Stretching Paper

My complete guide to stretching paper the over-top way! The credit for this method goes to Nita Engle who’s book “Making watercolor paint itself” was where I first got most of this method from. It is also a great resource …

Smooth Backgrounds

Ok, try this one on for size. Say for example you’ve done a nice figure illustration but the background isn’t quite the colour you wanted. The problem is that if you start layering your premixed colour on top of your …

A portrait of SB

A couple of weeks ago I got given a book cover illustration job. As part of the process I borrowed a friend to pose for the composition I was thinking of. I did a sketch from the photo and sent …