Drawing Techniques
How to Make Your Own Vegetable Dye Paint
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.
Draw with LZM Studio: Shading a Bargue Plate Torso
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 Zoom Camera Setup for Drawing Lessons from Home
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.