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How to draw a Tiger

Posted on by Zara Toms
 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

Posted on by Zara Toms
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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Want to know how to draw water droplets?

Posted on by Zara Toms
Drawing water droplets in most cases is about focusing on the bright highlights and the reflections within that droplet. Depending on the shape and origin of that droplet it will vary quite a lot in terms of colour. This is because of the translucency of the water enabling the surroundings and what is behind the droplet to almost be capsulated within it.  So due to how much they can vary I...
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ACRYLIC TUTORIALS COMING SOON :)

Posted on by Zara Toms
Yesterday I was busy updating my Patreon library here on my website. I have added some tutorial thumbnails which will be available when my acrylic tutorial goes live. I am hoping to get it ready for the 1st September. There is quite a lot of preparation that goes into getting the tutorials ready but I have always wanted to have a small library of content immediately available for anyone who signs ...
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NEW YOUTUBE VIDEO

Posted on by Zara Toms
I regularly share voice over tutorials to my YouTube channel and the full length, much slower with in depth voice over versions are available on my Patreon channel. Pastels are a fantastic medium and are a joy to learn. I am launching an acrylic tier very soon as well which I am really excited about. I upload a variety of tutorials and regularly take requests for specific content should any member...
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Nearly 10 hour tutorial!

Posted on by Zara Toms
Drawing Jake the Corgi This month for Patreon I have been working hard on creating as much content (as always) as I possibly can. 6 videos this month alone :D. That's a lot of tutorials for £5 a month :).  I have a full list of Patreon tutorials here on my website so that anyone interested can browse the kind of content that is available before signing up. There is the benefit of being able...
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🐾🖌 Acrylic tier coming soon! 🖌🐾

Posted on by Zara Toms
Acrylic tier coming soon! I have been working hard in between pastel tutorials creating some acrylic studies ready for the launch of my acrylic tuition tier . I LOVE working in acrylics so I am really looking forward to being able to allocate specific time spent working with the paintbrushes. First study was of this cat eye. I chose the reference photo because of the colours and sharp detail. I...
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Tiger is finished!

Posted on by Zara Toms
🐯✏ All those stripes! ✏🐯 I have not wanted to put down my pencils at all for this one. I've loved working on every detail and filling that paper with the cropped subject 😍. Creating that out of focus effect for the body to ensure the main focus is on the detail of the face adds to creating more depth in the piece. I'm taking it to my framers be professi...
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NEW full length tutorial

Posted on by Zara Toms
🐾✏ Tom - Cavalier King Charles ✏🐾   Yesterday, Tom's full length tutorial went live on Patreon. The Patreon library here on my website is updated with all available tutorials that are on Patreon :). I have so many more tutorials planned. The next fur focus study will be a Spaniels ear - lots of curls :).  Should you want to draw Tom yourself and fol...
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