Thank you! I think I overdid her face here – always a risk working so small. So I owe her a proper portrait that will be epic.

Thanks, I think YOU’RE amazing!

Awesome.

Usually I take some in-progress photos, but this was A really quick one done in a single session so I didn’t get round to it. But since you ask, here’s some from another recent piece:

Thank you! It was a nice photo to work from.

I’m not sure it has a name. It’s a style I’ve developed over time rather than something I worked towards.

To myself, I call it “Drawing parallel lines until it looks great, adding one more line, realising that was a terrible mistake, using a scalpel to fix it, making it look worse, then hoping nobody will notice.”

Thank you so much!

Thanks! A relatively quick one this, maybe two hours all told?

Thank you! Proud of this one.

Thank you! And can confirm, she is in real life too.

…I’m afraid this one’s lost on me.

Thank you! It’s a gorgeous dress and there was plenty to draw on it.

Thank you! And I totally agree, she does!

Thank you! I’m really pleased with how this one came out.

I’d never heard of that. That’s really interesting!

Thank you!

Thank you! I still have this old sketchbook and it’s nice to go through it and see how I’ve improved.

If this was a drawing someone showed me today and asked what to do next, I would say:

Slow down with your shading. Scribbling doesn’t work. Use clean lines that send an unambiguous signal to the viewer.

Be bold. Inaccuracy looks bad, but hesitation looks worse.

Understand the lines you’re drawing. Ask if the heel really does go back like that, if the front really is that shape. Understand where the line stops and ends, how it curves, where it fits between other lines.

And most important of all: do it again tomorrow!

Aw, thanks for saying so!

This picture is badass.