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 PET JOINING THE FAMILY

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I have been waiting for a Leopard Gecko to join our family since March/April. The come in many colours and patterns but there was a specific type I wanted to wait for and I am so excited to have found one. He/she wont be ready for a few weeks but look at those patterns and colours! Stunning. I cannot wait to watch her/him grow and then photograph ready to draw and paint her.
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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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My Lexie <3

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Lexie is my 5 year old Sprocker. Madness of both breeds - you ask why haha. But she truly is a special dog. Very laid back considering. Yet, despite being a mixture of two breeds that are known for their love of water - she isn't convinced! She will get her paws wet but will not go in any deeper than a few inches. She is certainly not a born swimmer with that love of water. She rarely sits still...
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NEW YOUTUBE VIDEO

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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!

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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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🐾✏️ 💦 SWIMMING BLUE IS FINISHED 💦✏️🐾

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I LOVE a challenge! First time attempting water with pastels but it was my favourite part when working on his portrait. I enjoy capturing movement of subjects anyway so creating the ripples and movement of the water was the element where I didn't want to put my pencils down. A typical Labrador - water baby - doing what they know. I have been asked to draw many of Blue's family pets so it was a ple...
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