Recently I was very kindly invited to visit Hobbycraft HQ and take part in a live Facebook stream to help promote some of the incredible new Derwent products. To view the full live stream simply click on the picture above, or click here and it will take you to the video on Hobbycrafts Facebook page. 

You can find all these fabulous new products, and more, at www.derwentart.com or visit your nearest Hobbycraft & pick them up in store. 

This weeks video will demonstrate how to use watercolour to make subject matter come to life on a page. This weeks main focus is a rather beautiful rose. As alwasy please do let me know what you think and if you want to find out more about me please continue to browse this website. 

Thank you. 

Products used in this description:
All products purchased from https://www.saa.co.uk/
Watercolour paper  Daler Rowney Aquafine SP 300gsm 254x178mm (10x7") 12 Sheets- spiral Product code: DRAFS7
HB pencil
Watercolours yellow and gold Daler-Rowney Artists' Watercolour 15ml
Derwent sword brush Derwent Technique Brush Set Product code: DTB

Todays demonstration shows how to paint a bowl of roses using watercolour paints. I always find watercolour extremely fun to work with and when done correctly it can yield some beautiful results, especially when painting flowers or plants. 

I hope you enjoy this weeks demonstration and if any of you have had a go at painting any flowers yourself, in watercolour or any other medium, please do contact me via my website to show me your results. 

To find out more about me, my work or my lessons please continue to browse my website or use the contact section to reach me directly.  

Products used in this demonstration:
All products purchased from https://www.saa.co.uk/
Watercolour paper  Daler Rowney Aquafine SP 300gsm 254x178mm (10x7") 12 Sheets- spiral Product code: DRAFS7
HB pencil
Watercolours yellow and  gold  Daler-Rowney Artists' Watercolour 15ml
Derwent sword brush Derwent Technique Brush Set Product code: DTB

I am very happy to announce that my painting 'Flight', pictured above, was voted by the public as their favourite piece displayed at the recent Broadstone Art Societies week-long exhibition. 

I thoroughly enjoyed creating this piece and I did so whilst demonstrating to my student how to plan & paint a background first before adding a subject into it. The finished piece shows movement, bright colours & beautiful nature at it's best. 

The full article is pictured above and thank you to anyone who voted for this piece as their favourite. 

To find out more about my lessons and how you can get involved please visit the contact page HERE. 

​Todays video demonstrates how to paint a male portrait. I have always enjoyed drawing & painting portraits & watching the model come to life on the page. It certainly takes a lot of practise and portraits are certainly not easy; but with the right methods anyone can start to do great quality work. 

To find out more about me or my work please visit http://www.virtual-artstudent.com/

Products used:
All products are purchased from https://www.saa.co.uk/
Daler Rowney pastel paper DRMP001
Pastel pencil brown
White pastel pencil
Flesh coloured pastels and white

Todays video shows me doing something a bit different! This was filmed at a live demonstration in Wokingham; where I showed how to create a lovely piece using collage and then working back on top of that collage base. 

I hope you're all enjoying this latest series of videos, I have received some great feedback on them from many of you! If you have any suggestions or ideas please let me know in the comments section below and, as always, if you do enjoy my videos please click the thumbs up button on the YouTube page as this really shows me that you like the content I'm creating. 

See you all soon! 

Products Used:
All products purchased from https://www.saa.co.uk/
Canvas board Product code: LCB1210
Acrylic blue paint Acrylic - Phthalo Turquoise 75ml (154  Product code: DRS3154
Torn newspaper
PVA glue
Charcoal
Candle and wax crayons  Koh-I-Noor 8236 Wax Crayons Tub of 48 Assorted (Tub)Product code: 33823600
Acrylics SAA Artists' Acrylic Paint - 60ml tube
Disposable palette Daler-Rowney Acrylic Tear-Off Palette Pad (A4)
Product code: DRTP4
Flat brush SAA Silver Easy Flat Brush 1" (25mm) Product code: SAABE
Soft pastels 

Series 2 launches today! For the first episode of series 2 of my art tutorials I wanted to show you a demonstration of me painting one of my favourite animals - dogs! I really hope you enjoy this one and if you would like to see more please check out the back catalogue of videos available on my channel. ​

Items used:
Watercolour paper 140lbs/300gsm Daler Rowney Aquafine SP 300gsm 254x178mm (10x7") 12 Sheets- spiral Product code: DRAFS7
Watercolour paints for a wash on the paper 
Pastel pencil brown Faber Castell Pitt Pastel Pencil - Van Dyck Brown (176)Product code: FCPP176
Water brush Pentel Aquash Water Brush - Broad Tip Product code: PWBB
Pastels Inscribe Soft Pastel Set 32 Colours Product code: 870000036