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How to Draw a Circle Freehand
Draw perfect circles every time with just one pencil. No need for a compass, circle template or even a circular object the right size to trace around. In this article I'll show you how to draw circles using just the pencil you're drawing with. BTW. If you'd like to...
Jesse Lane – Anatomy of Light Coloured Pencil Master Artist
Jesse Lane shares his words of wisdom and advice to help aspiring artists reach their goals. He covers important topics such as how he overcame his fears and developed confidence. He encourages others to accept critique, stay inspired and even become stubborn.
Botanical Gardens Art Inspiration
When contemporary coloured pencil artist Richard Klekociuk flew into town I met up with him to chat about his art and unique bright bold hard-edged coloured pencil style.
The Secrets of my Sketchbook (part 1)
In this episode of the DrawPj Show I chat with you about developing a new work-in-progress for my Christmas Cats collection.
Cindy Interviews Wildlife Artist Kate Jenvey
How far would you go to take reference photo’s for your pencil drawings? Would you go on safari to get up close and personal with a lion or an elephant?
Drawing a Snowman (in tropical Australia!)
It’s funny that just as I move my studio to the heat of tropical Australia that I should be drawing a snowman. In this video I give you a short demonstration of my snow drawing technique and then show you the practical application of the technique in an artwork that I am creating for my art licensing portfolio.
My Portable Poolside Studio
I’ve just moved to sunny tropical Australia but all my drawing and art studio equipment is still on a container ship sailing on the ocean! I’m not going to let that stop me drawing though so I’ve set up a ‘portable’ drawing studio very economically using easy to obtain items.
Tanja Gant – Pencil Master Artist Extraordinaire
Tanja Gant is a graphite and coloured pencil artist. A Bosnian native, she coloured her way through the unrest of her childhood to live her present day dream creating masterpieces.
Tracy Frein – Colored Pencil Portrait Master Artist
Tracy Frein is a colored pencil artist renown for using a technique he developed himself called Drawing by Subtracting.
Jandamarra Cadd – Master Artist – Bridging the Divide
Jandamarra is an Australian artist of aboriginal descent bridging contemporary portraiture style and traditional aboriginal painting techniques.
Sharon Kow – Coloured Pencil Master Artist
Sharon Kow is a dedicated colored pencil artist with the desire to bring the colored pencil medium to the mainstream art world.
DrawPj News 30th January 2017
DrawPj students have got off to a great start in 2017. In this video we feature selected artworks from DrawPj students up to January 16th 2017 plus we bring you up to date with details of new uploads into the DrawPj Academy. Enjoy!
Featured Student Artworks January 30th 2017
Our wonderful DrawPj students made a very creative start to 2017. We've seen an abundance of gorgeous new artworks, including projects from the Complete Drawing Certificate course and original drawings. In fact there were so many artworks that for this post we're only...
DrawPj News 24th December 2016
Christmas is here… but before you start unwrapping presents and filling up on Christmas pud here’s another treat… the final DrawPj News for 2016!
Featured Student Artworks December 24th 2016
The great student artworks just keep on coming. Here's a wonderful selection from December. Well done everyone! Its been a great year and we're looking forward to seeing even more inspirational artworks in 2017. Let's get started... Little Bird by Deepti Mohile I am...
What’s Cindy been doing? (December 2016)
Wow what a busy month! It's been all go here at DrawPj HQ. In addition to helping all our wonderful DrawPj students and instructors achieve their very best results I managed to fit in a major commissioned artwork (which took over 100 hours to complete!), a new artwork...
DrawPj News 25th November 2016
Welcome to the latest edition of DrawPj News; now for the first time ever in HD video! In this edition we're featuring some fantastic student artworks that have come in over the past month, plus a roundup of everything thats new at DrawPj.com....
Featured Student Artworks November 22nd 2016
During October and November our wonderful DrawPj students created a fantastic array of artworks. There were so many great ones that it was hard to pick out just a few examples for this post! Lady Beetle by Yvy (aged 11) - from Unit 1 Childrens Course Let's get started...
How to Choose the Right Paper for Drawing
There are so many different kinds of paper available for drawing that it can be confusing to decide exactly which one is going to work for your drawing project. Your paper has a direct effect on the look and feel of your artwork, and so...
Featured Student Artworks 26th September 2016
September has been an amazingly busy month and the quality of course projects and original artworks being submitted by our wonderful DrawPj student community has been first-class. Lets get things rolling with an absolutely astounding example which we have chosen to be...
Cindy Live on TV with Hochanda Channel
We're excited to announce that DrawPj.com Course Author Cindy Wider has been invited by Derwent and the SAA as an Ambassador for Derwent to demonstrate their products live on TV! On Saturday 8th of October Cindy will be appearing live on the popular Hochanda TV...
A Guided tour of my Art Table and Pencil Drawing Materials
My favourite saying is "Just show up at the table and the rest will take care of itself". So I thought I'd give you a guided tour of the table that I show up to. Sketchbooks Before i even get to my table I've usually got my ideas brimming...
New Videos added to the Complete Drawing Course (2nd August 2016)
We're constantly busy creating new videos to add to the Complete Drawing Certificate Course on a weekly basis. Right now we're focusing on Unit 1: Outline Drawing and Unit 5: Coloured Pencil. Here's a summary of the videos added to the DrawPj Academy over the last...
Featured Student Artworks 2nd August 2016
We've had some wonderful student artworks coming through over the last few weeks. This is a selection from all levels of the Complete Drawing Certificate Course. We hope you really enjoy these... A Shoe Well Travelled by Dima Kadah (Project from Unit 2: Shading and...
How to set up a Drawing Desk (this is how I arrange my table)
I'm just putting the finishing touches on my current drawing and I thought it would be a great idea to show you how I set up my table ready for drawing. When I'm working I like everything to be exactly in the right position so that I can...
How to Remove Paper from a Watercolour Block Safely
Watercolor blocks can be great for colored pencil drawing. They are so much more convenient for small drawings than the huge single sheets of watercolor paper that you might find for sale in the paper drawers at your local art shop. In...
How to use an Electric Pencil Eraser
When creating a pencil artwork of any kind erasing can be almost as important as the actual drawing itself. It's especially important when creating a coloured pencil drawing as it can be very difficult to add those extra little details to...
How to Sharpen a Coloured Pencil
In this video drawing lesson I'm going to show you how to create a super sharp long tip on your pencil. A sharp tip is so important for really helping the pigment of your pencil to penetrate your paper, so you can lay down layers of colour...
‘City Landscape’ by Alexey Kosarev
Check out this stunning artwork by Drawpj.com Russian Instructor and Alumni mentored student Alexey Kosarev. We are so impressed with this expressive pencil drawing. Great textures, tones and stylisation. Well done Alexey. City Landscape by Alexey Kosarev Size: 21 х...
‘Juicy Apple’ by Maureen Myant
Well done Maureen Myant on your gorgeous juicy apple that you created from unit five of our art course. I was so impressed when this beautiful apple came into my inbox that I just had to ask permission from Maureen to share it with you all. Maureen has successfully...
