Home / Archive by category "Work In Progress" (Page 7)

Work In Progress

Real time video!

Posted on by Zara Toms
https://youtu.be/WiY2CPtRhWY Music by bensound Something different to what I normally make in terms of videos. This is a 9 minute video of real time footage. Not sped up at all. So you can see how each pencil stroke is made and how I approach the fur in layers. Last final details are put down when the portrait is near completion but this give a good insight to how I use my pastel pencils on t...
Read More

More progress on Levi

Posted on by Zara Toms
This sweet boy is gradually coming together :). More of the portrait revealed to. His owners wanted me to incorporate a couple of his favourite toys and it does make for a lovely change and does make this portrait more unique. Still lots to do as you can see but shortly he will be finished and then ready to ship off to his home in the USA :)
Read More

Levi’s work in progress

Posted on by Zara Toms
Such a sweet little face and those eyes were so much fun to draw. The colour and the shines it makes them look so 3D so I was keen to capture that in the drawing. Later today at 6pm, over at my Facebook page, I will be sharing a longer real time video of me working on the fur around his eyes. Showing exactly how I layer, use the pencils and what shades of pencil I am using the get the midt...
Read More

New technique… New subject :D

Posted on by Zara Toms
New materials..I have always loved working against a black background. It first sparked my interest when I was experimenting with colour pencils on black paper. Only using 1 white and 1 mid tone grey pencils to create the portrait was a good challenge. Just having to focus on values rather than colour. Experimenting can be worth while!Sometimes trialling new things doesn't always work out. Y...
Read More

Chloe & Molly

Posted on by Zara Toms
Hmmmm.. it seems I didn't actually schedule my blog posts properly. I thought it was only yesterday that I hadn't scheduled but it seems a post hasn't gone live in a few days. Woops! Lets change that as I usually post here every day :). My last blog post was of a progress shot of Chloe. I have now finished this portrait but the posts I thought were going live here were the progress update...
Read More

Atlas, update 2 :)

Posted on by Zara Toms
Atlas's finished portrait was posted over on my Facebook page yesterday. Head over to see the finished piece. It will be posted here tomorrow for those who are not on Facebook :). I'll be getting the full time lapse video edited and put together today as well hopefully - fingers crossed! I hope everyone had a good bank holiday yesterday. So many garden parties and people taking the tim...
Read More

Layout designs, choosing backgrounds

Posted on by Zara Toms
For any enquiries, commissions and adjustments when planning portraits I could not work without my photo editing software. For pet portrait commissions I always do numerous layouts so that my clients can choose their favourite and it enables them to see how the finished portrait will look. During this stage anything can be changed. I am often asked if I can change the reference photo. This may...
Read More
Top