Practicing something a lot will help you get faster and more familiar with possible shapes and features. Hands are notoriously difficult to draw, so practicing them regularly is helpful.

Make Your Own Watercolor Paint from Vegetables!

Want to watercolor but don’t have the right color? Create your own natural pigments using vegetable dyes! This simple how-to shows you how to turn ingredients from your fridge or local market into beautiful, natural paints.

Shading for Depth: Bargue Plate Method

Here’s a tiny excerpt from a recorded lesson where I demonstrate how to push for additional layers of shading—both in my own drawings and in my students’ work.

Not enough shading? You’ll often get choppiness or less sense of volume. In this lesson, I follow the traditional Bargue Plate method, inspired by Charles Bargue’s lithographs from Cours de dessin (1866-1871).

My Dual-Camera Setup for Teaching on Zoom

Ever wondered how to show your artwork while still being visible on video calls? Here's how I set up a second camera for remote teaching on Zoom! This setup lets me draw on camera without disappearing from view, making lessons more engaging.