How to trick your thinking brain to see more, and think less
How to trick your thinking brain to see more, think less
Improve your Observation & Drawing Micro, Macro, Fast and Slow
Drawing Exercises that will improve your observation skills fast
Drawing my Hand using the Viewfinder Tool
This drawing tool to help draw any 3D subjects is a simple one but very effective. Read all about it and watch the video I put together.
How to paint Water Droplets in Watercolour
The key techniques to 3D water droplets in watercolour
The one where I did not erase my mistakes - Portrait pencil practice.
This article documents my step by step drawing a portrait practice and how I manage mistakes, without erasing them.
Watercolours for Beginners Mind - Week 5 The Value of Thumbnails
The Value of Thumbnails in watercolor painting is covered in this article, and is the 5th installment of my online course Watercolors for Beginners Mind.
Watercolour for Beginners Mind - Week 4 is the one about colours
Watercolours for Beginners Mind, all about colours, the online course
Travel Sketching Short Course- LASALLE College of the Arts
Travel Sketching Short Course with Susan Olij @LASALLE College of the arts. Lesson 1
Watercolours for Beginners Mind : Lesson 3. Edge and Shape
Lesson 3 Edge and Shape in Watercolours for Beginners Mind online course. This one covers everything you need to know about Edge and Shape to produce realistic watercolours objects
What Exactly is Travel Sketching?
What exactly is Travel Sketching- explained.
The one about Fear Walking. What I learned on this one Waterloo St Sketchwalk.
What I learned from my own sketch during a Sketchwalk in March, 2022. Waterloo St healer.
Watercolours for Beginners Mind : Lesson 2 is Strokes and Tempo (Time)
Session 2 in Watercolours for Beginners Mind course is about strokes and tempo. Read all about it here.
Watercolours for Beginners Mind : Lesson 1 is Consistency
Lesson 1 in Watercolor is Consistency. This details my process of learning watercolor consistency using an image reference
Four questions to ask yourself when investing in ‘travel sketching’ equipment.
Just 4 questions to ask yourself when investing in travel sketching equipment.
Art Supply for Watercolors for Beginners Mind
Art Supply for Watercolor for Beginners Mind online course
What is Watercolours for Beginners Mind - A short course
Watercolour for Beginners Mind, a new online course by Susan Olij uncovers what is possible when we use our beginners mind to learn the most loved medium for travel sketching
Finding Words to improve my drawing practice.
Drawing; The Seeing Skills
The one about Drawing Still Life correctly
The one about Composition and that dreaded Perspective thing.
Learn about composition and perspective, and that annoying foreshortening too