This week I joined Lisa Ann Watkins Patreon – Animal Art by LAW. Please take a moment to browse Lisa’s Website to. I have a lot of learning and watching of Lisa’s huge video library to do. Lisa uses a different way of teaching you to draw with coloured pencils especially on pastelmat and other …
This week I joined in live with the Art Club on Zoom with Bonny Snowdon’s Academy. I wasn’t going to because I’d had a hectic stressful week. My indoor cats have come down with cat flu. How this has happened I have no idea and it’s been so heart-breaking to watch them suffering. I have …
Here’s a little quickie I did of a dog collar. It’s a study tutorial by Bonny Snowdon Academy, it was another Art Club piece that I followed along to on replay. I really enjoyed doing this. I was taken out of my comfort zone and thought like most up and coming artists, I can’t do …
I joined in the replay of Bonny Snowdon’s Academy Art Club back on the 23rd January 2024 to draw the kingfisher, this is a weekly live zoom meeting. I don’t normally join in live, so if I struggle or I’m too slow I can pause the recording. The Kingfisher is being drawn on drafting film, …
I have finished my cats eye study in monochrome. I have learnt a lot by doing this short study that I really need to pay attention to the fur direction. I find my eyes gets distracted and I know I can’t possibly do every single hair. I need to work harder on the tonal values …
Here is a little bit more progress. Me personally I don’t like it, but that’s my head telling me it’s rubbish, because my fur looks scruffy, the eye is perfect. Maybe it’s at the normal ugly stage and if I put a little bit more work into it, it will look much better. Let’s see. …
This cats eye drawing has only 2 colours of pencil used, it is all about tonal values. I have used Faber-Castell Polychromos Black and Cold Grey 1. I’m following a Teresa Joy Fine Art Tutorial for this drawing. Till next time,
I have just a very small update with this bay horse. I’m finding it tough going but I will keep going and won’t be too hard on myself. It is all practice and something to look back on in the future as my drawing skill improves and grows. Not every drawing is going to be …
I thought I would have a go at drawing a little quick red robin today. This time of year really does make me feel down in the dumps. I’m now counting the days to the shortest day on 21st December. Like most of us we hate the dark mornings and evenings. But I really do …
I’ve been wanting to try my hand at drawing a horse since I started learning to draw a year ago. I can’t believe it has been a year, well just over a year since I first embarked on my coloured pencil journey. So here is the start of my drawing. I have managed to draw …
