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Finished Portraits

GOLDEN RETRIEVER DRAWING IN PASTELS

Posted on by Zara Toms
One of my Christmas commissions was this portrait of Jazmin. A beautiful Golden Retriever with the smiliest expression. I had already drawn one of the other family dogs a couple of months before. This portrait was done in pastels and that ensured the softness of her fur was captured along with those subtle colours. For her portrait, given the angle of the reference photograph, we opted for a squar...
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HUMMINGBIRD IN FINISHED

Posted on by Zara Toms
I have loved working on this drawing. I was asked to make a tutorial on how to draw iridescent feathers and straight away I knew I wanted to draw a Hummingbird.   I regularly post public posts to my Patreon with tips and techniques for the projects I'm currently working on. You don't have to be a member to see these posts so if these are of interest click here :)   In these posts I...
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MEET JASPER

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Jasper Jasper is one of the latest dogs fresh off my easel. Sadly, no longer with us and his family miss him dearly. Loosing them is the worst part about sharing life with them but they provide so many wonderful memories for us to cherish. When I am asked to capture peoples much loved pets I want to capture that pet not just a Jack Russell.  I spend days, sometimes weeks on a single portrai...
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MEET RONNIE

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'Meet Ronnie' Fresh off the easel last week was Ronnie the German Shepherd. This portrait required a lot of variation in pencil details to capture all the textures within his fur. I had to start with rich base layers to make sure I captured his beautiful warm colouring within his fur. I used PanPastels for his base layers and that worked really well for the colours I was looking to recreate.&...
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2 NEW TUTORIALS THIS WEEKEND

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BUSY, BUSY, BUSY I'm uploading as much content as I can to my Patreon channel. At the moment it's 1 video for each tier every week! That's a lot of content :D This weekend we have... > How to draw a black and white cat in pastels.. AND > How to paint a Pheasant in acrylics.  Drawing black and white fur can be challenging. White fur was one of the more difficult elements I found ...
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I DRAW PEOPLE TO :)

Posted on by Zara Toms
Although I don't advertise it as such, when asked I do draw people to. My first couple of graphite portraits was of family members and once I was confident in capturing skin tones and textures I accepted people commissions. More recently I have been drawing people in colour using pastels. Both graphite and pastels work well but obviously create very different looks. Some reference photos shout for...
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🏞✏ My first landscape ✏🏞

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🏞✏ My first landscape ✏🏞 After having a few requests to make a tutorial of a landscape drawing I didn't realise how much I'd enjoy creating it. I have wanted to tackle something like this for a couple of years but always ended up drawing or painting a wildlife subject instead.   The photograph I chose for this drawing was one that demonstrated s...
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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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💙 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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