In this episode Colin offers some advice for a student doing a child’s portrait and a ginger kitten. He also discusses his finished horse portrait.

This week Colin offers advice for a student attempting a dog portrait and also gives an update on his horse portrait.  

This week we discuss Colin’s next pastel picture of a Horse. He tells us why he chose to this picture and the early build up stages of colour with the horse hair. 

In this week Colin offers advice on how to draw a close up of a gnarled tree trunk and also show the finished picture of the dog running through grass. Colin discusses how he customised the depth of field to draw attention to the areas of the picture he wanted the viewer to focus on.

In this week Colin talks about his studio and working space. We also discuss his picture of the dog running with a stick in his mouth. If you have any questions or anything you would like us to discuss, drop us a comment or email!

This week Colin discusses a new picture that he is painting of a dog running with a stick in his mouth. He describes some of the technical points he had to take into account when doing this picture.

This week Colin discusses his finished Robin picture and also reveals a number of smaller exercises designed for beginners. He also discusses an unexpected, very useful tool that everyone should have in the house.

This week Colin reveals a fresh painting he is working on which is a gorgeous little Robin. We also discuss a new series of short free exercises that are appearing on YouTube, Udemy and our website.Watch the first short exercise on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/87mKYu4ipps

This week Colin discusses a new picture he finished this week of a cat portrait.  We talk about the changes he made from the original reference photograph in order to make it an easier and more appealing painting.

In this episode Colin discusses the finished elephant picture including the important detail he missed out!