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CHESTERFIELD WORKSHOPS 2021
Coloured Pencils
May - Kingfisher
August  -  Sumatran Tiger in water 
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Graphite Pencils
May - Audrey Hepburn

​WORKSHOP TERMS & CONDITIONS
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​COLOURED PENCIL WORKSHOPS
Coloured pencil Workshop Product Requirements -

GRAPHITE PENCIL WORKSHOPS
Graphite pencil Workshop Product Requirements -
                                               


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Written Articles

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ARTICLES FOR ARTISTS
- A guide to article ideas - for those wishing to submit an article to this site.
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A GUIDE TO STARTING OUT WITH...
- Coloured pencils -  Updated 2021
- Graphite pencils
- Acrylic paints
- Soft Pastels
​- Oils (Guest post by Chris Chalk)
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COLOURED PENCILS:-
- Coloured pencils Comparison - UPDATED 11/2018
- White Coloured Pencils  Comparison
(To follow)
​- Coloured Pencil Range Checklist
- Caran Dache Luminance
​- Caran d'Ache Luminance - New colours 2020 (Blog)
- Caran d'Ache Museum Aquarelle
​- Derwent Lightfast
- Derwent Drawing
- Derwent Coloursoft
- Derwent Inktense pencils
- Derwent Mettallic (new range) (to follow)
​- Derwent Procolour 
​- WH Smith Colouring Pencils
- Faber Castell Polychromos
- Royal Talens Van Gogh pencils
- Prismacolor Premier
- Berol Karismacolor pencils
- Prismacolor Verithin  (to follow)
- Lyra Rembrandt Polycolor profi-plus (to follow)

​ACRYLIC PAINTS:-
- Winsor & Newton Galeria Paints
- Daler Rowney Graduate Acrylics
- GOLDEN Acrylic paints (to follow)
- Acrylics product Requirements

​​GRAPHITE PENCILS:-
- Derwent Graphic pencils
- Derwent Onyx Graphite pencils
- Derwent Graphitint pencils Review
- Mars Staedtler pencils (To Follow)

SOFT PASTELS:-
- Unison Pastels
- Faber Castell Pitt Pastel Pencils 
- Stabilo CarbOthello Pastel pencils
- Derwent Pastel pencils
- Pan Pastels (TO FOLLOW)
- Prismacolor Premier Nu Pastels

​WATER-BASED:-
- Artisan Oil paints (to follow)
- Ecoline Brush Pens
- Caran d'Ache Museum Aquarelle water based coloured pencils
​- Derwent Inktense pencils
- Winsor & Newton 'Cotman' watercolour Deluxe set (Winter Newsletter 2021)

ART ACCESSORIES:-
​​- Blending & Burnishing
- Sharpening Pencils
- Handmade Pencil Storage Chest
- Zest-it 'Pencil Blend'
- Colored Pencil Powder Blender (To Follow)
- Derwent Blender Pens
- Ghiant Transfer Spray
​- Loxley Fixative (Blog)
- Rigger brushes (Winter Newsletter 2021)
- Palette Knives (Winter Newsletter 2021)
- Indent tools (To follow)
- Paper stumps/Tortillions (to follow)

GUEST ARTIST ARTICLE
Chris Chalk Art - Starting Out With Oils

SUPPORTS:-
- Ampersand Board ranges
   - Gessobord
  - Pastelbord
  -  Aquabord (TO FOLLOW)
  -  Claybord (TO FOLLOW)
- Arches hot pressed watercolor paper (to follow)
​- Art Spectrum Colourfix paper review
​- Art Spectrum Colourfix smooth paper review (Blog)
​- Bockingford hot pressed watercolor paper
- Bockingford Tints (NOT) watercolour paper (Blog)
- Canson Moulin Du Roy hot pressed watercolor paper (to follow)
- Canson Mi-Tientes 'Touch' Paper 
- Clairfontaine Fontaine hot pressed watercolor paper (to follow)
- Clairfontaine Maya Coloured Paper
​- Clairfontaine Pastelmat
​- Fabriano Artistico hot pressed watercolor paper (to follow)
- Fisher400 paper (Winter Newsletter 2021)
- Hahnemuhle Velour Paper (to follow)
​- Jackson's Uncradled Gesso Panel (Winter Newsletter 2021)
- Legion Stonehenge paper review
- Moulin Du Roy hot pressed paper (TO FOLLOW)
​- SAA hp Watercolor papers trial pack
- Somerset Paper
- Saunders Waterford hot pressed watercolor paper (to follow)
- Strathmore 500 Bristol paper
- UArt Premium Dark Pastel paper
- Ursus paper
- Working With Tonal Papers
- Working with Textured paper for Coloured pencil Artists
- Canvas boards 

The 'Green' Artist

​Information on Environmental and Animal friendly Art products - This page includes products that have been covered in an article found on this website and will continue to be updated.
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Step by Step Tutorials

​ STEP BY STEP WRITTEN TUTORIALS

COLOURED PENCILS:-
- Watermelon -  A tonal layering exercise for beginners
- Snow Leopard Eye - Learn how to create fine detail in your pencil art
- Blueberries - How to successfully build pencil layers
- Creating waves - Indenting & blending for realism
- Glass jar - Create a 3D drawing using just 5 pencils
- Peacock feather - Creating feathers and layering vibrant colours

SOFT PASTELS:-
- Tonal Skies - The basics of layering & blending with soft pastels
​- Autumn Leaf  - Building up layers and applying detail
- Swallow - A full length tutorial for all pastels artists
- Violet flower - Learning how to blend and achieve realism

GRAPHITE PENCILS:-
- Layering & Erasing - The basics of application, layering and blending
- Dogs Eye  -  The importance of indenting & layering to achieve realism
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ACRYLIC PAINTS:-
- Tonal Backgrounds - Create seamless backgrounds with just a paintbrush
- Pink Orchid - Learn how to apply translucent washes for great effect 
​NEW ACRYLICS TUTORIAL COMING SOON!

STEP BY STEP VIDEO TUTORIALS

WILL BE AVAILABLE AS SOON AS I HAVE A SUITABLE VIDEO SET UP

STEP BY STEP TUTORIALS IN COMPANY MAGAZINES 

Colored Pencil Magazine - Blueberries in Coloured pencils
​Colored pencil magazine - Peacock feather in Coloured pencils

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Blog posts - Product reviews, hints and tips

July 2020 - Caran d'Ache Luminance - 24 New colours
August 2020 - Bockingford Tints watercolour paper - recommendation
November 2020 - Art Spectrum Colourfix Smooth review
November 2020 - Loxley Fixative
​November 2020 - Looking how to start your own art commission business?
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January 2021 - Pan Pastels, Jackson's Art gesso board, Acrylic accessories, watercolour set unboxing

Articles for the Art Business
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The Commissions Art Business - Advice & pointers - What should I charge?