Tutorials

This is the main library for my drawing tutorials. The site focuses primarily on nature drawing, animal and wildlife drawing, travel sketching, and learning to observe the world through a sketchbook.

Below you’ll find step-by-step tutorials, drawing ideas, material guides, and practical advice. Each hub organizes its related subjects so you can explore a topic without searching through every article on the site.

Drawing

Nature Drawing

Learn how to draw plants, trees, landscapes, and other natural subjects through observation, reference, and outdoor sketching. This hub also leads to nature journaling and more focused outdoor drawing guides.

Animal Drawing

Learn how to draw animals from observation and reference, with tutorials covering gesture, anatomy, proportion, movement, fur, feathers, wildlife sketching, and individual animal subjects.

Travel Sketching

Learn how to record the places, people, animals, and small moments you encounter while traveling. This hub includes urban sketching, portable supplies, travel sketchbooks, location drawing, and ways to simplify busy scenes.

Drawing Skills, Ideas, and Materials

Drawing Techniques

Improve the fundamentals that support every kind of drawing, including line, shape, value, composition, perspective, observation, and different approaches to sketching.

Drawing Ideas

Browse sketchbook ideas, drawing prompts, creative exercises, seasonal subjects, and approachable things to draw when you are unsure where to begin.

Drawing Supplies

Guides to pencils, pens, paper, sketchbooks, books, portable kits, and other useful drawing materials.

Colored Pencils

Colored pencil tutorials covering supplies, paper, layering, blending, color choices, and practical techniques.

Watercolor

Watercolor tutorials, supply guides, color ideas, sketchbook techniques, and simple exercises for becoming more confident with the medium.

Resources for Working Artists

Artist Resources

Practical help with artist bios, statements, proposals, portfolios, selling art online, pricing, shipping, art licensing, contracts, and presenting your work professionally.

I hope these drawing tutorials make it easier to find what you need, develop your observation skills, and keep moving forward with your work.