Figures in Sepia Video Added

This week we have added Part 1 of 2 of the "Figures in Sepia" exercise. Both parts areroughly half hour in length and this particular picture only uses 5 Pencils (103, 182, 180, 280 and 175).To get started, click here to download the line drawing, reference picture and watch part 1.We also had a question come in this week from Ann in New Zealand regarding sharpening pastel pencils:"Good Morning Mr Bradley. Even with all the right equipment I still had trouble getting a fine point to my pencils. my husband who is a retired builder came to my aid. By using a small flat vibrating sander with fine sandpaper and rotating the pencils you get a very sharp point. I know that not many of your students will have this building sander, but some may. I just thought I would pass this on as it really does work. Ann N. Z."..Well Ann, just yesterday we uploaded to YouTube, a video tutorial showing how to get a fine point to your pencils using a stanley knife or razor blades. If you would like to view the tutorial then please click here!That's it for this week, we have another Animal project coming after next week - The "Hedgehog". Stay tuned for more updates on our Facebook Page throughout the week.