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Last Chance In 2024: Ignite Your Coloured Pencil Skills And Master Realism.
Join Ignite, the inclusive, supportive, and mentored community for Coloured Pencil artists.
BECOME AN IGNITE MEMBER
Elevate Your Art To Stunning Realism.
... EVEN IF YOU HAVEN'T PICKED UP A PENCIL IN A LONG TIME!
Do you love to draw but feel uncertain about how to improve? Whether you’re struggling with confidence, finding it difficult to choose the right colours, or feel your artwork lacks depth, Ignite is here to help. We’ll guide you from feeling stuck and frustrated to creating drawings that you’re truly proud of, with expert support in mastering layering, values, and achieving stunning realism.
Have you ever felt...
✦ I'm so frustrated that my drawings seem to stay in the ugly stage
✦ I really struggle to match and pick colours
✦ My work tends to look flat
✦ I feel stuck in a rut and don't know how to progress
✦ I want to run a successful art business but have no idea where to start
✦ My work looks cartoony
✦ I don't know how to get my fur to look real
✦ I know I need to concentrate on values, but I don't really know what that means
✦ I get stuck because I can't let go of perfectionism!
✦ I struggle with confidence and always think I'm not good enough
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Improve your confidence, self belief and mental wellbeing
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Create animals that look real and could walk off the page
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Be proud of what you've achieved and created
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Draw without the pressure of everything having to be perfect
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Let go of Imposter Syndrome and know that you're good enough
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Be better equipped to choose the right materials and colours
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Be part of a supportive, friendly community
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Successfully sell your art to your dream customers
INTRODUCING...
Ignite is an online community with access to expert tutorials, coaching, support, critiques, live events and much much more - all designed to help you master realism with coloured pencils.
01. Foundations Course
My signature Coloured Pencil Foundations course is designed to give beginner artists everything they need to draw realistic animals with confidence. For more experienced artists, it’s a great refresher and reminder of the basic elements of realism, taking you back through the basics to strengthen and enhance your existing skills. With brand new tutorials showcasing my tried-and-tested techniques, there’s a chance for everyone to learn something new.
02. Business Drop-In
Created for coloured pencil artists who run their own art business, or those thinking of starting one, my monthly Business Drop-In Sessions will help to guide you through the important stages of running a successful art business, from branding to choosing your target audience, pricing your artwork, marketing your business and more.
03. Confidence Sessions
Join me in my monthly Confidence Sessions, where I help you find strategies to build your confidence and improve your mindset, not just when it comes to coloured pencils, but in every day life too. You'll start to understand why your confidence can drop, and I'll help you come up with useful, easy to use techniques to get you feeling motivated, proud and raring to go again.
04. Critiques
Critique is a great way to help you grow as a coloured pencil artist. Submit your work each month for the chance to get my feedback, then join me in the live session as I critique a selection of members' work. You'll also get the chance to ask me your questions.
05. Tutorials
You'll have access to at least 2 new tutorials each month, my back catalogue of existing tutorials and playbacks of my live sessions and additional videos, all with readable transcripts, subtitles and fully searchable. All of my tutorials are filmed in realtime with a live voice over. You’ll be given the chance to vote for your favourite subject each month in my members' only Facebook Group.
The Art Club
There's nothing better than getting together with a group of artists to share our passion for coloured pencils, draw together, and have a really good chat. My weekly Art Club is a tried-and-tested (and much loved!) place to meet new people, draw along with me and encourage each other along the way. With regular polls to choose the subjects we draw, Art Club is definitely the place to be every Tuesday afternoon.
Live Q&As
I want to make sure you all get a chance to ask any questions you may have, so I'll be running Q&A sessions every month to give you that opportunity. In these, there'll be a chance to discuss everything from techniques and materials, to social media and marketing your business. Whatever you need, we can figure it out together. Submit your questions on the Ignite Membership Facebook Group
"A year after joining I have illustrated a children’s book, sold my first commission and am now on my way to being a self-employed artist thanks to Bonny, her team and the fabulous Ignite Community."
- JULE HESS
Our members include hundreds of wonderful people from all walks of life and all parts of the world. We are a truly global community!
Hi, I'm Bonny Snowdon, Your Ignite Coach & Tutor.
I'm a North Yorkshire-based, award winning Coloured Pencil Artist and an artists’ mentor specialising in realistic animal portraits.
My mission is to help coloured pencil artists realise their dreams, reach their full potential, and create amazing, lifelike drawings they can be proud of.
I'm a single mum and artist who has only been drawing since 2016. Having initially picked up coloured pencils to use in colouring books (as I needed an outlet to help with the strains of work and home life) colouring books soon became my go-to stress relief. Prior to the colouring books, I hadn't picked up a pencil or done any drawing since 1987 when I left college at the age of 17, so it came as a bit of a surprise that as soon as I started drawing my progression happened really quickly.
Now, 7 years on, I'm teaching people all over the world the techniques I have honed into Ignite. I share everything I know about coloured pencils in the knowledge that if you want something, no matter how crazy it might seem at first, you CAN do it!
"Bonny's teaching is immeasurable."
"With her words in my head and her by my side, I really do feel fearless. Not only do I learn how to improve my animal art, she also leads me down a personal growth path... She has changed my attitudes on life and confidence. In other words, this lady has made me FEARLESS!"
- JUDITH WYSOCKI
"This is a wonderful place to be."
"Bonny has helped me so much with advice in the Business Drop Ins around building and running my commission art business. I find the Confidence Sessions invaluable and I love how Bonny shares so many things - dream boards, coaching, mindfulness, meditation and so forth."
- MELANIE SINGLEHURST
"You won't be disappointed."
"I consider the Academy not so much an investment in my art, but in myself."
“I treated myself to the ignite membership after a life-changing injury at the beginning of 2023. The supportive Community has made such a difference to me. The confidence sessions couldn’t have come at a more perfect time."
- CHESCA BURROWS
I started my own art business last year, and it's been an incredible journey so far."
"Bonny has created a safe and friendly environment for all levels of ability, and there is so much more on offer. When I joined, my confidence was low, and I was reluctant to join in until I watched the confidence sessions, which had an amazing effect on me.
- KAREN SIMPSON
Is your membership suitable for beginners?
How will I know when Live Sessions are being held?
I'm in a different time zone. Will that matter?
When are new tutorials uploaded?
Are all of your previous tutorials available to me when I join?
Do you have step by step downloadable guides?
Is there a way for me to search through your existing tutorials?
Do you have a Facebook Group specifically for Ignite Members?
Do you provide a reference photo, line art and materials list?
Once I have created one of the tutorials can I sell the finished piece and make prints from it?
How much does the Ignite Membership cost?
When will my payments be taken out of my bank account?
"My work has been published four times in the last year. I’ve developed the confidence to speak publicly about my art. I don’t know where my art will take me, but I do know that Bonny will be a part of it!!
- LINDA METZGER
