This illustration process will help you seamlessly take your illustration project from start to finish whether you’re working on a commissioned piece or a personal project.
Drawing From Life
A few tips to help you learn to draw from life.
Pencil Pouch Tutorial
Learn how to make a cute pencil pouch at home.
Color Mixing
A color mixing experiment where I use oil paints to create a color wheel.
Binding Post Portfolio Tutorial
The advantages of creating your own portfolio from scratch are that you can control the size of your pages and your covers; you can determine the orientation you want your pages to be and the binding posts will allow you to add or remove pages easily as your portfolio changes over time.
Work with Confidence
How do you work with confidence when you're not very confident in your skills?
Color Symbolism
Understanding color symbolism is a great way to inform your next art or design project.
Fixing My Old Art
Let me show you, step by step, how I take an old poster design I made for school and make adjustments to make it stronger and more effective.
Learn the 6 Principles of Design
It’s important for you to know the principles of design so you’re aware of all the components you have control over when you’re designing your composition. Having this knowledge will help you make intelligent decisions to create the effect you want.
Draw with me | Catching Up
A relaxing draw with me video where we catch up on what I’ve been up to in the past four years.
Choosing Art History Books
Here are some tips to help you choose the right art history books for you!
Reusing and Recycling Painting Surfaces
How to reuse and recycle painting surfaces!
Adobe Illustrator Resources
A very useful collection of Adobe Illustrator resources for artists of all skill levels.
Creating Vector Lineart (Part 3): Demo
Follow along as I demonstrate how to create a cute bookmark in Adobe Illustrator.
Creating Vector Lineart (Part 2): Examples
A few examples showing you the method I like to use to create vector lineart or "build my shapes" in Adobe Illustrator.
Creating Vector Lineart (Part 1): The Tools
A quick introduction to the tools I most commonly use when creating lineart/outlines in Adobe Illustrator.
Priming A Surface
How to prime any painting surface (paper, raw canvas, wood board, etc.) for oil painting using gesso.
Painting A Self-Portrait
How to start a self-portrait by laying down an underpainting!
2 Point Perspective | Building Objects Out of Boxes
How to draw a simple cube or box using 2 point perspective and how to build almost anything out of a simple cube or box.
1 Point Perspective
How to draw a simple cube or box using 1 point perspective.