Drawing Tips

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.

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.

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!

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.

Coloured Pencil Artist Bonny Snowdon shares her tips to help you choose the right coloured pencils for your animal portraits. A breakdown of the materials and colour combinations that work best for her!

World renowned artist Bonny Snowdon shares some of the free Coloured Pencil Tutorials and Guides she has available on her website and within the Bonny Snowdon Academy.

Coloured pencil artist Bonny Snowdon shares her top tips for beginners when it comes to picking the right the colours for your realistic drawings.

Coloured pencil artist Bonny Snowdon shares some tips and techniques for drawing realistic black curly fur as well as sharing a colour recipe to help your fur look lifelike.

Coloured pencil artist Bonny Snowdon shares her knowledge of what a Slice Tool is and how to use it to add more realism to your drawings.

Creating realistic and vibrant feathers on drafting film is a bit different from the usual fur in Bonny’s tutorials. Learn these tips and techniques to help you draw realistic-looking birds.