Colin Bradley Art Cast

In this episode we take some questions from our students! Colin talks about whether you should repeat classes that you have previously taken and offers his advice on what he would do. We also discuss soft pastels on Fabriano Ingres vs PastelMat and the differences in application. Colin also discusses another new shadow picture he has completed and how his artwork is being challenged by more difficult subjects.

This week we talk about the new Teddy Bear subject we've added to the site and the story behind the bear. We also talk about the shadow picture that Colin was working on last week and reveal how it came out. A new opportunity presents itself to try UART paper in 2 colours for both pastel and coloured pencil work and so we talk about our discussions with UART about trying their paper. Lastly Colin talks about the Van Gogh and the excitement behind more demonstrations coming soon.

In this episode we discuss how the 4 pencil shadow classes really help with learning contrast. When you begin to grasp how to achieve subtlety in shading and contrast it will transfer your work over night. We also talk about the new Van Gogh demonstration coming and how you can begin to learn impressionism early on.

In this episode Colin catches us up on what pictures he's been doing this week. In going back to coloured pencils again, what has he learnt and what challenges has he face? He also talks about the amount of pencils that he has used recently in foliage and specifically how to get such realistic effects. If you are keen on landscapes and foliage, you'll love this one!

In this episode we talk about the ability to put emotion and feeling across within a painting. When you're learning it's really important understand the technique and application, then once that is learnt you can start to put feeling and emotion into each stroke. Sometimes this is intuitive and subconscious, and sometimes it is deliberate. We talk about developing this extra quality to your pictures and how it transfers into other forms of art.

As Colin moves away from his coloured pencil work and back to pastel pencils. We talk about his return to the popular shadow pictures. With more ambitious ideas but still just 4 pencils, how will he cope trying to tackle more difficult subjects? Find out how he's getting on in this episode.

In this episode we finally get to talk about the new site, name and logo. We are now the Colin Bradley School of Art! It's taken us a long time and a lot of work to get to this point and want to thank everyone who helped make it possible. We couldn't have done it without you. Hear a little about the behind the scenes of what went behind the re-brand and new site and what we have planned for the future.

This is a bumper episode as we also talk about approaching commissions and share some tips from our members about their experience with taking on commissions and building their confidence.

Lastly we get technical and talk about how to create different light and dark areas of fur. What's the trick behind creating contrast in an animal when the fur colour is the same? Find out in this episode.

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In this episode Colin talks about how to help with self criticism and gaining inner confidence. We share an email from a student which prompted some really good discussion about doing commissions and battling your own inner self critic. Colin also talks about 2 more coloured pencil pictures and whether you can use watercolour pencils the same way you would use pastel pencils.

In this episode Colin talks about the 2 new coloured pencil pictures he's completed this week and how all the mediums he works with have similar principles and transferrable skills. Colin also discusses the various colours of pastelmat paper and which ones to use for various classes and also whether you can use fabriano ingres for the same pictures.

In this episode Colin talks about different factors to taking a good reference photograph as well as what to look out for when others send you a photo. We talk about how to get the best representation of colour and what to do when you're stuck. We also talk about a few more coloured pencil picture Colin's done in the last week and which Faber pencil to use instead of Cretacolor 229 used in the shadow pictures.