How to you make facial features look feminine or masculine? Colin discusses the finesse behind drawing women and the more rugged approach to drawing a man. We discuss using proportional dividers in your pictures. What's a good scale for using pressure in pastel pencils?

This week we go back to answering your questions. Colin talks about getting support and feedback on your artwork from third parties. We discuss where to work on your artwork and whether humidity can affect the pastel pencil. Colin talks about reviving dull colours that appear after a section of a painting has been completed. Finally we discuss leaving your comfort zone and how this can vastly improve what you love to paint most.

This week we discuss the basics of drawing and understanding tones with reference to Colin’s new Figure Drawing subject. Colin talks about building tones and how useful this can be when painting colour subjects. We discuss the base colours needed for “charcoal” style paintings.

This week Colin discusses when you make a mistake, not only how to rescue the picture but also to look at it in a different way. We also discuss an interesting technique using the ivory colour shapers and the lightfastness of pastel pencils

This we talk about various methods for proportioning out your pictures using grids. We give advice for demonstrating live and ways of using marionettes.

This week Colin covers, doing backgrounds on crisp pictures, cutting paper down to size and varying skin tones with younger/older people.

This week, we discuss using warmer and cooler tones in landscape pictures. Colin discusses tackling Shiny Coats in Animals using the example of a Bay Horse. We talk more about the Life Drawing Tutorials that are coming soon to http://www.colinbradleyart.co.uk

We record live from Westminster, London to answer more of your questions and make some special announcements. Colin answers questions on creating darker backgrounds and various types of Paper. We also announce a brand new series of lessons coming soon.. Watch the Video Podcast online here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nrxqjICEh8

What subjects should you start off doing in pastel pencils? Colin gives his recommendations. We discuss what range of sticks and pastel pencils Colin uses and suggests. Colin talks about how much pastel to put down as a base for backgrounds.

It’s story time this week on Colin Bradley Art Cast. We ask Colin at which point did he switch from doing art as a hobby, to pursuing it as a profession. Colin reveals some fascinating details about the beginning of his journey and the people that influenced his decision to move to Broadstairs and open his own art gallery.