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How to draw cat eyes in pastels

Posted on by Zara Toms
My latest voice over tutorial on YouTube is this cat eye focus video. I recently shared Mocha's finished portrait over on my Facebook and Instagram. After a few requests from other artists asking how I draw cat eyes I thought Mocha's beautiful eye colour would make for a good tutorial. Click the above thumbnail to head straight to this tutorial :) For more videos head over to my YouTube ch...
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Posted on by Zara Toms
🐾🎊😀 HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE 😀🎊🐾I just want to say... A HUGE thank you to every single person who supports me on social media, commissions me to draw their much loved pets, purchase my original wildlife work and prints. It means so much and I feel truly lucky to be able to call this my job. Each comment on my posts, shares and the kind messages are ...
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Back fur video and tips

Posted on by Zara Toms
A few days ago I shared my thumbnail for my black fur in pastels tutorial. Here is the video with voice over :). There are some basic tips and techniques to remember. I have listed my top 3 below :) https://youtu.be/Grt2Aem9tIs Visit my channel here for more videos like this :) LayersThis is one of the most important aspects of creating realistic artwork. The more layers you add the more d...
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New Tutorials

Posted on by Zara Toms
Painting with acrylics - Part 1 https://youtu.be/cmB_3lqv6bE I have been uploading voice over videos twice a week. Every Tuesday and Saturday at 6pm there is a different tutorial covering a range of topics in a variety of mediums. At the moment they are either pastels or acrylics but I will also be incorporating graphite tutorials very soon. How to paint a dogs ear in acrylics ...
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Cheetah is finished

Posted on by Zara Toms
They are finished :). 'Two of a kind' is being professionally mounted and then will be looking for its new home. If you're interested in purchasing this or any other of my original pieces please don't hesitate to get in touch :). zara.toms@hotmail.co.uk I have loved every part of this portrait. Every spot, every individual hair - it's really been a case of not wanting to put the pencils down...
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Festive Robin..

Posted on by Zara Toms
Over a few weekends when I have managed to work some extra hours I decided to do a few smaller studies. Being the run up to Christmas I wanted to do a festive theme and what better subject than the Robin. Creating that cyan blue background with the snow was probably my favourite part. As soon as the snow was added I felt like this pastel portrait was complete. I haven't been able to share it with...
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