Illustration & Art Blog

Wondering what are analogous colours? Want to improve your colour theory? For artists and designers, improving your use of colour is essential. Colour plays a crucial role in making a good first impression, which what makes learning colour so important....

Do you want to discover triadic colours? Want to improve your colour within you art? The best paintings are those with the best use of colour. Monet, Van Gogh to Turner were fantastic painters. We remember their excellent compositions and...

One fine way to improve your art is by using complimentary colours. Past and present artists have used this colour technique, from Van Gogh, Henry Matisse to Monet. It’s a proven method that results in strong colour choices. If you...

Inspired by an illustrator’s sketchbook drawings? Love figure drawings in particular? As I’ve said many a time within a sketchbook update blog post, I love drawing and creating my own personal art in my sketchbook. Sketchbooks allow me to practice...

Do you want to learn how to draw the head? Struggling to draw portraits or faces? Drawing the head is one of the most difficult things to draw for beginners. They say it’s just as difficult as drawing the figure,...

Want some sketchbook inspiration? Looking for some creative spark to get you fired up? I love creating and working in my sketchbook. It’s my number one place to create exactly what I want, without limits. I have a mixture of...

Want to learn how to use grids within your designs, to take them to the next level? Curious to learn about grids in design? If you know me, you know how much I love grids (and also the baseline grid)....

Desire to improve your gouache paintings? Do you want to paint with gouache? I’ve been painting with gouache for over 9 years. I’ve learnt a lot during that time, from painting successes to many failures. When I first painted with...

Do you want to discover my top art tools list that I use to create my art? Want an honest review of these artistic tools, which I personally use? I’m always intrigued by the tools that other artists use to...

Want ten free figure drawing resources? Looking to improve and learn figure drawing? Drawing the figure can be challenging for many artists. However, level up your figure and drawing skills by learning from free figure drawing resources. All of them...