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Petro van der Merwe
May 15, 2020
3 Tips For Drawing Hair! I would like to share with you 3 tips for drawing hair and being a bit less
Tip #1 Draw the Shapes: The thing about drawing hair is that we tend to look at the hair as individual strands of hair, rather than...
Petro van der Merwe
Apr 6, 2018
Charcoal Drawing & Three Valuable Art Lessons
November 2016 I was assigned a commission for our reverend and his wife. He was retiring after 31 years with the Dutch Reformed Church in...
Petro van der Merwe
Jul 26, 2017
Pastel Pencil Drawing Of A Lovebird Using Real Time Video Clips For The First Time
This was so exciting; my first time lapse video using real-time video clips! Although the 'footage' was shot using my smart phones' video...
Petro van der Merwe
May 14, 2016
Progress timelapse video of a Flamingo in pastel pencils
"Flamboyant Flamingo" A time lapse video created from progress photos taken while I was drawing this piece. I used Faber Castell Pitt...
Petro van der Merwe
May 14, 2016
How to make your own canvas print
So, a few months back my 6-year old niece saw a picture of a teddy bear that I drew in my sketchbook, and she desperately wanted it! I...
Petro van der Merwe
May 14, 2016
How I painted bubbles in watercolor
"Bubblemaster" This was actually the first time I attempted to paint bubbles. After posting this drawing to my Facebook page, someone...
Petro van der Merwe
May 9, 2016
Artefects23: Why An Art Blog?
It took me more than a year before I finally published the website for Artefects23. If you've ever created your own website, you'll know...
Petro van der Merwe
Apr 30, 2016
The Best Thank You Ever
A personal art story I'd like to share with you. For me, and probably most artists, the best part of a drawing or painting is watching...
Petro van der Merwe
Apr 10, 2016
Progress timelapse video of a black cat in pastel pencils
In this video I'm sharing with you a drawing I made using Faber Castell Pitt Pastels. It's a portrait of my own cat, Sherlock, a...
