I was lucky enough to be asked to demonstrate at the wonderful Lawrence Art Society in Devizes recently, where I shown the class an array of illustrated drawing techniques. 

I also demonstrated how, providing you get the drawing to a high enough quality, you can use any colours & the painting will still come together - such as my rather striking blue & purple elephant above!

Fans of my video podcasts will know that (1) I love painting elephants & (2) I often use some less than traditional colourings on my paintings to bring out various light tones or shadowing. I feel that painting in this way, using these techniques & colour choices really help bring the paintings to life. 

Take a look at the two finished paintings above & let me know what you think in the comments below. 

In todays video I demonstrate how to use some of my favourite techniques to paint a wonderful photo of some fighting Seagulls! 

When you paint or draw action filled images such as these it can be quite difficult to really capture all the movement and action onto the canvas, but I feel with these techniques you'll see how it can be done. 

As always, thank you for watching and if you enjoyed this video, or indeed this series of three, please leave a comment below or on my YouTube page. 

Thank you, 

Dee. 

Following on from last weeks video, this weeks is based on another beautiful animal we were lucky enough to see whilst on safari in South Africa; my favourite animal - Elephants! 

If you've been watching my YouTube videos for awhile now you'll know that I love to paint elephants, and have done so many times before. But with each painting I use differing techniques or styles so there's still plenty to learn. 

I hope you enjoy today's video, if you do please leave a LIKE on the video, subscribe for more or leave me a comment right here on this blog! I love hearing from you all. 

Thank you & happy painting, 

Dee.

John & I recently returned from an incredible trip to South Africa where we went on a Big 5 Safari. We were lucky enough to see lots of beautiful wildlife including these monkeys. John managed to snap this fantastic picture that I just couldn't wait to get home & paint!

For this latest series of videos I have taken some of your advice on board and removed the background music, whilst also slowing down the film to ensure you can observe closely what I am doing. This, of course, makes for longer videos but I hope you notice the difference in being able to follow along and learn some new techniques. 

I really hope you enjoy this short series of 3 animal specials, to be released fortnightly starting with todays Monkeys. 

Dee.

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