This week Colin offers his advice to students tackling pet and human portraits! 

In this podcast we dissect Colin’s latest picture and discuss the various techniques and pastel applications that went into creating the effects we see on paper.

In this episode Colin dissects his latest portrait of a woman in a straw hat. He discusses the reason behind the choices he made, why he sticks to his golden rule of sticking to what you see and signing a picture in the medium he uses. 

In this episode Colin helps 2 of his students with their pictures as well as talking about his most recent portrait picture.

In this episode Colin talks about the predicament he faced with his recent portrait work and why he had to abandon his picture. 

In this episode Colin talks about his finished duck landscape and how he achieved such a realistic outcome. He also offers advice for a student on their dog portrait. 

In this episode Colin discusses his new picture in a challenging surround. He discusses the importance of "rehearsing" the colour applications and experimenting so you can achieve the correct tone.

In this episode Colin discusses the rock picture he has painted to help others with this tricky landscape feature.

In this episode Colin shows us his finished Sphinx Cat and the challenges he faced when drawing such an unique subject.

In this episode Colin discusses his newest challenge - a sphinx cat. We talk about how the picture's going and the techniques he using. We also discuss drawing one of the hardest features in landscape art - rocks.