One of our students Matt sent us this interesting question regarding Acrylic: Hello Sir, I have been thinking of taking your watercolor course. I have heard that I can thin down acrylics? Could I use this method and if I do would I use watercolor [...]
One of our students Yvonne sent in her lovely picture of the Black Labrador and asked for some tips on the background. When Yvonne signed up to our courses she also became eligible to send in her work for tips and advice from Colin. In [...]
In this podcast, we give some advice and tips to one of our student's Hamide who sent in her picture of Marilyn Monroe. Hamide signed up to access our courses and so can receive feedback and tips on her work. We share these tips on [...]
Cynthia sent in her first few pastel pencil pictures for some tips and advice. Cynthia recently signed up to access our courses and so can write in for tips and advice on her work. In this recording Colin offers advice on all the pictures pointing [...]
Charles sent in his landscape picture that he has completed using Pastel Pencils. Charles signed up to access our courses and so can receive feedback and advice on his work. In this recording Colin offers some tips on contrast as well as perspective. We hope [...]
Hamide recently purchased access to our courses and has just begun using Pastel Pencils. When someone buys access to our courses they can receive feedback and tips on where to improve. Hamide sent us the Victorian Portrait and requested some tips and advice. In this [...]
We offer Vikram some advice on his Rainbow over Castle picture. Vikram signed up to our courses and as part of the service he can receive tips and advice on his artwork. We share the tips on the blog as we feel they may be [...]
In this episode we talk about comparing yourself to other artists and overcoming fear of failure (this discussion starts at around 9 minutes 40 seconds in). Around that we also talk about how Colin's watercolour work has changed through the experience of working further with [...]
In this recording Colin and Steve offer some tips and advice for Robyn on her Squirrel picture. This is only Robyn's 4th Pastel Pencil picture and she's done extremely well. Colin gives some tips for improving the vibrancy of the colours as well as advice [...]
Lesley has written in asking for some advice on her Barn Owl picture. Lesley has signed up to access our courses so with that she can receive feedback and advice on her work. She chose not to put in the background and focus on the [...]
