Welcome to the Step by Step Art website

On this site you will find lots of articles for Artists primarily covering the following mediums: Coloured Pencils, Acrylics, Graphite pencils and Pastels although not limited to. Take a look at some of our articles and reviews on art products, try one of our mini Art tutorials or see what Art Workshops are currently available.

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1 Day Art Workshops

The Art Workshops have wrapped up for another year and Karen would personally like to thank all the wonderfully talented Artists who came to both May and August’s Art Workshops and made the weekends fun and relaxed.
Hope to see you next year where there will be a brand new addition to my Coloured pencil Workshops where I will be tutoring large format drawings - first stop, A Big Cat! 
Stay tuned!

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Find Articles of interest on a plethora of Arty things including products, product comparisons, step by step tutorials and short video tutorials* (*not currently available)

1 Day Art Workshops

See what Workshops with tutor Karen M Berisford, are currently available this year. You can find out more information on each Workshop and book your place through the online booking form. 

Mini Tutorials

Why not try out one of our Mini tutorials. Each have Step by Step images with written explanations to help you along and we offer a colour chart if you are working with your own products. 

Step by Step Art Blog

Keep up with what's New on this website via the News blog - new articles, workshops and general Art related News will be posted here as regularly as possible.

Get In Touch

Have a question regarding a Workshop, an article or anything regarding the Step by Step Art website? Get in touch through this page.

About the SBS Founder

If you would like to find out more information about the Artist & Art Tutor, Karen M Berisford, visit this page or visit Karen's official site at:
​www.karenmberisford.com

Our latest Articles

Here are the latest Articles which includes a selection of information and reviews on multiple mediums and Art products. There is the Derwent Procolour pencils which has also been included in the Coloured Pencils Comparisons article, an article on the PITT pastel pencils range as well as an helpful article on pencil sharpeners which also offers advice on sharpening your pencils & Pastel pencils and how it can actually aid your technique too. There are also a couple of articles on papers, firstly the Bockingford Watercolour paper which can be used with numerous mediums and how tonal papers can aid your work. The latest mini Step by Step Art Tutorial is aimed at Beginners to Graphite pencils showing how to layer and blend for best effect which can be used to great effect in future Graphite pencil portraits. Finally I have compiled a list of how 'green' the Art products covered in articles on this website are and state how Animal & Environmentally Friendly they are. The link to this page can be found at the foot of every page titled 'For the Green Artist'

Simply click on one of the images below to visit the page of interest. You can find even more on our 'ARTICLES' page and there will be many more to come this year - if you wish to request a specific article please let me know.
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Latest Articles

UArt Dark Sanded Paper

Here I trial my Coloured pencils on the latest UArt Dark Sanded paper. How did it compare to other papers and see how I got on.

Sharpening Pencils

This article gives information about different pencil sharpeners and how they can play a huge part in your Art techniques too.

Pencil Storage Rack

If you have a lots of pencils and unable to find a suitable storage unit, this may be the answer. Holds upto 250 pencils/slim pens.

Coloured Pencil Comparisons

Looking to purchase a brand of Coloured pencils? Maybe this article will help you choose. - UPDATED to include Derwent Procolour

Starting Out With Pastels

Have you always wanted to give the Soft Pastels a go but unsure what you will need to start out, this helpful article offers you lots of information.

Working with Tonal Paper

Are you a coloured pencil Artist looking to find out how Coloured paper can aid your Artwork? Check out hints and tips in this article.

Soft Pastels Tutorial

If you are relatively new to Soft Pastels and looking for a Tutorial that will teach you how to layer to create depth and detail, this may help.

Galeria Acrylic Paints

Find out about the Winsor & Newton Galeria Acrylic paints and mediums, the student/artist grade Acrylic range at a great price!

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Our 'Starting Out With...' Articles

Each Article offers help and advice to those just starting out with a new medium, and may include helpful information for Artists of all calibre . Click on any of the images below to read the article of interest or click the white button below to visit the Articles page for a full list.
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Coloured Pencils

Do Coloured Pencils pique your interest as a medium but not sure what you need or where to begin? Read this article for some great pointers.

Acrylic Paints​

Looking to try out Acrylics as a new Medium and not sure where to start? Maybe this Article will help.

Graphite Pencils

Thinking of trying out Graphite pencils as a new medium? This article offers some information & help to get you started.

Oils

Welsh Oil painter Chris Chalk offers some simple advice for those looking to start out with Oils.
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"Being an Artist is not just about drawing a picture, it covers a wide range of Mediums and styles in many different ways - vibrant, highly detailed, simple, effective, thought provoking, breathtaking, exciting and some quite bizarre pieces of work but one thing with Art is that it is never boring!"

Artist & Art Tutor, Karen M Berisford

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