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Meet Tom <3

Posted on by Zara Toms
🐾✏ Tom🐾✏  Last week I completed this 6" x 8" pastel portrait of a super cute Cavalier King Charles. A portrait that will feature as a full length tutorial on Patreon and will be live the first week of July. The reference photo and line art will be provided should any members like to follow along.  Cavalier King Charles are super cute and very express...
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New Patreon Tutorial tomorrow!

Posted on by Zara Toms
🐾✏ Muntjac Tutorial🐾✏  I really enjoyed creating the voice over for this tutorial. Like with all my tutorials on Patreon I have covered every element of this portrait from start to finish. Referencing every colour I have used - no secrets, all explained :).  To start with I didn't like working on the Buttercup coloured Pastelmat paper but it actually wor...
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Meet Dancer

Posted on by Zara Toms
🐾✏ DANCER ✏🐾  I had the absolute pleasure of drawing this stunning horse. I had a excellent quality photograph to work from kindly provided by Mark Fell a professional photographer. The detail was perfect and ideal for a portrait of this size. I LOVE working against a black background but its a bold choice for clients to go for but when its paired with the right...
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NEXT MONTH ON PATREON!

Posted on by Zara Toms
🐾✏ DOG EYE ✏🐾 I have so many tutorials planned for Patreon. I am always thinking of new content to create from focus studies to full length projects. This dog eye is something I have wanted to upload for a while. I LOVE creating these studies - it really takes the pressure off of full length projects and pet portraits. I love my pet portrait commissions, working on a...
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Patreon

Posted on by Zara Toms
✏🐾 Patreon 🐾✏ On 1st February this year I launched my Patreon channel. I didn't expect to enjoy it as much as I do and I am so pleased I took that leap in offering online tuition. I have been working really hard to get as much content uploaded as I possibly can. Offering a wide variety of topics and subjects to ensure there is something for everyone. Here on my websi...
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NEW PATREON LIBRARY!

Posted on by Zara Toms
On the 1st February I launched my Patreon channel. Each month since then I have been adding as much video tutorial content as I can. These tutorials are a mixture of full length portraits, focus studies and bonus videos. I am loving Patreon but one of the aspects I am not so keen on is the accessibility for members to find specific tutorials. For this reason I have had a Patreon library added to m...
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Dog Eye Tutorial

Posted on by Zara Toms
Another focus study tutorial coming up on Patreon is this dog eye. This is a photo of my own dog, Maisey's eye. I chose this because of the colour and contrast. The highlight and shadows are striking and I thought this would be perfect for this study. Over on Patreon I have a variety of videos. I am having my website redone and modernised to have a Patreon Library where you can easily find the...
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White fur.. How to approach it?

Posted on by Zara Toms
Is white truly white?Painting white fur can be challenging but I love it. The biggest thing to remember is white is never white. White is very reflective so often there are many other colours and tones to include. Really studying your reference photo will make such a difference to pick out these differences and ensuring they're included in your art. | Top Tip |Start with a grey mixture of bla...
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New PATREON Tutorial

Posted on by Zara Toms
I have been uploading so much content to Patreon every month. Only set up on the 1st February I'm working hard to get as much content uploaded as I can :). This weekend this fur study will be the next tutorial uploaded. 4" x 3.5" Pastel on Pastelmat. On Patreon, I set up polls where members can vote for the bonus/focus video which I will then make into a full length tutorial. The po...
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New Patreon Tutorials

Posted on by Zara Toms
I have been super busy working on new content for my Patreon channel. I have so many video ideas I want to upload. Something that I will be starting is video clips of me drawing and talking, explaining what I am doing while I am doing it. Although this is very similar to my actual tutorials where I have in depth voice over throughout, these other clips will enable me to focus on aspects of the po...
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