I picked up coloured pencils to help with stress and an unhappy marriage in 2016 - and they literally changed my life!
Meet Bonny
I was told I was no good at art at 17 and I listened.
At 17, back in 1987, after two years of dreaming about becoming an artist and wanting to take a degree in fine art, I was told I was no good at art and to find another career.
At 46, after being gifted a set of coloured pencils and a colouring book, I rediscovered my love of drawing after years of working in corporate.
I know how everything in life changes for the better when you pick up a pencil; drawing healed me, transformed me, restored my confidence and opened up so many possibilities.
Fast forward to today, and I’m teaching thousands of amazing people how to create incredible art with coloured pencils, but not only that, I’m helping them discover for themselves how much drawing can help with every other aspect in their lives.
Then, after less than a year of drawing, I took a huge leap of faith to become a full-time artist in 2017.
You are my mission
It is my mission to show, teach and help you to...
Find your ultimate freedom and potential through your drawings
Overcome all your obstacles through coloured pencil drawings
Become the confident, happy person you long to be through drawing
Draw realistically like never before and learn to love the pictures you draw
See that everything you’ve ever wanted can be found with a pencil in your hand
AS SEEN IN
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Facts About Me
Laughter
Open Mind
Being me
Abundance
I was obsessed with horses from the age of 2
... and spent most of my school days drawing them on my school books and galloping around the garden on my hands and knees.
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I love to laugh
... in fact laughter is my number one value.
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Coloured pencils have enabled me to live a life I never thought possible
... and to pay my mortgage off as a single mother.
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I was always told as a child I was shy and introverted
Turns out I’m neither.
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I have four dogs and a cat
Three of the dogs are enormous, one is tiny - and they all sleep on my bed with me.
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I have a purple squishmallow hippo
... who sits with me and helps me deal with difficult conversations.
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I try to draw every day
... drawing helps me de-stress and allows me to forget everything going on around me.
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Grab a pencil and join me.
Because … I know what happens when you draw.
Because I know how everything in your life will change for the better when you pick up a pencil.
Because drawing... Heals. Transforms. Restores confidence. Opens up all possibilities.
Because I was there. I know how scary it is. And I will not stand for one person suffering when I know the way out. I know how hard life can be. I know what happens when you don’t have confidence. I know what it feels like when you feel small - you have no voice, no boundaries.
