Training Material Index

This is list of the training material that has helped me to learn how to draw and paint. The list contains hyperlinks to the blog posts that reference the material or the creator.

Kimon Nicolaides - The Natural Way to Draw

The Natural Way to Draw - Jan 2011
Contour Drawing - Feb 2011
Sunday Papers - Feb 2011
Gesture Drawing - Feb 2011
Spring Tulips - Mar 2011
Farewell Contour Drawing - Mar 2011
Weight Drawing - Apr 2011
More Gesture Drawings - Apr 2011
Moving Action - May 2011
By The Lighthouse - May 2011
Modelled Drawing - May 2011
Modelled Drawing in Ink - Jul 2011
Daily Composition - Jul 2011
Modelled Drawing in Water Color - Aug 2011
The Return of Contour Drawing - Aug 2011
The Lopsided Room - Sep 2011
The Return of Modelled Drawing - Sep 2011
Old Brass Jug - Oct 2011
Modelled Drawing in Ink (Continued) - Oct 2011
Another Modelled Drawing in Ink - Nov 2011
The Return of Modelled Drawing in Water Color - Dec 2011
Farewell Modelled Drawing in Water Color - Jan 2012
The Study of Drapery – Part 1 - Jan 2012
Blakemere Moss - Jan 2012
The Study of Drapery – Part 2 - Jan 2012
Modelled Drawing of Drapery - Feb 2012
A Final Farewell to Modeled Drawing in Water Color - Mar 2012
Holiday Sketch - Apr 2012
Section 13 - Apr 2012
Extended Gesture Study of the Head - May 2012
A Year of Daily Compositions - Jun 2012
Study of the Bones - Jun 2012
Gesture Drawing Revisited - Jul 2012
Sustained Study 3 - Jul 2012
Skull and Bones - Aug 2012
Sustained Study in Crayon - Aug 2012
Gesture in Black and White - Sep 2012
The Long Composition - Sep 2012
Try and Try Again - Sep 2012
Studies of Structure - Sep 2012
Waiting for the Rain - Summer 2012 - Oct 2012
Preparations for Coverack Harbour - Oct 2012
Contrasting Lines - Oct 2012
Straight and Curved Lines - Oct 2012
Lighten Up - Nov 2012
A Change of Plans - Nov 2012
The Head in Crayon - Dec 2012
More Gestures in Black and White - Jan 2013
Silver Birch - Jan 2013
Exercises in Black and White Oil Color - Jan 2013
More Exercises in Oil - Feb 2013
Predominating Shape - Mar 2013
Modelling the Straight and Curve - Mar 2013
Recent Exercises in Oil and the Subjective Study - Mar 2013
Another Modelling the Straight and Curve Study - Apr 2013
The Daily Composition Revisited - Apr 2013
Just Exercises - Apr 2013
Exercises on Coloured Paper - May 2013
The Last Post? - Jun 2013
What Comes Next? - Jul 2013
Line Drawing - Jul 2013
Keys to Drawing – Chapter 1 - Jul 2013
Keys to Drawing – Chapter 2 - Aug 2013
Keys to Drawing – Chapter 3 - Sep 2013
Composition from Reproductions - Sep 2013
Keys to Drawing – Chapter 4 - Sep 2013
Keys to Drawing – Chapter 5 - Nov 2013
Why Can’t Plants Keep Still? - Nov 2013
Keys to Drawing – Chapter 6 - Jan 2014
Analysis of Reproductions - Mar 2014
Proportions of the Figure - Mar 2014
September Sketches - Oct 2014
May 2015 Sketches - Jun 2015
Reflections - Sep 2015
April 2016 Sketches - May 2016
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Blind Drawing - Mar 2019

Arthur Wesley Dow - Composition

What Comes Next? - Jul 2013
Line Drawing - Jul 2013
Opposition - Aug 2013
Transition - Oct 2013
Why Can’t Plants Keep Still? - Nov 2013
Subordination - Jan 2014
Keys to Drawing – Chapter 7 - Feb 2014
Repetition - Feb 2015
Symmetry - Feb 2016
Expressive Drawing - Repetition - Oct 2018
Compositions with Empty Space - May 2020

Bert Dodson - Keys to Drawing

The Natural Way to Draw - Jan 2011
What Comes Next? - Jul 2013
Keys to Drawing – Chapter 1 - Jul 2013
Studio Rousar Memory Drawing Group - Weeks 1 to 6 - Jul 2013
Keys to Drawing – Chapter 2 - Aug 2013
Keys to Drawing – Chapter 3 - Sep 2013
Keys to Drawing – Chapter 4 - Sep 2013
Keys to Drawing – Chapter 5 - Nov 2013
Keys to Drawing – Chapter 6 - Jan 2014
Keys to Drawing – Chapter 7 - Feb 2014
Keys to Drawing - Chapter 8 - Mar 2014
Analysis of Reproductions - Mar 2014
Sketching Challenge – Week 4 - Jul 2014
October Sketches - Nov 2014
Practicing Linear Perspective - Nov 2014
November Sketches - Dec 2014
May 2015 Sketches - Jun 2015
SketchingNow Foundations - Nov 2017
Keys to Drawing with Imagination - Take a Line on a Walk - Apr 2018
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Blind Drawing - Mar 2019
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Grey Scales - Jan 2020

Bert Dodson - Keys to Drawing with Imagination

February 2018 Sketches - Mar 2018
Keys to Drawing with Imagination - Take a Line on a Walk - Apr 2018
Keys to Drawing with Imagination – Doodling Algorithms - Jul 2018
Keys to Drawing with Imagination – Building Blocks - Sep 2018
Keys to Drawing with Imagination – Silhouetting - Sep 2018
Keys to Drawing with Imagination – Shading - Sep 2018
Keys to Drawing with Imagination – Multiplying - Nov 2018
Keys to Drawing with Imagination – Combining - Nov 2018
Keys to Drawing with Imagination – Adding On - Jan 2019
Keys to Drawing with Imagination – Creating Destruction - Apr 2019
Keys to Drawing with Imagination – Macro Drawing - May 2019
Keys to Drawing with Imagination – Mirror Imaging - Jun 2019

Steven Aimone - Expressive Drawing

What Comes Next 2017 - Jan 2017
January 2017 Sketches - Feb 2017
Expressive Drawing - The Drawing Process - May 2017
Expressive Drawing – Conversations Between Line Weight - Oct 2017
Expressive Drawing – Conversations Between Orientations - Oct 2017
Expressive Drawing – Shape Compositions - Feb 2018
Expressive Drawing – Multi-Shape Drawing - Apr 2018
Expressive Drawing – Composite Drawing from a Sampler - Jul 2018
Expressive Drawing - Repetition - Oct 2018
Valentine’s Day Card Doodle - Feb 2019
Expressive Drawing – Rhythm - Mar 2019
Expressive Drawing – Equilibrium - May 2019
Expressive Drawing – Foundational Structure - Sep 2019

Philip Tyler - Drawing and Painting the Landscape

Drawing and Painting the Landscape - The Evocation of Memory - Jan 2019
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Revealed Landscape - Feb 2019
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Blind Drawing - Mar 2019
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Partial Peek - Apr 2019
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Measured Drawing - May 2019
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Contoured Landscape - Jun 2019
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Simple Perspective - Jun 2019
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Cubes - Sep 2019
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Constructing Space - Sep 2019
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – The Figure in the Landscape - Dec 2019
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Grey Scales - Jan 2020
Drawing and Painting the Landscape - Block-Ins - Feb 2020
Drawing and Painting the Landscape - The Notan - Mar 2020
Drawing and Painting the Landscape - Negative Painting - Apr 2020
Drawing and Painting the Landscape - Duotone - May 2020
Compositions with Empty Space - May 2020
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Collage - Jun 2020
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Continuous Tones - Jul 2020
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Erased Drawing - Aug 2020
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Pencil Drawing - Sep 2020
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Pencil Drawing (Part 2) - Oct 2020
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Wash Media - Nov 2020
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – A Grid - Jan 2021
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Making a Mess - Jan 2021
Dots and Lines - Mar 2021
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Drawing Games - Mar 2021
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Drawing Games (Part 2) - Apr 2021
Drawing and Painting the Landscape - Brush Drawing - May 2021
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Mark Making Tools - May 2021
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Blind Touch Drawing - Jun 2021
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Reinventing - Jul 2021
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Texture and Space - Aug 2021
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Copying Others - Sep 2021
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – What is the Proportion of the Rectangle? - Mar 2022
Drawing and Painting the Landscape - The Divine Proportion - Apr 2022
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Root Rectangles - May 2022
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Rule of Thirds - Jun 2022
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Compositional Principles - Aug 2022
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Format - Oct 2022
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Monochrome Study - Dec 2022
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Masking - Feb 2023

Liz Steel - SketchingNow

April 2016 Sketches - May 2016
May 2016 Sketches - Jun 2016
June 2016 Sketches - Jul 2016
July 2016 Sketches - Aug 2016
August 2016 Sketches - Sep 2016
Welcome Back - Sep 2017
SketchingNow Foundations - Nov 2017
SketchingNow Edges - Jan 2018
January 2018 Sketches - Feb 2018
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Blind Drawing - Mar 2019
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Partial Peek - Apr 2019
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Measured Drawing - May 2019
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Simple Perspective - Jun 2019
SketchingNow Watercolor (Lessons 1 to 2) - Jul 2019
SketchingNow Watercolor (Lessons 3 to 4) - Aug 2019
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Cubes - Sep 2019
Glass - Jan 2020
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Drawing Games - Mar 2021

Claudia Nice - Creating Textures in Pen & Ink with Watercolor

Glass - Jan 2020
Eyes - Feb 2020
Calm Water - Mar 2020
Whitewater - Apr 2020
Waterfalls - May 2020
Surf and Ocean Waves - Jun 2020
Polished Silver - Jul 2020
Brass, Gold, Copper And Bronze - Aug 2020
Cast-iron and Tarnished Metal - Aug 2020
Enamelware - Sep 2020
Rust - Oct 2020
Soil - Nov 2020
Sand - Dec 2020
Gravel - Jan 2021
Volcanic Rock - Feb 2021
Granite - Mar 2021
Marble - Apr 2021
Sandstone - May 2021
Adobe and Brick - Jun 2021
Stone Masonry - Jul 2021
Stone Walls - Aug 2021
Cumulus Clouds - Sep 2021
Rain Clouds - Oct 2021
Rainbows - Jan 2022
Quick Paintings - Jan 2022
Thunderstorms - Feb 2022
Snow - Mar 2022
Sunset - Apr 2022
Sunrise - Jun 2022
Wood Grain - Jul 2022
Polished Wood - Jul 2022
Weathered Wood (Old Paint) - Sep 2022
Thumbnail Sketches - Oct 2022
A Fuzzy Background - Nov 2022
Aged Fencing - Nov 2022
Aged Wooden Shakes - Jan 2023
Old Wooden Structures - Feb 2023

Marc Taro Holmes (Citizen Sketcher) - The Urban Sketcher

May 2015 Sketches - Jun 2015
June 2015 Sketches - Jul 2015
July 2015 Sketches - Aug 2015
August 2015 Sketches - Sep 2015
September 2015 Sketches - Oct 2015
December 2015 Sketches - Jan 2016
February 2016 Sketches - Mar 2016
January 2018 Sketches - Feb 2018
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Measured Drawing - May 2019
Direct Watercolour - Jul 2020

Tom Hoffman - Watercolor Painting

Five-Value Monochrome Study - Oct 2016
Two-Layer Geometric Sketch - Nov 2016
What Comes Next 2017 - Jan 2017
Three-Layer Thumbnail Sketch - Apr 2017
St Peter's for Bob - Jun 2017
Drawing and Painting the Landscape - Duotone - May 2020
Compositions with Empty Space - May 2020
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Format - Oct 2022

Andrew Loomis - Figure Drawing for All Its Worth

Proportions of the Figure - Mar 2014
The Mannikin Frame – Part One - Sep 2014
Movement in the Mannikin Frame - Oct 2014
Details of the Mannikin Frame - Mar 2015

Studio Rousar - Memory Drawing Group

What Comes Next? - Jul 2013
Studio Rousar Memory Drawing Group - Weeks 1 to 6 - Jul 2013
Studio Rousar Memory Drawing Group - Weeks 7 to 12 - Sep 2013
Studio Rousar Memory Drawing Group - Weeks 13 to 18 - Oct 2013
Studio Rousar Memory Drawing Group - Weeks 19 to 23 - Dec 2013
Studio Rousar Memory Drawing Group - Weeks 24 to 27 - Feb 2014
Studio Rousar Memory Drawing Group - Weeks 28 to 30 - Feb 2014
Analysis of Reproductions - Mar 2014

John Lovett - Splashing Paint, Books and Online

Ned Hanlan II - Jul 2011
Beach Huts - Dec 2011
Blakemere Moss - Jan 2012
Sky Wash 1 - Jan 2012
Sky Wash 2 - Feb 2012
Sky Washes 3 and 4 - Feb 2012
Sky Wash 5 - Mar 2012
On The Mud - Apr 2012
Peggy’s Neighbours - Jun 2012
Fishing Boats - May 2013
This Little Piggy - Aug 2013
You Say Potato - Dec 2013
Castle Cove - Thumbnail Sketches - Jun 2014
It’s All About Preparation - Oct 2014
Valentine’s Day Card Doodle - Feb 2019
Rust - Oct 2020
Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Drawing Games (Part 2) - Apr 2021
Adobe and Brick - Jun 2021
Stone Masonry - Jul 2021
More Quick Paintings - Feb 2022
Thumbnail Sketches - Oct 2022
Polperro Cottages - Jan 2023
Old Wooden Structures - Feb 2023

Ann Blockley - Watercolour Textures and Experimental Landscapes in Watercolour

The Wild Wood - Aug 2012
Scratching and Scraping - Dec 2012
Early Autumn on the Kennet and Avon - Dec 2013
Experiments with Acrylic Ink - Apr 2014
Experiments with Gouache - May 2014
Experiments with Scraping - Aug 2014
Teasels and Grasses - Jan 2015
The View From Porlock Weir - Mar 2015
Woodland Stream - May 2015

Chris Forsey - Pushing the Boundaries of Watercolour and Beyond Watercolour

A Break in the Clouds - Feb 2014
New Skies - Apr 2014
St Agnes Lighthouse - Mar 2016
The Old Mill on Kneeton Road - Apr 2016
Emulating – Chris Forsey - May 2018

Paul Foxton - Learning to See

Line Drawing - Jul 2013
Opposition - Aug 2013
Transition - Oct 2013
Subordination - Jan 2014
Repetition - Feb 2015

Jean Haines - Colour and Light in Watercolour and Amazing Ways with Watercolour

Whitby Abbey - Mar 2011
Moo - Jun 2011
Be Brave With Colour - May 2012

Geoff Kersey - Online

Sky Wash 1 - Jan 2012
Sky Wash 7 - Jun 2012
Sky Washes 8, 9 and 10 - Jul 2012
Warming Up - Nov 2012
Scratching and Scraping - Dec 2012
Silver Birch - Jan 2013

Tommy Kane - Online

Spring Tulips - Mar 2011
Keys to Drawing with Imagination – Shading - Sep 2018

James Gurney - Online

Rainbows - Jan 2022
Snow - Mar 2022
Sunset - Apr 2022