Learn how to create bricks in your sketches with fineliner and watercolor. Add texture, depth, interest and character to your sketches with simple step-by-step techniques.

Many beginners use black watercolor to create shadows, but this often leads to muddy, lifeless sketches. In this post, I explain why black isn’t the best choice and show you how to mix beautiful, natural shadow colors instead.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to draw an ornamented column with a pencil and how to add shadows to it.