In this episode Colin talks about his current work in progress of a long hair (long fur?) dog. He describes his choice of paper and why following the reference picture made for some interesting choices in base colours. 

Colin shares with us his finished fox landscape picture and how he created little details within the picture that created a sort of "story". We talk about the reasoning behind other small details he added and why he cut the bottom off mid way through. 

In this week's episode we discuss how much detail you should draw in your outline drawings. We talk about animals, portraits and landscapes and how the level of detail changes depending on what you're drawing. We also talk about Colin's new Fox landscape which he's working on and shares a sneak peek of the progress.

In this week's episode Colin talks about the picture he teased last week - a turtle! We discuss using the challenges he faced with this picture and how a PanPastel background didn't work out this time. We also talk about his choice of paper and how he achieved such intricate detail.

In this week's episode Colin talks to us about how the background went on the Wildcat painting. He talks about the choices of background colour and how unsure he was about how it would turn out! We also discuss using PanPastels for a sky then using pastel pencils to put a subject over the top in his new bird in flight landscape. 

In this episode Colin talks about his latest picture of a Wild Cat and his next task of creating an impressionistic background with complimentary colours. 

In this episode Colin reveals the picture he was talking about last week and reveals a couple of pictures that never happened. We talk about these false starts and how he deals with things not always going to plan...

In this episode Colin talks about his latest Renoir inspired piece using PanPastels. He talks about how he modified the original Renoir picture and added his own spin on the landscape. We also talk about mindset towards a picture and how that can change over time.

This week Colin talks about his latest impressionism piece which he's done "in the style of Renoir". This leads us to a discussion around how to do impressionism and how to slowly integrate it into your realistic work. 

In this episode we discuss painting larger pieces and miniature pieces in both watercolour and pastel pencils. Colin talks about which he finds easier and the challenges you might face with both.