Artist's Back to Basics

Rediscovering Coloured Pencils

There is no need to spend a lot of money on materials, you may already have some HB pencils and coloured pencils tucked away in a drawer somewhere! You may need to purchase a sketch- pad, and an inexpensive watercolour pad to get started, then as you advance experiment with varying grades and types of papers and illustration boards and also collate a variety of sketch or graphite pencils for shading.

I’m thrilled to be able to come along on this journey with you and to pass on what will hopefully be valuable and practical information to help you create your masterpieces. You may already be a confident, even established, artist but I believe we

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