Welcome to a new episode of The Creative Edge Podcast, where Haydn shares his advice, tips and experience within the world of art and creativity. In today's episode, join Haydn as he shares his step-by-step tips to help you draw the head from the front. Learn how to create solid foundations, how to build on this structure, and where the facial features sit. Follow Haydn: twitter.com/haydnsym www.instagram.com/haydnsymons www.facebook.com/haydnsymonsillustration 🎨 Haydn's Illustration Portfolio: ● bit.ly/2GVxNaU 📺 How To Creating A Head From The Front: ● https://bit.ly/3Qk0qBB 🖼️ Haydn's Shop: ● etsy.com/uk/shop/HaydnSymons 🎥 The Portrait Guru YT Channel: ● bit.ly/3uJm7Rj

Welcome to a new episode of The Creative Edge Podcast, where Haydn shares his advice, tips and experience within the world of art and creativity. In today's episode, join Haydn as he shares his invaluable expertise on the art of painting with gouache on watercolour paper. Haydn's journey with gouache painting wasn't always smooth sailing. Like many artists and illustrators, he faced numerous challenges, made mistakes, and experienced moments of frustration. However, these experiences paved the way for growth, skill improvement, and a deeper appreciation for the painting medium. In this episode, you'll gain exclusive insights into Haydn's hard-earned wisdom. Discover essential tips and techniques to elevate your gouache painting endeavours. From selecting the perfect paper thickness to effective planning strategies and sketching techniques, Haydn's guidance will help you avoid common pitfalls and enhance your gouache paintings. Whether you're a seasoned artist looking to refine your gouache skills or a beginner eager to embark on your artistic journey, this episode is packed with practical advice that will undoubtedly elevate your creative pursuits. Join us on The Creative Edge Podcast, and let's explore the world of gouache painting. Tune in and take your artistry to new heights! Follow Haydn: twitter.com/haydnsym www.instagram.com/haydnsymons www.facebook.com/haydnsymonsillustration 🎨 Haydn's Illustration Portfolio: ● bit.ly/2GVxNaU 📺 Watch Haydn's video to improve your drawing accuracy: ● bit.ly/45sD7ub 🖼️ Haydn's Shop: ● etsy.com/uk/shop/HaydnSymons 🎥 The Portrait Guru YT Channel: ● bit.ly/3uJm7Rj

Within this podcast episode of The Creative Edge, Haydn shares 5 common beginner drawing mistakes that you need to avoid. There are a number of common drawing mistakes that beginners fall into. Revealing his personal insights, Haydn shares solutions to these problems. From progressing to the details too quickly, inaccurate proportions, to errors in perspective, there's lots of ways you can improve your drawing skill. Learn the mistakes that Haydn personally made, so you don't have to make the same ones! Follow Haydn: https://twitter.com/haydnsym https://www.instagram.com/haydnsymons https://www.facebook.com/haydnsymonsillustration 🎨 Haydn's Illustration Portfolio: ● bit.ly/2GVxNaU 📺 Watch Haydn's video to improve your drawing accuracy: ● https://bit.ly/45sD7ub 🖼️ Haydn's Shop: ● etsy.com/uk/shop/HaydnSymons 🎥 The Portrait Guru YT Channel: ● bit.ly/3uJm7Rj

Within this podcast episode of The Creative Edge podcast, Haydn shares his top tips to help you learn how to radically improve your colour within your art, illustrations, to designs by using organic greys. Grey has been used by famous past and present artists to create visual masterpieces. However, for a lot of beginners and even experts in the artistic field can disregard how powerful grey is. Instead of mixing your grey with black and white, Haydn shares his formula for creating organic greys using primary and secondary colours together. Discover why he urges you to try this out, how it can improve your overall colour game, and so much more! Discover why grey is important to use within your art, how to use it, with lots of tips and tricks throughout to help you. Follow Haydn: https://twitter.com/haydnsym https://www.instagram.com/haydnsymons https://www.facebook.com/haydnsymonsillustration 🎨 Haydn's Illustration Portfolio: ● bit.ly/2GVxNaU 🖼️ Haydn's Shop: ● etsy.com/uk/shop/HaydnSymons 🎥 The Portrait Guru YT Channel: ● bit.ly/3uJm7Rj

Within this podcast episode of The Creative Edge podcast, Haydn shares his tips to help you discover and learn how to draw a box in perspective. Perspective is important as it can transform your artworks to be more realistic and three-dimensional. Think about the famous artists or illustrators that you love, (depending on their style) they have most probably mastered perspective to heighten their artistic skills. Haydn's illustration work has gone from strength to strength after learning perspective, and he is confident your work will improve immensely from learning these perspective skills. Throughout the episode, you'll discover and learn the essential elements of perspective, from understanding vanishing points and horizon lines to grasping how to draw a box in perspective. Haydn uncovers a basic tutorial for you to follow, helping you create boxes in perspective. Whether you're an artistic beginner seeking to master the basics of perspective and drawing a box in perspective, or an experienced artist aiming to refine your skills, this podcast promises to cater to all levels of expertise. Haydn guides you through a step-by-step tutorial, with exercises for you to follow along. If you want to follow the tutorial with visuals, check out Haydn's blog to follow: https://bit.ly/3Ok1eW7. You will learn why perspective is important, how it can be improve your art and illustrations, and how to draw a box in perspective. If you want to learn how to draw anything you want, learning how to draw a box in perspective will help you achieve just that! Follow Haydn: https://twitter.com/haydnsym https://www.instagram.com/haydnsymons https://www.facebook.com/haydnsymonsillustration 🎨 Haydn's Illustration Portfolio: ● bit.ly/2GVxNaU 📚 Read the 'How to draw a box' article & tutorial: ● https://bit.ly/3Ok1eW7 🖼️ Haydn's Shop: ● etsy.com/uk/shop/HaydnSymons 🎥 The Portrait Guru YT Channel: ● bit.ly/3uJm7Rj

Haydn dramatically levelled up his art and illustration after he learnt all about perspective. The great news is that it can be the same for you too! He studied the great masters, discovered the horizon line, and learnt about one, two and three point perspective. Taking all of this knowledge, Haydn has created this new podcast episode to help you learn all about two point perspective. If you're stuck with perspective and want to learn in an easy and simple way, you've come to the right place. Within this podcast episode of The Creative Edge Podcast, Haydn shares his expert tips to help you create your own two point perspective drawing. Discover the horizon line, vanishing points to picture planes. Haydn shares a easy to follow tutorial, which you can also follow on his blog too: https://bit.ly/46paNua. Follow Haydn: https://twitter.com/haydnsym https://www.instagram.com/haydnsymons https://www.facebook.com/haydnsymonsillustration 🎨 Haydn's Illustration Portfolio: ● bit.ly/2GVxNaU 🔥 Learn more even more content on Haydn's blog: ● haydnsymons.com/blog 📚 Read Haydn's blog post all about two point perspective: ● https://bit.ly/46paNua 🖼️ Haydn's Shop: ● etsy.com/uk/shop/HaydnSymons 🎥 The Portrait Guru YT Channel: ● bit.ly/3uJm7Rj

Do you want to learn how to think of creative ideas, which are completely 'out of the box'? Thinking of ideas is at the cornerstone of most (if not all) creative pursuits. However, it can sometimes feel like you're hitting your head on the desk, trying to think of these radical ideas. Help is at hand! Within this episode of The Creative Edge podcast, Haydn shares his expert knowledge to help you think outside the box by improving your idea generation. It's a tactic and device which Haydn has used countless of times through the years. The added bonus? It's really simple and easy to execute! This podcast episode is perfect for beginners through to experts in the creative industry; from design, illustration to fine art. Why is it that we think of our best ideas whilst in the shower? Haydn also sheds some interesting light on this! See how you can think of those creative ideas by improving your idea generation within this podcast episode. Follow Haydn: https://twitter.com/haydnsym https://www.instagram.com/haydnsymons https://www.facebook.com/haydnsymonsillustration 🎨 Haydn's Illustration Portfolio: ● bit.ly/2GVxNaU 🔥 Learn more even more content on Haydn's blog: ● haydnsymons.com/blog 📚 Read Haydn's blog post all about the idea generation: ● https://bit.ly/3Mmoanm 🖼️ Haydn's Shop: ● etsy.com/uk/shop/HaydnSymons 🎥 The Portrait Guru YT Channel: ● bit.ly/3uJm7Rj

Whether you're a designer, illustrator, to artist, drawing is at the heart of most creative pursuits. Sometimes though, your drawings can feel like something a 1 year old would create! Don't worry, we've all been there. However, help is at hand. Within this episode of The Creative Edge podcast, Haydn shares his expert knowledge to help you improve your drawing accuracy and proportions. From vertical lines, how objects relate to one another, and measuring, this podcast episode will help you improve your drawing accuracy. Haydn has personally used all of these tactics which you're going to learn, and has himself improved his own work tenfold! Learn from Haydn's decade long experience, full with tips and tricks to help you progress. Follow Haydn: https://twitter.com/haydnsym https://www.instagram.com/haydnsymons https://www.facebook.com/haydnsymonsillustration 🎨 Haydn's Illustration Portfolio: ● bit.ly/2GVxNaU 🔥 Learn more even more content on Haydn's blog: ● haydnsymons.com/blog 📚 Read Haydn's blog post all about the horizon line: ● bit.ly/3Eo17DN 🖼️ Haydn's Shop: ● etsy.com/uk/shop/HaydnSymons 🎥 The Portrait Guru YT Channel: ● bit.ly/3uJm7Rj

To improve your art, a great place to start is by learning the inside outs of perspective. At the core of perspective is the horizon line. What is the horizon line, and why is it fundamental to most drawings. If you want to grow your art, and take it to the next level, a great place to start is the horizon line. In today's episode of The Creative Edge podcast, Haydn shares his expert knowledge into perspective and the horizon line. Discover why it's important, how to create one yourself, and lots of tips and tricks along the way! Follow Haydn: https://twitter.com/haydnsym https://www.instagram.com/haydnsymons https://www.facebook.com/haydnsymonsillustration 🎨 Haydn's Illustration Portfolio: ● bit.ly/2GVxNaU 🔥 Learn more even more content on Haydn's blog: ● haydnsymons.com/blog 📚 Read Haydn's blog post all about the horizon line: ● http://bit.ly/3Eo17DN 🖼️ Haydn's Shop: ● etsy.com/uk/shop/HaydnSymons 🎥 The Portrait Guru YT Channel: ● bit.ly/3uJm7Rj

Colour plays an important role in strong image creation. Regardless if you're an artist, illustrator to designer, you will come across colour at some point in your creative pursuits. In order to get to grips with colour, and what makes good colour, the first stage is the colour wheel. Within the colour wheel is tertiary colours, which in today's episode you will learn all about. You can make tertiary colours by mixing a primary colour (yellow), with a secondary colour (orange). All good things come in threes, and this is no different. A tertiary colour sits in the middle of a primary and secondary colour. Learn what tertiary colours are, tips to create your own, and how you can improve your own colour theory. This episode is perfect for beginners, who can improve their own colour theory. It's also great for more advanced creatives, who want to go deeper into colour theory and learn all about colour. Follow Haydn: https://twitter.com/haydnsym https://www.instagram.com/haydnsymons https://www.facebook.com/haydnsymonsillustration 🎨 Haydn's Illustration Portfolio: ● bit.ly/2GVxNaU 🔥 Learn more even more content on Haydn's blog: ● haydnsymons.com/blog 📚 Read Haydn's blog post all about tertiary colours: ● https://bit.ly/3IyyqXB 🖼️ Haydn's Shop: ● etsy.com/uk/shop/HaydnSymons 🎥 The Portrait Guru YT Channel: ● bit.ly/3uJm7Rj

If you want to improve your colour theory, look no further than this podcast episode! Helping you discover all about analogous colours, the colour wheel and levelling up your use of colour. Analogous colours are found on the same spectrum of the colour wheel. Think orange, yellow and red. This colour selection has been used by past and present artists to create stunning artworks. Within this episode of The Creative Edge podcast, Haydn shares his expert tips to help you learn analogous colours. Discover what they are, how you can create your own, and how it can improve your own colour theory. Famous artists talked about in this show: Vincent Van Gogh – Sunflowers (1888 – 1889) Claude Monet – Waterloo Bridge, Overcast Weather Two (1899 – 1901) Rembrandt – The Return of the Prodigal Son (1661–1669) Follow Haydn: https://twitter.com/haydnsym https://www.instagram.com/haydnsymons https://www.facebook.com/haydnsymonsillustration 🎨 Haydn's Illustration Portfolio: ● bit.ly/2GVxNaU 🔥 Learn more even more content on Haydn's blog: ● haydnsymons.com/blog 📚 Read Haydn's blog post all about analogous colours: ● https://bit.ly/3WzPBvw 🖼️ Haydn's Shop: ● etsy.com/uk/shop/HaydnSymons 🎥 The Portrait Guru YT Channel: ● bit.ly/3uJm7Rj

Triadic colours are three equally spaced colours located on the colour wheel, forming a triangle. Triadic colours are great colour devices, which you can use in your art, illustrations to designs. In today's episode of The Creative Edge podcast, Haydn discusses triadic colour schemes. Learn what triadic colours are, tips to create your own, and uncover famous artists that have used this colour scheme. Improve your own colour theory today! Follow Haydn: https://twitter.com/haydnsym https://www.instagram.com/haydnsymons https://www.facebook.com/haydnsymonsillustration 🎨 Haydn's Illustration Portfolio: ● bit.ly/2GVxNaU 🔥 Learn more even more content on Haydn's blog: ● haydnsymons.com/blog 📚 Read Haydn's blog post all about triadic colours: ● https://bit.ly/3sYMf8F 🖼️ Haydn's Shop: ● etsy.com/uk/shop/HaydnSymons 🎥 The Portrait Guru YT Channel: ● bit.ly/3uJm7Rj

Learn all about complimentary colours within this episode of The Creative Edge podcast. Discover about the colour wheel, primary colours, and how to level up your colour theory within your art! 🎨 Haydn's Illustration Portfolio: ● bit.ly/2GVxNaU 🔥 Learn more even more content on Haydn's blog: ● haydnsymons.com/blog 🖼️ Haydn's Shop: ● etsy.com/uk/shop/HaydnSymons 🎥 The Portrait Guru YT Channel ● bit.ly/3uJm7Rj

What is ghosting? No - not the type of ghosting when someone doesn't text you back, but is a great technique when you're learning to draw. Ghosting is the art of motioning a drawing stroke 1 - 5cm away from the drawing material, three to five times, before committing to the stroke on the sixth. Within this podcast episode of The Creative Edge podcast, Haydn shares how to improve your drawing skill with the art of ghosting. Improve your line quality, drawing confidence, and overall skill, with this one simple but highly effective technique! Follow Haydn: https://twitter.com/haydnsym https://www.instagram.com/haydnsymons https://www.facebook.com/haydnsymonsillustration 🎨 Haydn's Illustration Portfolio: ● bit.ly/2GVxNaU 🔥 Learn more even more content on Haydn's blog: ● haydnsymons.com/blog 🖼️ Haydn's Shop: ● etsy.com/uk/shop/HaydnSymons 🎥 The Portrait Guru YT Channel ● bit.ly/3uJm7Rj

In order to take your art to the next level, you need to learn from the very best. From YouTube videos, blogs, to podcasts like this one, reading is one way to propel your artistic skills. Haydn loves reading, and has developed a deep daily reading habit which has helped him in all walks of life. One of Haydn's favourite books is James Gurney's 'Colour & Light - A Guide For The Realist Painter'. A great book for painters, illustrators, to creatives to help improve your art. Within this podcast episode of The Creative Edge Podcast, Haydn shares his book review of the book, his key takeaways and insight. Find out what he thinks about the book, who the book is for, and his rating out of 5. Follow Haydn: https://twitter.com/haydnsym https://www.instagram.com/haydnsymons https://www.facebook.com/haydnsymonsillustration 👉 Discover my James Gurney Book Review Here: ● https://bit.ly/3cBduM4 🎨 Haydn's Illustration Portfolio: ● bit.ly/2GVxNaU 🔥 Learn more even more content on Haydn's blog: ● haydnsymons.com/blog 🖼️ Haydn's Shop: ● etsy.com/uk/shop/HaydnSymons 🎥 The Portrait Guru YT Channel ● https://bit.ly/3uJm7Rj

To advance in any walk of life, whether that be personal or professional, you need consistent habits to ensure strong, progressive results. Habits are the bread and butter of drawing, helping you in all of your creative pursuits. In today's episode of The Creative Edge Podcast, Haydn shares his top tips to help you create a daily drawing habit. Drawing is the backbone of most creative pursuits, especially useful for those of you who are artists, illustrators to even designers. Let this podcast episode help you if you're frustrated by not keeping up with your goals and habits. Follow Haydn: https://twitter.com/haydnsym https://www.instagram.com/haydnsymons https://www.facebook.com/haydnsymonsillustration 👉 Discover Gouache Painting Tips: ● bit.ly/3FbyIPL 🎨 Haydn's Illustration Portfolio: ● bit.ly/2GVxNaU 🔥 Learn more even more content on Haydn's blog: ● haydnsymons.com/blog 🖼️ Haydn's Shop: ● etsy.com/uk/shop/HaydnSymons

Gouache is a wonderful painting medium, which past and present artists have used to create painting masterpieces. However, especially for beginners, gouache can be a real nightmare. But don't worry, help is at hand to help improve your paintings! On this episode of The Creative Edge Podcast, Haydn shares his top gouache tricks and tips to help you improve your art. From using bigger brushes, composition tips, to using the right painting tools, check out this episode to take your paintings to the next level. Follow Haydn: https://twitter.com/haydnsym https://www.instagram.com/haydnsymons https://www.facebook.com/haydnsymonsillustration 👉Discover More Gouache Painting Tips: ● https://bit.ly/3FbyIPL 🎨 Haydn's Illustration Portfolio: ● bit.ly/2GVxNaU 🔥 Learn more even more content on Haydn's blog: ● haydnsymons.com/blog 🖼️ Haydn's Shop: ● etsy.com/uk/shop/HaydnSymons

If you're a digital artist, illustrator, or want to learn the Adobe Creative Suite, this podcast episode is for you! As Adobe Illustrator has a lot of features (which is common with a lot of Adobe products), you can easily miss some really powerful tools. These Adobe Illustrator tools can take your digital artworks to the next level, and has helped me with my own digital illustrations. On this episode of The Creative Edge Podcast, Haydn shares his top 5 underrated Adobe Illustrator Tools. This episode is perfect for Adobe Illustrator beginners, to help you learn the insides and outs of the product. However it can also be eye-opening for more advanced users, looking to advance their skills. Join Haydn by uncovering some of these tools! Follow Haydn: https://twitter.com/haydnsym https://www.instagram.com/haydnsymons https://www.facebook.com/haydnsymonsillustration 👉Learn More About Adobe Illustrator Tools: ● haydnsymons.com/blog/5-underrated-adobe-illustrator-tools 🎨 Haydn's Illustration Portfolio: ● http://bit.ly/2GVxNaU 🔥 Learn more even more content on Haydn's blog: ● haydnsymons.com/blog 🖼️ Haydn's Shop: ● etsy.com/uk/shop/HaydnSymons

Compositions can either make or break your art. Create a weak compositional image, and viewers won't engage. However, if you were to nail your compositions, people will flock to your art! If you want to radially improve your art, make learning composition high up on your list. From Vincent Van Gogh, Rembrandt, to Caravaggio, these artistic legends all created artworks which has stood the test of time. Mainly due to their colour, craftsmanship, with a big load of compositional skill. On this episode of The Creative Edge Podcast, Haydn shares his top tips to help you improve your artistic compositions. From using right angles, the golden ratio, to the rule of thirds, improve your art with these expert tips and tricks. Follow Haydn: https://twitter.com/haydnsym https://www.instagram.com/haydnsymons https://www.facebook.com/haydnsymonsillustration 👉Learn More About Composition: ● haydnsymons.com/blog/how-to-learn-composition 🎨 Haydn's Illustration Portfolio: ● http://bit.ly/2GVxNaU 🔥 Learn more even more content on Haydn's blog: ● haydnsymons.com/blog 🖼️ Haydn's Shop: ● etsy.com/uk/shop/HaydnSymons

Freelancing can be difficult. As rejections are part and parcel of the job, it can be tough to keep up the motivation and self-belief. Not allowing yourself to be dejected by rejection, or take it personally. Haydn has certainly been there, but if you want to be a freelancer, then you need to keep this motivation and drive, then when you are rejected. Within this episode of The Creative Edge Podcast, Haydn Symons shares his first hand experience to help you with freelancing rejection. Discover Haydn's tips and tricks to not only help you to deal with rejection, but to overcome it, and guarantee more success in the future. Follow Haydn: https://twitter.com/haydnsym https://www.instagram.com/haydnsymons https://www.facebook.com/haydnsymonsillustration 👉Learn More About Dealing With Freelancer Rejection: ● haydnsymons.com/blog/how-to-deal-with-freelancer-rejection 🎨 Haydn's Illustration Portfolio: ● bit.ly/2GVxNaU 🔥 Learn more even more content on Haydn's blog: ● haydnsymons.com/blog 🖼️ Haydn's Shop: ● etsy.com/uk/shop/HaydnSymons