. He was just 17 years of age when he first came to study the...
Deepti Mohile
Deepti Mohile has been on an exciting journey from learning to draw as an adult beginner, she has gone on to become a multi-award winning artist. Deepti now enjoys a beautiful new career as a pre-school teacher. Her artwork has a special vibrancy and energy to it,...
Susanne Norling – Art as a Form of Therapy
Susanne Norling is just as comfortable creating stunning realistic portraits as she is creating gorgeous imaginative children's book-style illustrations. From one image to another Susanne uses her newly-acquired skills to express her creativity through a vast variety...