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Eeyore #12

The cheek

I’m away for a couple of days

Just to let you know I’m teaching a workshop in Somerset Monday and Tuesday. I will answer questions etc whenever I can 😊 Bonny 🥰

Finished drawing of Eeyore

I’ve been asked to share the finished drawing of Eeyore so here he is 😊

Eeyore #11 Cheek and side of face

Building up the rest of the cheek and the side of his face.

Eeyore #10 Cheek and Muzzle

Finishing off the muzzle area and starting to work towards the cheek.

Eeyore #9 The Muzzle

I'd recommend a quick wizz through on this video as I make a mistake on the muzzle area and then correct it. I wanted to leave the mistake in so you can see how to rectify it - but don't want you to make the same mistake! 

What do you want to see on my Patreon channel?

What type of tutorials or focus videos would you like to see on my channel? I'm a little restricted currently with my commissioned work - although many of those make fabulous tutorials with gorgeous subjects, but my aim is to add in exclusive pieces for my Patrons. So what would you like to see? Is there anything you're struggling with that you'd like full length videos of? I'll add some option...

Working with poor ref photos

Quick 10 minute video just discussing what you can do to make life a little easier when working with poor ref photos. It’s probably something a lot of you do anyway, I’d love to hear any tips you have for getting the best out of a poor photo.

Eeyore #8 - The Head

Next Eeyore video, more on the head.

Name those colours…

This is a cropped area of fur of the dog I'm using for my up and coming workshops. He will also be the focus of tutorials in May. 

I thought it would be a fun exercise to pick out the colours you would use to create this fur, and maybe have a go at visualising and putting into words how you'd tackle this. It's a close up, so you'd probably not have this much detail in such a large ar...

Marketing tips - Instagram hashtags

Short video showing how the hashtags in Instagram work, and how you can use them to showcase your work.

It's a good idea to take a little time - half an hour or so - and research the hashtags and accounts that will benefit you and your work.

Cat eye - focus video

Time-lapse of the cat eye that I'll be releasing as a focus video. Sometimes, I just want something quick to draw that looks finished in just a couple of hours - and cat eyes are perfect for that. I'd never ever say anything is easy as we all have our own challenges - but cat eyes I find more simple than dog and horse eyes due to their uniformity and the way the whole eyeball fills the eye with...

Note re tutorial videos

Morning all 😊 I know many of you like to listen to my videos in the background etc. And I just wanted to note that the donkey piece does have quite a lot of repetition in the techniques. When I was videoing it I didn’t talk in these bits and now I’m realising after so many lovely comments about listening to me talking etc that actually i need to have commentary throughout. This is a lear...

Patreon links now on my website!

Ok, so I think (I hope) I have now got all the links to my videos in one easy to find place on my website. You just click on the video you want to watch, and hey presto it should appear! 

This is the link

http://bonnysnowdonfineart.co.uk/patreon-tutorial-links/

and I'll add th...

Patreon Facebook Group

My new group is now created, I'm hoping you can just follow the below link to be able to connect and join. If not I will have to invite you all via email.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2292633431009038/

This is a group I've set up so you have an alternative place to post and share your work. ...

Royalty Free Image for March

Royalty free, copyright free, high resolution image. This is one of my photos, so you are welcome to do what you like with it, credit me if you want but you don't have to, you can sell your original, take prints, make cards - whatever you like. And this will be a great one to try once you've worked on the shiny black fur tutorial ;)

March's Tutorials

I have now uploaded one focus video, which is the shiny black fur, and seven out of fourteen videos for the full donkey tutorial. I've attached the materials list as a pdf, and the line drawing and the photo ref both as jpg files. If anyone has any problems, please let me know and I can attach as pdf or I can email if you wish. 

The colours are minimal for the black fur, and quite ex...

Eeyore Donkey Tutorial #7 The Head

Moving down the front of his face, and creating more depth to the fur. 

Eeyore Donkey Tutorial #6 - the head

Moving down his forehead onto the fluffy fur between his eyes. Again apologies for my voice as I was full of cold. 

Eeyore Donkey Tutorial #5 - The top of the head

Ears are finished now onto his forehead. 

Eeyore Donkey Tutorial #4 Ears

Those big ears took a long time!! 

Eeyore Donkey Tutorial #3 The Ears

More on the ears, building the layers and the fluffy fur. 

Eeyore Donkey Tutorial #2 the Ear

Second video in the full donkey tutorial and in this one we make a start on the ears. I you don't have a slice tool, you can use a craft knife, but be very gentle with it!

Eeyore Full Tutorial #1 the Eye

This is the first video of 14, all in real time with voice over. You must excuse my voice however, as when I was filming this piece I had a bad cold.

I'm attaching the photo ref, line art which is digitally created, and a list of the materials I've used. Please do have a look at the intro video where I introduce the tools I use to create the textured fur.

I will also create a docume...

Shiny Black Fur - Focus Video

So this video is an hour and half, focussing on the shiny black fur on top of Rosa's head. This will give you a really great insight into the amount of layers you'll need on the dark grey Pastelmat, and also how to create shiny fur that looks shiny. This is the first of a couple of focus videos this month. I have attached the ref photo and the line art (digitally created). I would always recomm...

Donkey Tutorial - Introduction

A little introduction to the donkey tutorial which is around 20+ hours. I introduce the tools I use together to create the textured fur, I talk about how I break down a complicated subject so it seems less daunting, the materials I use and why I use them. 

I'd recommend watching this short video to get an insight into what you can expect from the full tutorial.

Shiny fur focus video - introduction

Introduction to the shiny fur focus video. Materials used, and an overview of how to create shiny black fur. 

Final edits to the shiny black fur focus video for March 😊

Adding final voice overs for the focus video - there’ll be this one, which is about one and half hours plus I’m going to also add a shiny ginger hair focus video for you in March too!!

Drawing shine on black fur

I’m just editing the video for the focus on shine for March - and as well as taking you through creating the shine you’ll also get little hints and tips - anything from self critique to making goals for development!

The subject of lightfastness...

This morning I met one of my clients who commissioned the drawing of her Bassett Hound, Theodora - we actually met in Betty's which is a Yorkshire based tea room and has the most amazing cinnamon toast! She's relatively local, and wanted to see the piece in person before I had it framed etc. The subject of lightfastness came up, so I thought I'd share here what we discussed.

I told her al...