This was the view of the courtyard from the apartment where we stayed while visiting Florence. I intended to add some colours, waiting for t...

Café Bretelles - Ink pen and watercolour by Benoit Philippe Café Bretelles is a charming independent coffee place located 36 Rue du...

In Vino Veritas - Black Ink pen and watercolour by Benoit Philippe In Vino Veritas is a Restaurant & Wine Bar located 25 Place de la...

The Cathedral of Strasbourg (in Alsace, France) is an imposing building at the heart of the old city. For these drawings, I did not draw w...

Travelling always comes with dead time and sketching is a good way to use it. Heathrow Bus Station's coffee shop (London) T...

Good Mooring by Benoit Philippe - graphite on watercolour paper (21 x 30 cm) For this drawing, I used: Canson Montval watercolour p...

I drew a series of 10 silhouettes. It's a good exercise that pushes you to explore various shapes and attitudes. As there is no det...

When visiting Victor Hugo’s house in Paris, I was hoping to see again some of Hugo's drawings I saw in the past. But there were only tw...

Last week, the whole family was in Ardeche in Le Regal, a hamlet near Antraigues-sur-Volane (France). Le Regal - Watercolour and ink b...

Last week-end, I went to Brive-la-Gaillarde in France for my niece's wedding. I managed to do a few sketches. On my way to London.   ...

What is the common point between neuroscience, telephone poles and accurate drawing? I was listening to a fascinating podcast, The Brain S...

On a recent trip to Munich, I had a Weiss beer over dinner. But before I drank it, I thought I would do a quick sketch. As there was nothing...

As I explained in an earlier article (see Working from photographs ), details in photograph get lost in shadow areas. I have this issue whe...

The Fondation Cartier in Paris (France) exhibits Moebius work until March 13, 2011. The theme of the exhibition is transformation or metam...

The Channel crossing from Dover (England) to Calais (France) gave me an opportunity to sketch. I was able to set-up on one of the coffee ta...

In an earlier post, 10 ways to improve your watercolours with a ruler , I wrote that a ruler is useful when tracing objects like buildi...

It's here, it's published and it's FREE! This 36 pages free eBook is a collection of 17 practical exercises for artists. I have...

The museum is well-known for its Pre-Raphaelite paintings. Sir Edward Burne-Jones was a Birmingham-born artist and one of the rooms...