** Sale ** Bear & Cub Original Drawing!

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This Brown Bear and her cub is an original A4 (8.3" x 11.7") Colour pencil drawing which is up for sale. To make room for my upcoming wildlife paintings I have a sale on a couple of my originals. Follow this link 'artwork for sale' for more details and to see a couple of other pieces at a reduced price! Upcoming pieces..Not wanting to give to much away but I have a real variety of subjects...
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My next pastel piece.. and paper talk :)

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Back in June this year I purchased 2 full sets of pastel pencils and a full 120 soft pastel stick set. About 5 years ago I bought the full set of Derwent pastel pencils and only used them once and never finished the drawing. It was of a Zebra and for whatever reason, which I cannot remember, I never completed it. This wasn't unusual as I did used to start a wildlife piece and start another before...
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‘Purrfection’ Limited Edition Prints!

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I picked up more limited edition prints of 'Purrfection'. My framer always does such a wonderful job and I just love them! If you order now you can still get them for Christmas! They can be purchased over at my 'artwork for sale' under limited edition prints or feel free to contact me at zara.toms@hotmail.co.uk :) ‘Purrfection’Limited edition run of 150Giclée prints on 300gsm on fine ...
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Tilley & Cresta Video

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Here is the full time lapse video of the recent Shetland and cart drawing I have recently finished. There were so many elements to this portrait. It could easily become very daunting and not know where to start. I have never drawn this much leather work on one portrait but I approach it as I would any other ... Break down into small sections. When you watch the time lapse video you will no...
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Shetland and cart finished!

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Meet Tilley and Cresta :D. I have said it on each progress update here... But this has been such a fun portrait to work on! All that leather work was a great challenge. I adore capturing movement in portraits. I did a Jaguar that was walking towards the camera as one of my first wildlife drawings as it's always been a favourite. This is certainly at the top of my list as well. The full time la...
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First attempt at Digital Painting!

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There was a few days where I was unable to sit at my easel. I hated that I wasn't creating something so I downloaded a free app on my tablet and used my phone stylus and had a go at a digital painting of my horse Jack. I was pleased with how this came out for my first attempt. I did then start a Red Panda digital painting but haven't got round to finishing that yet. Digital painting is don...
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Shetland cart update

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Fun fun fun!This portrait has been so much fun to work on. I cannot wait to share the finished photograph with you. I wish I could take good scans of my artwork. Getting the lighting right for the photographs isn't an easy task. But the scanner doesn't pick up the lighter details and it can make the drawing look really bleached out. It may be that I don't have a scanner with a high enough resolut...
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Beautiful sky colours

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Although I am not a fan of the shorter days and dark evenings we do get some really pretty skies this time of year. Every morning as we come back from feeding my horses and sheep there is usually a lovely pink sky. It reminds me each time of my recent Barn Owl painting 'On the pr-owl'. Limited edition prints and the original are for sale :). Head over to 'artwork for sale' for more informatio...
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Bella & Molly

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Last week I completed this A4 (8.3" x 11.7") colour pencil drawing of Bella & Molly. They have such expressive little faces and they were a real pleasure to draw. Their mum who commissioned the portrait was intending it to be a surprise gift to their dad for Christmas. Once she received it she was to excited to wait so gave it to him straight away :). The full time lapse video will be upl...
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