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Finished Portraits

Meet Koda

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Koda was another surprise Christmas commission I had the pleasure of drawing. I absolutely loved working on her portrait because it was that much larger. It enabled me to capture even more detail. 14" x 20" is probably one of my favourite sizes for this reason. Her colours were a joy to capture especially with the softness of pastels. 14" x 20" Pastel portrait Full length tutorial comin...
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Avatar, Alfie & Leo

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I completely forgot to share this finished portrait :). Leo the Labrador and those lovely colours was a pleasure to capture. So many different fur types, textures and colours within this portrait. Getting the right balance is key. There are a few options when designing layouts with more than 2 subjects so what I do is make the ones I think would work and sending that selection to the client. They...
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Meet Nala :)

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I can now start sharing with you all the surprise Christmas commissions I was busy working on. Lets start off with a super cute one :) Nala a gorgeous Labrador puppy - I mean come one... Look at her! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas despite everything going on. For me, I had a quiet Christmas eating way to much - But that's standard right? A4 (8.3" x 11.7") Pastel portrait
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Cheetah is finished

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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..

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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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Maisey & Lexie are finished!

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Well, here it is! AT LAST! What a relief to be able to call this massive project finished. This painting is big... At the time I thought it was a good idea and then after a few days I realised this was going to take me ages. So many hours went into this painting - I lost count and realised its pretty much life size... Also, you would not believe how long it took for us to get this photo! People...
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Black backgrounds..

Posted on by Zara Toms
One of my favourite ways to work is against a black background. I think it creates an effect that for some photographs is perfect. I then of course adapt my work from the photograph and change the lighting, contrast and composition. Whether its colour pencils and pastels on black paper or acrylics on a black airbrushed background the end goal is the same. I haven't yet tried it with pastels this ...
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Meet Willow

Posted on by Zara Toms
I can now share with you this surprise commission :). When I was asked to capture Willow in this pastel portrait I couldn't wait to start it. Before being a full time artist I worked with Willow's mum at a kennels. Willow came to work and made us all laugh every day! Her huge personality and bouncy energy, her desire to eat whatever she could get her paws on and then look at you like 'It wasn't m...
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Today at 6pm – Lioness video :D

Posted on by Zara Toms
I realised when looking through my YouTube channel that I never shared the final part of my Lioness drawing. Today at 6pm it goes live and Monday I will post it here on my blog :). Limited Edition Prints Available! Cropped and full version. Full details on the link below :). Original is also for sale.'Limited Edition Prints' Purrfection Cropped 8" x 10" prints mounted to 11" x ...
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