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Meet Murphy

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Murphy Whilst looking through all the portraits I have completed over the last couple of years I realised that I never shared Murphy's finished painting with you! I really enjoyed capturing his fur texture and gentle expression. His eye's were very expressive and I wanted to make sure I captured the detail there to get this right. All of the tiny reflections and highlights make all the d...
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Base layers with acrylics..

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The base layer process with acrylics?  This morning, this video went live on my Patreon. A 30 minute real time voice over showing how I tackle this element of my paintings. One common complaint with acrylics is the fast drying time. I personally love this about acrylics and its what made me swap from oils. In these Patreon videos I speak about how to keep the paint layers wetter for longer. ...
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💙 Dexter 💙

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Dexter I can now share with you his portrait which has now been gifted to his owners . Capturing this fur type is challenging due to the number of subtle colours. Typically, I work from dark to light but this fur colouring requires the opposite approach. I work from light to dark to ensure that I don't 'mud up' the colours and go to dark. Dexter's portrait is A3 size so that allowed me...
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NOW OFFERING ACRYLIC TUTRIALS :)

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** 2 NEW TIERS - PASTEL & ACRYLIC TUTORIALS ** I'm so excited to have added new tiers to my Patreon channel and I'm now offering tutorials in acrylics. I've wanted to offer acrylic tutorials for a couple of months and now that its live I'm really itching to get back at the easel planning the next lot of videos!   This painting in the photo will feature in a few tutorials where ...
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How to draw curly fur in pastels..

Posted on by Zara Toms
This weekend I have a 2 hour tutorial going live on Patreon. This real time voice over video, just like all of my tutorials, shows the process from start to finish. I don't hide any part of the process - there are no secrets.  This is a very challenging fur type to draw. It's one of those where you would think 'Where do I start?' In this tutorial I show you how I break this down into ...
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Patreon Library updated :D

Posted on by Zara Toms
My latest tutorial thumbnails have been uploaded to the pastel tier library.  Drawing short black fur and creating the sheen within the fur can be a challenge. In this video I show you how I tackle this in a real time voice over video. Black fur is one of my favourite fur colours to replicate in pastels and acrylics. Like with all fur types its a layering process and in this case working fro...
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How to draw a Tiger

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 Tiger Tutorial Tigers are one of my favourite animals to draw. So when I was asked by a Patreon member to draw one for a tutorial I couldn't wait to get started. I already had the photograph in mind and it was a beautiful one! It was a cropped image which meant this iconic animal filled all of the paper. I love working with photographs like this. If the photo is of the right angle it can m...
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Drawing white fur

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Drawing white fur I have drawn many animals with white fur. From horses to polar bears but the one thing to remember when capturing animals such as these is white fur is never white. There are many tonal changes and values to capture to create as much depth with a fur type like this. I speak about it a lot but I feel the contrast is so important regardless of the subject but this will b...
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