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Pheasant - Part 5

Moving down into the body more. I've found with this part that Violet is incredibly important for the really dark areas.

New for 2021

I'm going to be starting a few new things in 2021…

Drawing challenge  for all Patrons.
Live draw alongs, but working with the pencils you choose to use rather than...

Pheasant Part 4

Starting on the body feathers, looking at colours to use.

February Tutorial Subjects - talk about opposites!

For the focus tutorial we are going to concentrating on tonal values - working with just grey and black pencils, using subtraction techniques probably on hot press paper. I'm also going to be focus...

Pheasant Part 3

The calm before the storm lol!

Finished Pheasant - The Stare 🤨

Here he is in all his glory, and the final parts to the tutorial will be up in the next couple of days. I really hope you enjoy tackling those feathers and all that gorgeous colour :) 

A...

Coming Soon - Beginners Quick Start Guide to Coloured Pencils

I'm working on a guide for beginners to the amazing medium of coloured pencils. Some really useful tips etc plus loads of info about getting starting, the best tutorials to work on and getting the ...

Chirrup - Part 3 - Final Part

Final part of the Chirrup tutorial :) 

Please ensure you credit Katy Ferrari and me for the photo and tutorial :)

Pheasant Part 2

Part two of the pheasant :) 

This is an interesting one as I knew it was a fab photo but only when it came to drawing the beak in did it sink in about the lighting - literally half in sh...

The next beginner tutorial…

Mastering black fur! Now I haven't decided if I'm going to do the whole of the cat - I'd love to but I may not have time.

The back in this particular cat is very warm, so lots of reds and pur...

Colour Recipe for January - what do you want?

What colour would you specifically like for January. I'll demo via photoshop and then pull some pencils out and create some swatches.

We've had golden and pinky chestnut, pop in the comments ...

Q&A Zoom - Saturday 16th January 4pm UK Time

Send me your questions to bonny@bonnysnowdonfineart.co.uk or you can ask on the day. I will critique two pieces in the session from those not in tier 3 on a first come first served basis - send to ...

£10 tier - Pheasant - Part 1, Drafting Film

Here is part 1 of the pheasant - I am still working on this piece so the colours in the materials document may be updated.

There are a lot of colours, you don't have to use the ones I have ch...

Chirrup Part 2 - Sparrow In Stirrup - Pastelmat

Part two of the little sparrow

Chirrup - Part 1 (Sparrow on a stirrup) Pastelmat

Part 1 of the little Sparrow from Katy Ferrari's photo.

Very speedy this one, I've chosen to create darks and lights first as the line art is confusing. Dark Grey Pastelmat either board or th...

Hare - Two and half day workshop end of January

This is a workshop I'm running over 2 and a half days at the end of this month. I have had to cancel all my in person workshops so thought I'd start to run some online ones instead. 

Thi...

December Magazine :)

Thank you so much to Vicki and Evie for putting together this month's fab magazine :) 

https://www.bonn...

December Q&A and Live Critique playback

Sorry for the delay, here's the link to playback the Q&A and live critique. Thank you all for joining me :) 

Robin Workshop - Playback Link

What a wonderful afternoon - thank you all for joining me :) 

Here's the link for the playback - I had a few technical issues at the beginning, but soon sorted it all out :) 

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Robin Draw Along Link - Sunday 20th 1pm GMT

Here is the link for you to join, the ref photo is attached along with the materials list and line art. I will be using drafting film for this one.

Outline attached - very simple one, if you ...

Don't Forget.... Q&A and Live Draw Along

Tomorrow's Q&A from Tier two upwards, and the Live draw on Sunday for everyone.

My Patreon Calendar has all the info :) 

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Art Business Session Playback

From Wednesday's session, here's the playback link. I'm also sharing the links to my latest blogs all around marketing.

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Beginner's Dog Noses - Jonsey and Wyatt, Pastelmat

I know many of you have asked if I could create the nose to go along with Jonsey's eye and ear, it's quite a complicated little nose as it's very dark and point down. 

So I've created it...

Tonal studies for the new year - what do you think?

These aren't necessarily the images I'll be using, but just wanted to gauge interest in doing something like this using just blacks and greys. Would you like a tutorial like this?

The images ...

Copyright and credits

Just a quick reminder - please please remember to credit the photographer at all times when you share any of my tutorials to your social media.

If anyone has done one of my pieces and not cr...

Top tips for marketing

My latest blog - Lucy has written some brilliant content - she's definitely helping me with my marketing - I know what I'm doing, but she's helping me refine things ;) 

This makes really...

AlakaZam - Fully Body - Part 6 Final Part

Part six of the full body portrait :) concentrating on the legs and the grass.

Please don't forget to credit Kathy Russell for the photo and me for the tutorial when you share.

I really...

January tutorial images

Thank you for all your input.

January tutorials will be:
The little bird in the stirrup, thank you to Katy Ferrari for the photo. I will be creating the background of this piece too. My i...

Starting an Art Business - Zoom session 16th December 2pm

I know many of you are thinking about moving into making a business from your art, and I do get a lot of people asking for help - which of course I'll always give. But I thought it might be useful ...

AlakaZam - Full Body Part 5

Moving onto the legs! The knees are the most tricky part as you've got to try and get the feeling of them going backwards or forwards.