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"Relaxed Afternoon" 42 x 29.7cm coloured pencil drawing on UArt 600 Sanded paper using powder blender. Own ref photo used. Art by Wild Portrait Artist. Available for sale. Finished cheetah drawing and tutorial
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Finished cheetah drawing and tutorial

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Whew! It’s finished! Up till now the only things I had drawn using the powder blender were invertebrates, which are generally very shiny and easy to shade. I wanted to see how easy or difficult it would be to draw fur using the colored pencil painting kit, so I decided to draw this! I discovered… Continue reading Finished cheetah drawing and tutorial

Work in progress, coloured pencil and powder blender on sanded Uart 600 paper. Meerkats in spaaaaace! (speed drawing, art tips video, and update on my Cheetah drawing)
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Meerkats in spaaaaace! (speed drawing, art tips video, and update on my Cheetah drawing)

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  I’m still working on my cheetah drawing in coloured pencil so this week’s update is about a sketchbook doodle I did recently! What made me put a meerkat in space? I have no idea. Kind of works though! Reference used was my own from one of my trips to Chester Zoo šŸ˜‰Ā Ā I used Rotring… Continue reading Meerkats in spaaaaace! (speed drawing, art tips video, and update on my Cheetah drawing)

"At the Edge" - 29 x 22cm, coloured pencil on UArt 800-grain paper. Made using the Colored Pencil Painting Kit. Art by Wild Portrait Artist. Available for sale. Powder Blender tutorial!
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Powder Blender tutorial!

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Phew! A lot of updates this week. 3 completed full-blown drawings and two videos within one week is probably my best ever rate of production, though I should probably sleep at some point!Ā šŸ˜‚ Earlier on in the week I recordedĀ an in-depth video review of the full coloured pencil painting kitĀ Ā in which I discuss my opinions… Continue reading Powder Blender tutorial!

pearl cat sphinx coloured pencil portrait colored pencil drawing art commission pet portrait New Drawing and Art Tips Video!
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New Drawing and Art Tips Video!

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  Here’s a little close-up of the beginnings of my latest coloured pencil commission. This is Pearl, a beautiful sphinx with a genetic mutation that caused her to grow beautifully wooly, soft fur. My favourite part is getting the base layers of pencil down and blending before adding detail and hair over the top ā¤Ā … Continue reading New Drawing and Art Tips Video!

art tips video #1 how to keep track of which pencils you've used between drawings Grebe drawing WIP and Staying Organised With Multiple Simultaneos Drawings
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Grebe drawing WIP and Staying Organised With Multiple Simultaneos Drawings

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I recently started this drawing of a Great Crested Grebe using my own reference photo. This grebe is one of a mated pair on a lake near where I live. I’ve spent a lot of time watching them both throughout winter and have amassed a lot of photographs of them! They are such beautiful birds… Continue reading Grebe drawing WIP and Staying Organised With Multiple Simultaneos Drawings