I am interested in all forms of art and so have collated a small section (navigation left) all about art. I have added information about materials, techniques, mediums and old masters. This is an ongoing collation of information and will be updated as and when I have time working between paintings.
If you are an artist, in particular an animal artist, you may be interested in visiting the Pet Portrait Forum. This forum was set up about 3 years ago and there are many members who dip in and out on a regular basis to answer questions, put up their artwork for critique, show their latest portraits, give demos, discuss materials and mediums, recommend books and dvds and the most popular section has to be the reference library. Artists can use photos in the library for free which have very kindly been put up by some of our members.
If you are just starting out drawing animals or you feel you need to brush up your skills you can enroll in the pet portrait diploma course with the London Art College. I have written/illustrated and tutor three courses with them, the pet portrait course, the coloured pencil course and the young artists courses. You can read more about the PP course here - pet portrait diploma course.