Tutorials

Getting Started- First Exercises

You’ve got some nibs, a holder, a bottle of ink and some good quality, fairly smooth…
What’s Your Line? Line Quality In Pen & Ink Drawing (Traditional)

Back in the late 19th into almost the middle of the 20th century a dip pen…
New Sketching Tutorial! Now In My Etsy Store!

For anyone who’s always wanted to sketch but doesn’t know where to begin my first downloadable…
Getting Started: Seeing Simple Shapes, Part 2

Continuing on from Part 1, which you can read here, I want to show you another…
Trees And Plants- Nib Try-outs

I’ve spent the last three mornings “test driving” a variety of dip pen nibs. There are…
Working With A Two-Nib Technique

I got my dip pen and ink out this past Friday morning after toning some canvas…
Dip Pen Nib Try-outs

After a 20+ year hiatus while I focused on oil painting (which I’ll still be doing…
Getting Started: Good Pens For Beginners, Part 1

There are zillions of pens to choose from out there. In the photo above are, from…
Getting Started: Seeing Simple Shapes, Part 1

People who start out drawing (instead of painting), like I did, may end up only seeing…
Why Sketch From Nature?

I don’t think I can say it much better than British artist Frank Brangwyn, but I’ll…