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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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NEW DRAGONFLY PAINTING

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🖌🌷 Fresh off the easel 🌷🖌 I have been working on this acrylic painting during any spare minutes between other portraits. I spent hours finding a photograph I liked. Most Dragonfly photos they're just on bits of stick and I wanted to add something with flowers. As always it's nice to tick another wildlife subject off the list of animals to paint and draw :). A...
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Meet Timmy

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Timmy I recently had the pleasure of drawing a very special canine companion. Timmy was a pat dog. Pat dogs, known as Pets As Therapy dogs, do an incredible job in a variety of roles. Visiting hospitals, care homes, day centres, schools and many other establishments providing many people with company, companionship and therapy. In some cases dogs are not given as much credit for their role in o...
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Meet Sweetie

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🐾✏ Sweetie ✏🐾 When looking through the portraits I have had the pleasure of drawing and painting I realised I hadn't shared Sweetie's drawing. After her mum fostered her from Battersea she ended up staying as part of the family for 14 years. Having had a terrible start in life she finally ended up with an amazing home where she was loved and cared for just like...
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NEW ZEBRA PAINTING

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🦓🖌 Fresh off the easel! 🖌🦓 Yesterday I finished my first Zebra acrylic painting. I've had a couple of suggestions to paint/draw one of these striped creatures and so pleased I can tick it off my list :). I knew from the start that I wanted to focus on creating that teal bokeh background and have those gorgeous colours reflecting in the stripes making the whol...
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Meet Dingo the German Shepherd

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🐾✏ Dingo ✏🐾 One of my favourite portraits to date. This handsome, very smiley German Shepherd was one that will feature as a full length German Shepherd tutorial on Patreon. I was asked to draw his eye and surrounding fur for a focus study but when I  saw the photograph I couldn't resist drawing all of him. The lighting, the contrast, his expression and his colo...
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