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Focus Video - Horse Hoof

This is our focus video for October. A really fun quick piece to draw using just a black polychromos. I would suggest you don't swap out for a different brand as this pencil is great when you use t...

September Q&A - Colour Theory and Tonal Values Replay

Thank you to everyone who joined me :) 

Great session discussion Tonal Values and Colour Theory.

I'm attaching my scan of the grey scale view finder and I'm attaching Jason Morgan'...

Panda Part 10 - Background

Panda Part 9 - Leg and Paw

Panda Part 8 - Background

Panda Part 7 - Wood

Panda Part 6 - Wood

Panda Part 5 - Face and nose

Panda Part 4 - Head

Working into the head now, be brave with those tones :)

Panda Part Three - Eyes and Ear

These are are tiny! Don't feel you need to add tonnes of details as they are hardly visible and aren't the main focus of the piece. 

Keep the edge of the ear fuzzy - add in a bit of colo...

Panda Part 2 - Working on the body

Moving onto the body of the Panda, working on the white and black fur.

Don't be scared of all the blues in the white fur - be brave :) 

Panda - Part 1 - Bokeh Background

Part 1, starting on the background at the top. If you just want to see how I've created the background then this and the final part are all about the bokeh. Using pure pencils, no blending spirits ...

October's full tutorial for Patience Tier

Now I know we've done a hare before - but it wasn't a detailed one, more painterly, and I want to get really into the details of the fur, so I found this absolutely adorable little leveret from Sue...

Focus Video for October

I've got two for you to choose from, let me know what you think. 

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Perseus Drum Horse - Part 10

A nice bit of leather for you :) and a really easy and simple technique to get the texture in.

Perseus Drum Horse - Part 9

This is the part on top of the head, ref photo attached below.

It's nearly here!

You'll receive an email some time tomorrow - probably in the afternoon early evening giving you all the information you need if you want to join me in my Academy. 

Here's the link to the...

Impact Genie Projector codes

A reminder of the codes you can use when purchasing a projector

Use my code IMPACTBSNOWDON for £10 off. The Pico 2 has been selling particularly well and is now out of the offer price, so yo...

Topaz Labs discount code

Here's the code if you want to use one of the Topaz plug ins. They really are fab especially if you get a lot of poor quality photos.

This is from Ruth Hoyt who has very kindly given us this ...

Important FAQ's

Academy FAQ's

How do we join the Bonny Snowdon Academy?

I will be sending out emails before the Academy opens with full details on how you can join the...

September Q&A Wednesday 29th September 7pm

This month we will be concentrating on Colour Theory and Tonal Values. Thank you so everyone who voted.

If you have specific questions please email me on:

bonny@bonnysnowdonfineart.co.u...

September update

Hi everyone - I can't believe it's September already! Absolutely crazy how time is flying!

The Wet Dog tutorial is up, the Panda will be coming later this month, and I'll be releasing another...

September Q&A Topic - you choose

Please let me know what you'd like the Q&A topic to be this month

I've set the poll for a couple of days and once I get a good idea of what you want I'll send out the zoom and any instruc...

Wet Dog Fur Part 2

2nd and final part of the wet dog fur tutorial.

Photo Credit Unsplash

Wet Dog Fur Part 1

On drafting film, this tutorial is approx 4 hours long and shows how to get that wet dog fur look.

Ref photo materials list and line art attached below :)

Size 4" across

Girl in the Blue Hat - Part 10 Final part

Final part of this tutorial. I really hope you have enjoyed it :)

Don't forget to share, tag me and add the hashtag #bonnysnowdontutorial

Girl in the Blue Hat Part 9

Gigapixel with Ruth Hoyt

This video was one of our art club subjects, and was so popular and so much help that I'm sharing again for everyone :) 

Thanks to Ruth for her brilliant session - originally posted last...

Sneaky peak …..

I’ve been working flat out over the last couple of days, editing and creating videos for the course and my formula for success that will help you decide where your focus needs to be - these are a...

August Q&A Reply link

Here's the replay - so sorry half didn't record so I've repeated a lot of what I went over at the start :)

thanks all for joining me, great session :)