The Love Drawing podcast is all about drawing and the process of learning to draw. We talk over technique and mindset. In this episode we discuss drawing faces and getting likenesses, a difficult task for the most seasoned artists. We also look back on our experiences with the challenges we put on ourselves in the […]

iTunes In this episode we discuss a question from listener Toby about how to ensure we are making the most of our practice and progressing as well as we can. We think through the progression strategies beyond just drawing a lot, such as reflecting on what we need to work on next, deliberate practice and […]

In this episode, I interview professional concept artist and storyboard artist Peter Dobbin. He’s recently started using Instagram, so if you’re on there, check his drawings out here and welcome him to the platform. His daily sketches Tumblr page is also really fun. Every morning, Peter gets his drawing muscles warmed up with these awesome gestural […]

We discuss how to approach figure drawings of different lengths – quick 2 minute poses, 5 min, 10 min, 20 min and 45 minute poses. Each one allows you to focus on different elements of drawing. With less time, you need to relinquish some control, forget about corrections an measurements, and facial features. In some cases, you […]

In this episode, we talk about the role that confidence plays in art and learning to draw. We discuss different types of confidence and how they influence your actions – confidence in competition with others, confidence in your own vision and confidence in the power of consistent practice. If you enjoy the episode please subscribe to […]

In this episode we talk about certain mistakes in our figure drawings that we have struggled to get past, and the best way to get past these known but stubborn problems. We hope you enjoy it – please leave a comment or review to let us know how we’re doing with these podcasts. And for […]

In this episode of the Love Drawing podcast, we discuss the factors that cause some figure drawing poses to be harder than others to draw. We also made a video and article about this, where you can see examples of the different types of pose we discuss in the podcast, so check that out too. Don’t […]

In July I had the opportunity to attend Skip Gallery (see the article here). At that event, I got the chance to interview a very thoughtful and passionate life drawing teacher – Jake Spicer. Jake Spicer runs life drawing sessions around the UK, with his regular class being Brighton Drawing (@brightondrawing on Instagram). You may have […]

This episode is all about drawing materials and their use in life drawing. We tackle two main questions: what materials are best for people just starting life drawing? what materials are good when you feel ready to branch out into new materials, and what are the things to keep in mind when branching out? We’ll […]

By popular demand, we decided to focus our tenth episode on the old masters. Why are the old masters so revered, even in this day and age? Is there still a lot to learn from the old masters? How can we learn from them? We discuss all these topics and more – I hope you […]

  Before going into anatomy or perspective, it’s really important to understand something that many of the best artists emphasise repeatedly. There isn’t a ‘correct’ approach to life drawing. Everyone has their own style, and that style will itself constantly evolve. You are doing things right when you are having fun and feel satisfied that […]

Making the Draw Life Beautifully online course, we had a lot of fun and a sense of satisfaction from a job well done. One benefit we hadn’t envisaged was how much our own drawings and confidence would improve as we made it. In this podcast, we discuss the major lessons we each learned from making […]

Edit: there should now be an audio player at the top of this page, where you can hear the article. Why is it important to draw with your whole arm? Drawing with your arm rather than just wrist and hand can be a great way to achieve clean and flowing lines – the types of lines that […]

Francis Bowyer is an award winning artist, former president of the Royal Watercolour Society, life drawing teacher, and most importantly a friendly and generous guy. You can see a bio for him here. He kindly agreed to be interviewed for the Love Drawing podcast. During the interview he told us about what role life drawing […]

To continue our series on portraits, I interviewed Simon Tolhurst about the subject. He has a real knack for teaching, so I hope you find this podcast useful. Check out his site – http://simontolhurst.co.uk/ Simon recently exhibited some of his portraits: Just before the podcast, Simon did a quick drawing of me, to give him food […]

Edit: I give the website for the Bellamys incorrectly in the podcast – their website is bellamysgallery.com My wife and I have been on holiday in New Zealand for the last three weeks, which was amazing. The only downside, I thought, was that I wouldn’t have a chance to add anything to lovelifedrawing for ages. […]

Joe Simpson is our guest on this episode of the Love Drawing podcast. Joe gave us some great insights into how he developed his distinctive style, his process for painting and drawing and other observations about creating beautiful artwork, so I think you’ll all really enjoy this episode. Joe’s work speaks for itself – there […]

This was a great and very informative podcast with Simon Tolhurst, life drawing teacher and artist. He provides great tips and insights about life drawing, as well as talking about his own experiences as an artist. I have no doubt this will be really interesting and useful to a lot of people, and I hope […]

Hi everyone, I’m excited to release the first Love Drawing podcast. This first one is with myself and Mayko (see many of her drawings in the Gallery). In the coming weeks, we’ve got some really exciting guests lined up, so please watch this space! They’ll be released once every one or two weeks. In this […]