3 Essential Tips for Realistic Animal Portraits with Coloured Pencils

Coloured Pencil Artist Bonny Snowdon helps you to achieve realistic animal portraits with coloured pencils by balancing detail, using black wisely for depth, and avoiding harsh outlines.

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January 17, 2025

Exciting Updates: Ignite Doors Open, Live Draw-Alongs, and Stunning New Tutorials!

Discover all the exciting updates from renowned Coloured Pencil Artist Bonny Snowdon! From brand-new tutorials and fantastic additions to her membership, to free live draw-alongs and the much-anticipated reopening of Ignite – there’s so much to look forward to! 🎨✨

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January 10, 2025

the secret to choosing colours with confidence | Join my colour confidence workshop

Coloured Pencil Artist, Bonny Snowdon invites you to join her free Colour Confidence Webinar on the 15th December. Discover her simple three-colour method, practical demonstrations, and tips to transform how you see and use colour in your artwork. Build confidence step by step and make choosing colours fun!

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December 6, 2024

Ignite Is Growing In 2025- Meet The Expert Artist Team!

Coloured Pencil Artist Bonny Snowdon shares the exciting expansion of Ignite in 2025. Meet the talented new artists joining our community, each bringing unique techniques and tutorials to inspire your creativity.

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November 29, 2024

Coloured Pencil Artist Bonny Snowdon delves into how to tackle tricky orange and black fur tones in this basset hound portrait tutorial. Explore layering techniques, colour tips, and tools for achieving lifelike realism with coloured pencils.

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November 22, 2024

Choosing the right surface for your project is a very personal choice. People have strong opinions on surface type, some like smooth, some like more tooth, some like abrasive and there really isn’t one surface that is best for a certain subject. However I have put a few guidelines together to help you you choose.

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November 20, 2024

Join Coloured Pencil Artist Bonny Snowdon as she shares her must-have tools for creating realistic art. From her favourite drawing surface to her trusty pencil sharpener—discover her top picks!

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November 15, 2024

Coloured Pencil Artist Bonny Snowdon shares her simple techniques for creating soft, realistic textures by focusing on values rather than details, helping you achieve natural, smooth results in your work. Perfect for artists looking to enhance their realism skills!

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November 8, 2024

Coloured Pencil Artist Bonny Snowdon looks back on an inspiring and eventful October! From a life-changing creative retreat in Portugal to new seasonal tutorials and behind-the-scenes business updates, this blog shares her latest reflections and projects as we move into November.

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November 1, 2024

Coloured Pencil Artist Bonny Snowdon shares why you don’t have to rely on pastels to create a background on Pastelmat, by sharing her tried and tested techniques using coloured pencils.

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October 25, 2024

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