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Drawing Challenge: June 2025

I know I'm technically not here for June, but I couldn't leave you without a good old drawing challenge for June!

The Drawing Challenge is usually only open to member Pencil Tier and above. ...

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Drawing Challenge Feedback

Draw over feedback for our Mermay themed Drawing Challenge!

Thank you to Bill, Claire an...

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Updates

Hey sketchers!

Did you know that May 2025 marked the 2 year anniversary of this Patreon?! 🥳

I can’t believe it has been 2 full years already.

I started thi...

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How to Draw: The Skull

To be honest with you all (I feel that we have that kind of relationship now) I don't really draw the ...

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Realtime Video: Mermaids 🧜🏽‍♀️

The theme continues for MerMay! This will be the last themed video... so for those of you who are sick of mermaids - this is the end! Hahaha!

In this video I'm drawing from a mixed mermaid pa...

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Mermaids!

In preparation for the tutorial on How To Draw Mermaids (now available to Conté Tier!) I curled up with my cat Frank and a good movie to warm up and practice drawing mermaids again.

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How to Draw: Mermaids 🧜🏽‍♀️

Mermay is well and truly underway and it's time for us to explore some mermaids in our gesture drawing practice.

Finding the perfect reference for drawing mermaid gestures can be tricky, beca...

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Upcoming Tutorial: How to Draw the Skull

Happy Saturday sketchers!

I had planned to go to a local Urban Sketchers meetup today but as always in this city, it rains and it storms and we can’t do anything outside when we plan for it...

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Model Pack Vote!

I feel like we have been drawing LOTS of females recently, so this vote is for THE BOYS!

Do you have a preference for drawing male or female models?

Fr...

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Realtime Gestures - Kimono

It's been a long wait for you to see this realtime video!

The last vote we had was way back in March, and then I took a break throughout April, but we are finally back with the Vote Winner fr...

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Drawing Challenge: May 2025

New month - new Drawing Challenge!

And I'm sure you have noticed that it is not just any old month... it's MerMay!

What is MerMay?

MerMay is a month-long art chal...

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Calendar: May

Coming up in the month of May - all things mermaid and more!

MerMay is upon us and it's always super fun for me to draw mermaid-y things inside of gesture drawing.

This month ...

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Life Drawing Sketches

How lucky am I? That same model I told you about in the previous post modelled AGAIN at the drop in life drawing class. I was able to attend and give my full attention to drawing her poses, without...

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New Model from Class

Hey everyone!

Thought I would share some of my gestures from this morning’s life drawing class. I like to warm up with a few gestures at the same time as my students, cause I have also not...

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Taking a Break for April

Hey sketchers!

I wanted to share an update for the month of April: I'll be pausing membership payments until May 1st.

This month is going to be a busy one for me, as I'm wrapping up som...

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Drawing Challenge Feedback: March

This month's Drawing Challenge featured Dria from The Dynamic Muse.

I choose this reference because I was in an Egon Schiele mood and wanted to let you lot try your hand at drawing a thin fi...

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March PDF Download

Another month of Gesture Drawings to share with you!

The main gestures I looked at this month were the Egon Schiele inspired realtime gestures and the Cartoon Casual Pack.

Lots of fem...

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How to Draw: Skeleton 101

When it comes to gesture drawing, understanding the skeleton is like levelling up to dynamic, appealing, believable drawings. It serves as the foundation for every pose, movement and expression we ...

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⚡️ New Tutorial: Skeleton 101⚡️

All the essential things you need to know to start understanding and drawing the skeleton in your gesture drawing!

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Throwback Thursday: How to Draw from your Imagination!

Probably one of the top goals for most artists who support this Patreon, is the the ability to draw anything they want from their imagination!

In this Throwback Thursday video, we are looking...

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How to Draw: Extreme Perspective

Being able to draw extreme perspective - or any perspective for the matter - allows us to have a lot of fun creating and pushing poses to be more dramatic, cinematic, impactful.

When poses h...

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Realtime Gestures: Schiele Inspired

This was a super fun session to draw!

You may have noticed that a few weeks ago I made an Artist Study video looking at the work of Austrian artist, Egon Schiele. He has been...

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Realtime Gesture Video: Cartoon Casual Poses

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Egon Schiele Inspired Gestures

Coming next week! A realtime video where I explore the style of Egon Schiele in my own gesture practice with model Dria from Dynamic Muse.

Available to all paid members next week.

Are ...

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Drawing Challenge: March

New month, new Drawing Club Challenge!!!

If you are a member of the Conté Tier, you might have seen my recent artist study of Austrian Artist Egon Schiele.

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Drawing Challenge Feedback: February

Thank you to everyone who took part in last month's Drawing Challenge.

It was not an easy one and you all did very unique, unexpected things with it.

Check out the video for full feedb...

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PDF Download: February

Another month gone by and another PDF download!

Download all the drawings that I created for you in the PDF below.

This month I drew:

  • Pin Up Model

  • Funny Ma...

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Sneak Peek: Egon Schiele Artist Study

Join members of the Conté Tier as we explore the art style of Egon Schiele!

Learn how I used the...

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Artist Study: Egon Schiele

Yey! We are finally back to another Artist Study!

And I have been wanted to look at this artist's work since I started this Patreon!

I was recently talking about him with my students a...

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Principles of Animation: Secondary Action

12 Principles of Animation Series

An essential technique used in animation but how can we use it for our gesture drawing practice and also our creative projects outside of gesture?

A ...

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