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Tiger Part 2 - The Ear

I love the technique in this part of the tutorial. 

It takes a little while to get your brain to understand you don't need to start with details but instead concentrate on tonal values a...

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Perseus Drum Horse - Part 3

Part two of the ears and forelock of the gorgeous Perseus :) 

Take your time, use the methods to help smooth out the grain and you'll get a gorgeous finish that's rich and full of depth ...

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Perseus Drum Horse - Part 2

This is part one of the ears and forelock of the gorgeous Drum Horse. I had to split it as the video was just too long for one video. I may well come back in and darken when I start doing the rest ...

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Tiger - Part 1, The Eyes

Part 1 of the gorgeous young tiger. 

This piece is being drawn on Grafix Drafting Film .005 Double Matt. The size paper is A4 (21x29cm/8.5x11.5"). I have filled pretty much the whole of ...

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Our next Art Club Image :)

Due to very popular demand we are going to be drawing this gorgeous Gorilla on black mount board using just white pencils, probably an eraser and maybe a black pencil too.

Starting on May 4th...

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Your code for Topaz Gigapixel and Sharpen

In art club today it was all things technology, using photoshop, light room and procreate. One of the things I demonstrated is Topaz gigapixel - a software that Ruth Hoyt introduced to me last year...

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April Q&A Playback

Playback link for those who missed the Q&A last night :)

Thank you all so much for joining me :)

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Don't forget Q&A tonight 7pm UK time

Looking forward to seeing you tonight, got loads of questions that have been sent in, plus a couple of critiques.

Here's the invite again so you don't need to go and search :)

T...

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Our full tutorial for May

Very excited about this one - and it's from a gorgeous photo from one of our community members - Clare Watkins - thank you so much!

He is a young tiger and I think has such a lovely expressio...

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Perseus Drum Horse - Part 1

First video in this series.

Full ref and simple line art are now attached.

It's on 35x50cm pastelmat board in white. 

Photography credit Daydream Equine Art

Enjoy 🥰<...

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Perseus - Queen's Drum Horse. He's underway :)

I know you've been waiting patiently for this piece :) 

I've started him today and will start to upload in the next couple of days. 

This tutorial is slightly different in tha...

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A bit of a different direction…

I've really enjoyed drawing the little girls on the pony, and I feel I could start to do more humans and share what works for me. So I'm putting this out there tentatively as a possible tutorial fo...

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Future dog and horse tutorials…

I have been given permission by Kerri-Ann Afford to use some of her imagery, and also some amazing images from Lizzy Mint. I will be starting the drum horse as soon as my personal piece of the two ...

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Quick Note :) Please read

Good morning everyone and Happy Easter

I've seen quite a few comments about not being able to find Part 1 of the Jack Russell. I suspect that the email didn't get to everyone.

Please do...

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Jack Russell - Beginners - Part 7 Final Part

Hope you've enjoyed this one :) 

Don't forget to credit me for the tutorial. The image is from Pixabay

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Jack Russell Part 6 Nose and Neck

Replacement video, there seemed to be an error in the YouTube video that was uploaded and the end was missing.

This is the 2nd to last part.

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Jack Russell - Beginners - Part 5 White Fur

This is where it gets interesting - all that white fur that's really really dark and not white at all. 

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April Q&A Friday 23rd 7pm BST

As per usual send any questions before hand and ask any during the session. The session is recorded and I'll post a playback link for you to rewatch if you wish.

Any questions please ...

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Jack Russell - Beginners Part 1 - The Eye

Support: Grafix Drafting Film .005 Double Matt

Part 1 - The Eye.

I call this a beginners tutorial as I go into great depth in the creation of the piece, it's suitable for anyone wanting...

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Jack Russell - Beginners - Part 2 The Ear

If you're wanting to get to grips with soft fur, but don't want to follow the whole tutorial, then you could just work on the ear.

Understanding how to layer and build colour on drafting film...

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Jack Russell - Beginners - Part 3 The top of the Head

Part 3 of this tutorial, we start to work on the top of the head and all that lovely texture.

Again if you just want to work on darker fur, and bringing texture in using drafting film, then t...

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Jack Russell - Beginner - Part 4 The Cheek

Part 4 concentrates on the cheek - always a tricky area. If you just want to practice fur direction and curves, then you can just watch this one rather than the whole series :) 

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Guide to the different kinds of coloured pencils

In this video I show you the majority of the coloured pencils I use, I talk about how they feel, how they work together and when I would and wouldn't use them.

Coloured Pencils are all differ...

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Which papers for coloured pencil? Beginner Tutorial

I've created this video showing you how the different coloured pencils work on different papers. What the papers are like, how the pencils feel on them and of course which are my favourites.

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Beginner Tutorial - bone structure and veins on Pastelmat

In this version of July's beginners tutorial, I'm using white pastelmat board to create the soft undulating curves of a horses bone structure and veins.

It's a very simple short video, showin...

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Beginner Tutorial - Drawing Wrinkles on Fabriano Artistico

In this tutorial I show you how to create wrinkles on Fabriano Artistico. I talk though understanding pressure, burnishing and how to create under layers that then allow you to add details later an...

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Meg - Step by Step - back by popular demand!

Due to so many of you asking if Meg is still available, I have decided to make the step by step available again during April.

From the 1st April you'll be able to download the full step by st...

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Baby Elephant - Part 1

I'm re uploading the baby elephant tutorial for you. 

Elephant Part 2: https://youtu.be/Uw9vY27h1So

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Lion Cub - Part 1 - Fabriano Artistico Hot Press

Part 1 of the Lion Cub tutorial. All the info is in the materials document.

I've used Fabriano Artistico for this piece, the Traditional White so it's slightly creamy coloured - perfect for t...

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Tutorial Transitioning - PLEASE READ

Please read, hopefully everything will back to normal asap, whilst I transition the tutorials. If you find some videos aren't available, please be patient, they should be back up and running today ...

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