A water lily in acrylic for Patrice Baffou

The hero is your manga’s key figure: he's the one who structures the story and whom your readers will identify with.

Making a drawing with just a few pencil strokes isn't magic, it's sketching! Because this exercise is an art of its own. So where and how do you sketch?

Brilliant, creamy, natural… oil paints enchant every budding artist. Invented at the dawn of the Renaissance, it has crossed the centuries without picking up a single wrinkle. Set sail on a trip through time!

Transcribing visual subtleties with a minimum of material is what makes drawing so challenging. Follow the guide!

What is the secret to successful digital coloring? A perfectly composed drawing and meticulous inking. Goal of this exercise: teaching you to organize your preliminary work. Child's play!

Learn how to create your manga characters! From conceiving them on scratch paper to coloring them with watercolors, here are ten steps designed for you to develop good reflexes and improve your technique.

Are pastels child's play? Not quite… First, you need to have mastered good drawing skills. Moreover, the fragility of the pigments and the opacity of the colors, which make corrections problematical, mean you need to take several precautions.

For successful works, mastering the use and blending of colors is essential. As an introduction or a reminder, here are the basic concepts and principles to know!

Paper, paintbrushes, soft rags, drawing board… Using several techniques is like reasoning in the plural. And becoming attached to the peculiarities of each medium!