Articles For All Artists

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As an artist and art tutor, I work with a selection of mediums. I often try out different art products and decided to share these findings on this website. These articles are updated from time to time, especially if I find more information that is useful. You can share an article on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or via an email by clicking any of the icons to the left of each page.
Please click on any sub-section below or if you are looking for something specific, the full list of Articles is at the bottom of this page.  ​

Article Sections

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Coloured Pencils

All articles about Coloured Pencils can be found here which include:
​* Pencil Ranges
* Papers suited to Coloured Pencils
* Pencil Accessories
* Step by Step Tutorials for Coloured pencil Artists
​and more......

Graphite Pencils

All articles about Graphite Pencils can be found here which include:
​* Pencil Ranges & Graphite mediums
* Papers suited to Graphite Pencils
* Pencil Accessories
* Step by Step Tutorials for Graphite pencil Artists
​and more......

Acrylic Paints

All articles about Acrylic Paints can be found here which include:
​* Paint Ranges & Mediums
* Canvases & Papers suited to Acrylics
​* Brushes & Accessories
* Step by Step Tutorials for Acrylic Artists
​and more......

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Water Based Art Products

All articles about water based Art products can be found here which include:
​* Coloured pencils, Brush pens, Artisan Oils and more..
* Watercolour papers & canvas
* Accessories
* Step by Step Tutorials for Artists
​and more......

Soft Pastels

All articles about Soft Pastels can be found here which include:
​* Soft Pastels, Pastel Pencil Ranges & Pastel  mediums
* Papers suited to Soft Pastels
* Pastel Accessories
* Step by Step Tutorials for Pastel Artists
​and more......

Papers & Supports

All articles about Papers & Supports can be found here which include:
​* Papers suited to pencils
* Papers suited to Pastels
* Canvas & Papers for Acrylics
* Papers suited for many mediums
​* Product recommendations

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Starting Out With....

For those Artists picking up a new medium, here are our 'Starting Out With...' Articles which include:
​* ...Coloured Pencils    * ...Acrylics   
​* ...Graphite Pencils
​* ....Soft Pastels    * ...Oils
Also: Starting out in the Art Commission business

Art Accessories

Helpful Articles on numerous Art Accessories that may help make your Art life easier with products such as:
​* Blenders for various mediums
* Pencil Sharpeners & How best to sharpen pencils
* Erasers, Indent Tools, Paint palettes etc.

Art Tutorials

All our Step by Step Art Tutorials can be found on this page which include the following mediums:
​* Coloured Pencils Tutorials
* Graphite Pencils Tutorials
* Pastels Tutorials
* Acrylics Tutorials
**Video Tutorials will be added when available**

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The Art Business

For those Artists picking up a new medium, here are our Our Art Business Articles include:
* Starting out in the Art Commission business
* Copyright & Royalty Free Imagery
* Art Scams
​More will follow.....

Guest Artist Posts

Articles written by other Artists for the Step by Step Art website
Welsh oil painter Chris Chalk
​'Starting out with Oils'
What do you need to start working with Oils? Chris explains the 3 things you need to get going!

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Coloured pencil brands Checklist

Starting Out With Coloured Pencils

Coloured Pencil Comparisons

Caran Dache Luminance

DERWENT LIGHTFAST COLOURED PENCILS

Derwent Coloursoft

Berol Karisma Coloured pencils

Derwent Procolour Pencils

Prismacolor Premier

WH Smith Coloured pencils

Van Gogh Coloured pencils

Derwent Inktense pencils

Blenders & Burnishers

Derwent Blender Pen

Sharpening Pencils

Starting Out With Graphite Pencils

Derwent Onyx Graphite Pencils

Derwent Graphitint Watercolour pencils

Starting Out With Acrylics

Winsor & Newton Galeria Acrylic Paints

Clairfontaine Pastelmat

Starting Out With Soft Pastels

Unison Soft Pastels

Faber Castell PITT Pastel Pencils

STABILO CARBOTHELLO PASTEL PENCILS

Starting Out With Oils

Ampersand Bords

SAA Hot Pressed Watercolour Trial papers

Art Spectrum Colourfix

Bockingford Hot Pressed Watercolour paper

Legion Stonehenge paper

Ursus Coloured paper

UArt Dark Sanded Paper Review

AMPERSAND PASTELBORD

Working with Tonal Papers

Royal Talens Ecoline Brush pens

Pencil Storage Rack

The Art Commission business

Strathmore 500 Bristol Plate

Ghiant Transfer Spray

Working with Textured paper

ZEST-IT PENCIL BLEND

CANSON MI-TIENTES 'TOUCH' PAPER

DERWENT GRAPHIC PENCILS

Caran d'Ache Museum Aquarelle water soluble pencils

Somerset paper by St.Cuthbert's Mill

Step by Step Tutorials

Layering & Erasing with Graphite pencils | Learning the basics

Tonal Layering with Coloured pencils | Learning the basics

Tonal Skies in Soft Pastels on Mi-Tientes 'Touch' | Learning the basics

Tonal Backgrounds in Acrylic Paints

Snow Leopard Eye in Coloured pencils on Black Colourfix

Autumn Leaf using Soft Pastels on Pastelmat

Blueberries in Coloured pencils tutorial

Dogs Eye in Graphite pencils tutorial

Creating waves tutorial in coloured pencils

Swallow tutorial in soft pastels

Pink orchid tutorial in acrylic paints

Glass jar tutorial in coloured pencils