Materials Guide

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!

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.

Bonny shares her thoughts on a new drawing surface called Rising Museum board, used for a detailed cowgirl portrait.

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.

Coloured Pencil artist Bonny Snowdon shares five of her favourite tools to use when creating a realistic coloured pencil drawing on Pastelmat.

Coloured pencil artist Bonny Snowdon shares some common Pastelmat myths and why they’re not true.

Coloured Pencil artist Bonny Snowdon shares her top tips you need to know when drawing on Pastelmat including what to do when you go wrong, why you should create a base layer first and why it’s important to understand the texture before you start drawing.

Coloured pencil artist Bonny Snowdon discusses some of the facts about Clairefontaine Pastelmat and shares some of her top tips and techniques for using it as a surface.

Find out what, coloured pencil artist Bonny Snowdon, suggests as the best materials to use when drawing realistic animals.

Find out which paper, pencils, erasers and sharpeners I recommend most highly for coloured pencil artists.