TOP TIPS FOR DRAWING FUR IN PASTELS

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6 TIPS TO DRAWING REALISTIC FUR IN PASTELS This month I uploaded my 6 top tips for drawing fur in pastels. For those of you who also paint in acrylics these tips are also relevant to painting BUT with the exception of the last tip. Tip 6 I speak about how with lighter coloured dogs like yellow Labradors I will usually work in the opposite from light to dark HOWEVER with acrylics we don't have to ...
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Meet Sadie

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Last week I finished this portrait of Sadie. Two of my favourite things to draw were in her portrait - black fur and curly fur. So this was a portrait where I didn't want to put the pencils down. Sadie's portrait then made it's journey home to the USA :).    For those who follow my tutorials I have a video on Patreon showing you how I tackle this fur type. Head over to my Patreon...
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RED PANDA PAINTING

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My latest wildlife painting fresh off the easel is this adorable Red Panda. I loved working on this one and enjoyed the challenge of the additional elements within this painting. I stumbled across the beautiful reference photo I used for this and new I had to paint it.  The original Red Panda painting is now up for sale and looking for its new home. More details of the painting can be found ...
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GOLDEN RETRIEVER DRAWING IN PASTELS

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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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How to draw a Springer Spaniel in pastels

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My latest tutorial uploaded to YouTube was a timelapse of Dod's portrait I completed in 2020. Click the thumbnail below to head over to YouTube and watch it now :).  I have slower, in depth tutorials available on my Patreon. Tiers for pastel and acrylics with a combined tier for those of you like me who enjoy working in multiple mediums :). On my website here, I have a Patreon library with...
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ELEPHANT DRAWING SALE

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I have lots of projects planned for 2022. So for January 2022 I'll be having a sale on some of my original wildlife pieces :). Starting off the sale with this Elephant pastel drawing.  SALE PRICE £100 + FREE UK P&P Original 6" x 10" pastel drawing Mounted to 10" x 14" Reference photos: Pixabay   For this portrait I wanted to focus on the lighting. It was captured beautiful...
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🐾🎊😀 HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE 😀🎊🐾

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I want to thank every single person who supports me on social media, commissions me to draw their much loved pets, other artists who support me on Patreon, those who buy my original wildlife work and prints. It means so much and I feel truly lucky to be able to call this my job. Each comment on my posts, shares and the kind messages are just ❤. Another challenging year for...
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HUMMINGBIRD IN FINISHED

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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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HUMMINGBIRD ON THE EASEL..

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IT'S ALL ABOUT THE COLOURS I was asked by a Patreon member to create a pastel tutorial focusing on iridescent feathers. I immediately wanted to draw either a Hummingbird or Kingfisher and after looking for reference photos settled on this. I have added a completely different background adding even more colour and a bit of a magical feel.  This first update shows the background and I decid...
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