Acrylic Portraits can be done using a range of possible painting styles and techniques. Our portrait of Robert Burns uses a method of carefully modeling the figure with glazes of acrylic colour on top of flat underpainting. One of the great strengths of acrylic paint is that you can create deeply luminous colours by building up the image in thin transparent glazes of paint. The result is very similar to oil painting but the difference is that acrylics dry in minutes whereas oils take days. This is one of the major strengths of acrylic paint as it enables you to work more quickly.

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Our art lesson on how to draw a dog in color pencils is a demonstration of the various steps involved in creating our dog drawing above of 'Ben' the Border Collie. Color pencil is the ideal medium for illustrating this subject as it naturally suited to making the rhythmic lines that convey the colorful sheen of the dog's coat.

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Our lesson on how to draw a squirrel in pen and ink is a demonstration of the various steps and techniques involved in creating the squirrel drawing. Pen and ink is a very good medium for rendering the bristly texture of fur and ideally suited to this subject.

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Our lesson on how to draw a horse in pencil is a demonstration of the various steps and techniques involved in creating the horse drawing. The model for our drawing was 'Whistlejacket', the famous racehorse originally painted by George Stubbs. Pencil is the ideal medium for rendering both the form of the animal's powerful muscles and the soft textures of its gleaming coat, mane and tail.

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Our lesson on how to draw a tropical fish in chalk pastels is a demonstration of the steps involved in creating our tropical fish drawing. The example we have chosen is a Majestic Angel (Euxiphipops navarchus) from Australasia. The bold primary colours and patterns on the fish make this a good subject to display the qualities of chalk pastels.

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Our lesson on how to draw a tiger in oil pastels is a demonstration of the steps involved in creating our tiger drawing. Oil crayons, also called oil pastels, are an ideal medium for rendering this subject as the strokes of the crayons naturally suggest texture of the tiger's face. A light brown sugar paper was chosen for this image but oil pastels work well on any colour of paper.

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Our lesson on how to draw a rhino in charcoal and chalk is a demonstration of the steps involved in creating our rhino drawing. Charcoal and chalk is the ideal medium for drawing creatures like rhinos and elephants whose dramatic form is more important than their color.

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Our lesson on how to draw a beetle with color pencils is a demonstration of the steps involved in creating our beetle drawing. This scarab-like specimen, a member of the insect family Eudicella genus found in Kenya, was chosen for its colorful iridescent qualities.

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An overview of watercolor techniques in a demo of 'Lion Cub and His Bone' painting.


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Working with watercolour may at first seem strange and difficult, especially if you are use to opaque mediums such as oil or acrylic. Here are a few points to keep in mind...


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