The Blenheim cavalier has such a beautiful shade of auburn and a definite under tone of cool violet red … this is absolutely magical I have only ever used acrylics and pastels …. I am so excited to start using colored pencils
So very helpful. Real time with explanation makes all the difference in ability to unify the lesson. You are an excellent communicator and your visual examples solidify exactly what you are teaching in this video. Thank you!
Absolutely a great video. I have learned so much about layering using the different colors of pencils. Will be watching this video several more times. My daughter wants me to draw a picture of her dog. But the problem is it’s all white. But I have read it’s not truly white in color. But I will give it a go. Thank you again ❤. Jim.
I love, love, love, this video series !! It's very helpful and clear the way you show and explain the layers. I would love to see this kind of videos with shorter hair, perhaps in black and/ore white. You're voice is also verry easy to listen to. Thank you so much!!
Excellent tutorial! Thank you so much 😊 I’ve often used pastel pencils to do animal portraits (although they’ve been nowhere near as good as yours 😂), but having just finished watching this I’m just about to dig out my Pastelmat and coloured pencils and give it a go! 🤞 The eyes on this are incredible, by the way 😍
I watched both parts, and this was sooo helpful! You are a great teacher, and your explanation of your layering techique was invaluable! I am learning a lot about using layering to get the colors you want, and I'm finding that it all comes with trial and error, and lots of practice. Thank you so much Bonny!
I love your explanations! I would also like to see the reference photo, or at least the part you're working on, just so I can have an idea of what you're leaving out and what you are choosing to emphasize.
Your art amazes me! I learn so much from these tutorials....I haven't used pastelmat yet with colour pencil...but am aiming for it in the future . Thank you so much for these real time tutorials! I can't find many others that will do them unless I pay on Patreon...and right now...its not something I can afford. I could watch you colour like this all day...soooo interesting to me to get the details I want.Your animals literally jump off the paper! Thanks again for these awesome videos!
DeeJay28 my pleasure and thank you - this was the issue when I was learning, I couldn’t find any real time videos. I will have a paid for channel in the next few months but will still add to RUclips 😊
Thank you so much Bonny... These 2 video's are wonderfully informative and well executed. Real time for for those of us trying to find our way blindfolded is invaluable. Not only for the hints and tips regarding certain colour combinations and sequences, but also in your calm ability to build our confidence as we realise it really does take hours to produce quality art. One can't learn or produce an artwork in time lapse :)
I love ur Tutorials it's gr8 for me being a beginner type artist. I love that you do this in real time not many artists do this God Bless you I'm new to ur channel love ur Accent. I'm from NZ 😇❤️😊😇
Wow Bonny !!! I love your painting . You are such a great teacher, I first watched the black lab ... then went on a total rainy day binge watching almost all your videos! Patron in the future?
Bonnie, your videos are amazing!! It's very soothing to watch and listen to you explain the layering you do and why. I'll be watching all of them for sure. Thank you!!
Such an inspiration and extremely talented, I am so going to attempt to draw my spaniel because of your videos. Your explanation on how to do these images are very very helpful.
Your artwork is flawless!! At least i cannot see any flaws in it! I love every piece ive seen of yours, and appreciate how you share your talent with us 😊 Thank you for your tips and encouragement through your teaching 💖
Listening to your advice to not make the shadows appear as lines of darker color, but to blend each layer and color in soft tones is greatly helpful. As I looked at the real ear, then your rendering, your versions is prettier and pleasing to the eye. I would have, in my inexperience at this time, would have drawn the ear as closely to the photo. I would have ended up with lines of darker color and not the well-blended layers of hair as you drew. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Very nice! Isn’t is amazing how fast one is able to get through a drawing with all the practice? I could remember first dreading the drawings until now I am looking forward to them. Using lightfast Prismas, a few Polys and about 10 lightfast or luminance will build up over time and that is how I did it and a eraser.😅
I’m just starting with coloured pencils, and I’m learning the difference between different brands and types. I have Derwent Lightfast on order, but think maybe I need Polychromos too. Thank you for such a detailed tutorial. Good to be in real time, as it gives a better idea of how the process goes on. Very very helpful.
Just discovered you Bonny on RUclips and want to say thank you for sharing your knowledge. I’m a beginner in coloured pencil and own a spaniel whom I’d like to create in this medium, your video has given me the encouragement to have a go. I have subscribed too!
Thank you so much for your videos ! This is the kind of videos that really help, you explain really well, it's so interesting to see the different stages, not in time lapse but slowly step by step and with good explanation. This 2 vidéos helped me, the technique of layering fur is a little bit different from other videos i've seen. The tip to avoid green when we add black is good too. And now I think I stop my drawings too soon, I feel like I'm on the stage at the beginning of this 2nd part and wonder why this is still grainy and why the details I try to add don't really show off/work, by watching your video I think the answer may be "just keep going and layering" (I hope my English is correct I'm French ^^") You are very talented and patient !
Thank you Bonny for your beautiful videos. Very, very informative and gives me so much encouragement and drive to move forward in starting a new art form. I have a question for you though. In your video, pricing your work, you refer to “pound” as your figuring term. As in the United States our dollar , of course is our value. How much is a “pound” compared to our dollar? Thank you sooo much. I just got your book “Realistic Animals in Colored Pencil”. Love it.
Thank you, I'm glad you find them informative 🥰 The easiest way to check the conversion rate of pounds to dollars is to do a quick google search as I don't know the current rate 🥰
Thanks ever so much for sharing this wonderful video tutorial I have enjoyed every minute of it. What and how do you get your image drawing onto the paper before you start your pencil work, ie the outline of hour animals ?
Brenda Milstein thank you 😊 I use a combination of projector, freehand and measuring. My projector doesn’t give a huge amount of detail so I get a rough outline which I then add to with freehand. I use Wing dividers for measuring which I find really really useful 😊
@@BonnySnowdonAcademy thanks I tried using the panpastel method someone suggested on the back of a scaled drawing I did and it smudged in areas and it wont lift off the very light pastelmat colour Im using. Now I have those dark patches showing up on my sky area and nothing will hide them so have had to scrap that drawing which is very annoying and costly as I have to get my pastelmat from out of State here in Australia!
Hello! I didn’t catch what pencil sharpener you were using, can you please let me know that? Thank you very much for your tutorials, I learn so much from them.
I absolutely loved it i have really struggled finding real time help . I can't afford to subscribe to patreon just yet. I'm still struggling but im going to try some of your techniques. I really love your work x
what you do is absolutely awesome!! I can only hope that all my practice will make me half as good as you are. Thanks for the great video. So on Pastelmat you just keep layering and do not use solvent to blend? If you were using Fabriano Artistico X-white, HP, 140lb., would you use solvent to blend and at what stage would you use it if you do?
If I may, it would be really helpful if you put in the refrence photo so that we can compare and see where you are getting these colors from. Also, AMAZING art. I hope to one day have that talent and skill ❤
Tausend Dank, für dieses, sehr interessante , und lehrreiche Video. Als Anfänger werde Ich Mich allerdings noch schwer tun , ein Hundeportrait so perfekt nachzuzeichnen. Nicht zuletzt, wegen der vielen Farben. Lieben Gruß Christine
Thanks Bonny for these helpful two videos: please do start on Patreon as I’d subscribe, as I’m sure would many others- it would be great if you could do a top level personal critique tier please!!! really looking forward to the Somerset workshop in March and i have a few months to practice on pastelmat first! Amber ☺️
Ben Mansfield thank you so much 😊 patreon will happen in the next couple of months - I want to ensure I give it 100% from the start. And yes a coaching/critique tier will feature - coaching was my job before I started drawing 😊
Gweneth Marie I’ve tried loads of papers and for me the pastelmat is the one that I prefer. I didn’t like the Bristol papers and vellum at all but saying that there are other artists who do an amazing job on it so it’s all down to personal preference 😊
I’m planning a paining in colour pencils. I’ve never used them before but I have a set of prismas and polychromos. (Full sets) could you give some advice on which is best to use, if they can be used together etc
You get those overly highlights over the darks... I cannot seem to get mine to show, even when pencils are nice and sharp. Is it because of my paper. I've only started with pencils and just practicing in my sketchbook.... I wonder if after 3/4 layers there is no grit left on the paper?
My whites don't show up at all :( maybe I have the wrong pencils. I use watercolour ones, and they just don't show up over the dark layers, even on pastelmat. Any tips??? It's driving me mad.
Fransene Music I like the museum aquarelle white. Make sure you have enough layers down and then a really sharp white and just whisk it in rather than putting a lot of pressure on it.
Aww i liked these videos but why did you skip it at 38 mins in, it would have been great to see more of you putting the detail in, there aren't many videos that do this!
The Blenheim cavalier has such a beautiful shade of auburn and a definite under tone of cool violet red … this is absolutely magical I have only ever used acrylics and pastels …. I am so excited to start using colored pencils
Thankyou. Very helpful. All your comments about why you are using different pencils and colors and what the goal is behind your choices, invaluable.
You are a fabulous teacher, Bonny! I'd give anything to be able to come to England for one of your workshops.
Amy Braswell that’s so kind thank you 😊
I’m 68 and retired and just started drawing and painting 3 months ago. This video was extremely helpful to me. Thank you.
Deborah Carson thank you 😍
Thank you so much for showing us in real time. For some reason time lapse makes me feel very quite pressurised, but yours makes it feel very relaxed.
Christine Haywood 😍
So very helpful. Real time with explanation makes all the difference in ability to unify the lesson. You are an excellent communicator and your visual examples solidify exactly what you are teaching in this video. Thank you!
Peter Politi what lovely feedback - thank you so much Peter 😊
The more I watch this and play with the pencils the more you make it all makes sense! Thanks Bonny!
Wow! I've learned a lot from these two videos. Thank you very much.
Absolutely a great video. I have learned so much about layering using the different colors of pencils. Will be watching this video several more times. My daughter wants me to draw a picture of her dog. But the problem is it’s all white. But I have read it’s not truly white in color. But I will give it a go. Thank you again ❤. Jim.
Amazing. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and skill.
I love, love, love, this video series !! It's very helpful and clear the way you show and explain the layers. I would love to see this kind of videos with shorter hair, perhaps in black and/ore white. You're voice is also verry easy to listen to. Thank you so much!!
Chantal angel thank you 😊 I’m enjoying talking whilst I work so look out for some more videos - short black hair is my next dog to draw 😊
Oh short black fur is coming next!!! I'm looking forward :-D
@@BonnySnowdonAcademy I'm really looking forward to it!!
Really helpful - thanks for taking the time to talk us through this Bonny. Was fascinating seeing the fur coming to life!
Polly Munslow thank you 😊
I really appreciate your real time mini tutorials. This portrait is stunning.
Maria Lewis thank you 😊
I absolutely love how you list everything you use!! My favorite colored pencil artist to watch!
Loree Frechette thank you so much 😍
Excellent tutorial! Thank you so much 😊 I’ve often used pastel pencils to do animal portraits (although they’ve been nowhere near as good as yours 😂), but having just finished watching this I’m just about to dig out my Pastelmat and coloured pencils and give it a go! 🤞
The eyes on this are incredible, by the way 😍
I watched both parts, and this was sooo helpful! You are a great teacher, and your explanation of your layering techique was invaluable! I am learning a lot about using layering to get the colors you want, and I'm finding that it all comes with trial and error, and lots of practice. Thank you so much Bonny!
Paula Kissel my absolute pleasure. Thank you so much - I’m really pleased they’re helping 😊
This is so interesting Bonny. Thank you for the video. Can we see you do the eye and nose too. Absolutely lovey.
Loved it. Can’t wait to see what you do with the nose!
Fabulous Bonny! I’m enjoying your voice overs, and hopefully the info is sticking in my brain 😊
Brenda Hughes thank you 😊
I love your explanations! I would also like to see the reference photo, or at least the part you're working on, just so I can have an idea of what you're leaving out and what you are choosing to emphasize.
Diane Fuchs yes I’m going to start adding in the ref photo - I kind of realised once I’d uploaded it that it might have been useful 😉
It helps so much to see the reference photo. I love to see what you see and what you decide to use for color. Thank you for considering this
Thank you Bonny, very well done tutorials and super educating! I totally enjoyed.
Kaisu-Leena Jääskö thank you so much 😍
Your art amazes me! I learn so much from these tutorials....I haven't used pastelmat yet with colour pencil...but am aiming for it in the future . Thank you so much for these real time tutorials! I can't find many others that will do them unless I pay on Patreon...and right now...its not something I can afford. I could watch you colour like this all day...soooo interesting to me to get the details I want.Your animals literally jump off the paper! Thanks again for these awesome videos!
DeeJay28 my pleasure and thank you - this was the issue when I was learning, I couldn’t find any real time videos. I will have a paid for channel in the next few months but will still add to RUclips 😊
Thank you so much Bonny... These 2 video's are wonderfully informative and well executed. Real time for for those of us trying to find our way blindfolded is invaluable. Not only for the hints and tips regarding certain colour combinations and sequences, but also in your calm ability to build our confidence as we realise it really does take hours to produce quality art. One can't learn or produce an artwork in time lapse :)
chrysalis1998 thank you so much for this - that’s really lovely feedback 🥰
Thank you, ❤ Bonny!
I love ur Tutorials it's gr8 for me being a beginner type artist. I love that you do this in real time not many artists do this God Bless you I'm new to ur channel love ur Accent. I'm from NZ 😇❤️😊😇
Your technique calls for alot of patience but it surely creates amazing artworks. Thank you for sharing ur learnings with us all❤😊
Another great video, thank you Bonnie! You are a treasure!
Zenchi thank you 😊
Love love love it. Watching your videos is so relaxing and so educating. I learn so much. Thank you so much.
I absolutely love your tutorials! They are so thorougher, not rushed and so detailed. I have learnt so much. Great work,
I really admire you.
Thank you so much :)
Wow Bonny !!! I love your painting . You are such a great teacher, I first watched the black lab ... then went on a total rainy day binge watching almost all your videos! Patron in the future?
Renee Carter thank you so much 😊 yes patreon in January 🤗
Thank you so much. Excellent advice that I will use. Can't wait to play with my Pastelmat.
Emma Devost my pleasure 😊
Love this tutorial, thank you so much for sharing in such great detail.
Lorraine Stern my pleasure 😊
Bonnie, your videos are amazing!! It's very soothing to watch and listen to you explain the layering you do and why. I'll be watching all of them for sure. Thank you!!
Alan Wallace thank you so much I’m really pleased they’re useful 😊
This is amazing! Thank you so much for such in-depth instruction. I am on your wait list for your membership and cannot wait to get started!
This is so relaxing watching you do this. It’s beautiful
Thank you 🥰
Such an inspiration and extremely talented, I am so going to attempt to draw my spaniel because of your videos. Your explanation on how to do these images are very very helpful.
So very helpful in real time with your instuctions during the process. Very kind of you thank you.
I love your videos as you have taught so many important tips and techniques! thank you so much for sharing!
Susan Adamo thank you 😊
Thank you so much for the real-time videos. Your explanation of exactly what you’re doing has helped me approach a drawing in a different way.
My pleasure :)
Your artwork is flawless!! At least i cannot see any flaws in it! I love every piece ive seen of yours, and appreciate how you share your talent with us 😊
Thank you for your tips and encouragement through your teaching 💖
Listening to your advice to not make the shadows appear as lines of darker color, but to blend each layer and color in soft tones is greatly helpful. As I looked at the real ear, then your rendering, your versions is prettier and pleasing to the eye. I would have, in my inexperience at this time, would have drawn the ear as closely to the photo. I would have ended up with lines of darker color and not the well-blended layers of hair as you drew. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Stunning. Learned so much. Thank you
Thank you 🥰
Still haven't gotten my hands on pastelmat to try but I will soon ! Cant wait to try it out , thanks so much for your videos
Thank you so much for taking the time to do this video! I loved it. Very helpful.
I learned a lot just watching parts 1 and 2 of this drawing.
I just love watching you do this! Thank you for sharing! I am just starting to draw animals with pencil and am having so much fun!!!
Thank you SOOOOOO much for the detailed break down!
Brilliant Bonny, new to CP and have learnt heaps - thank you
Whoz Art thank you 😊
Thank you SO MUCH for this Bonny.........dying to draw a spaniel now‼️😍
Really great advice x
Lynn Rushton thank you 😍
Very nice! Isn’t is amazing how fast one is able to get through a drawing with all the practice? I could remember first dreading the drawings until now I am looking forward to them. Using lightfast Prismas, a few Polys and about 10 lightfast or luminance will build up over time and that is how I did it and a eraser.😅
Enjoyed this video gave me a lot of reassurance! Will watch more!
Thank you :) glad it helped :)
I’m just starting with coloured pencils, and I’m learning the difference between different brands and types. I have Derwent Lightfast on order, but think maybe I need Polychromos too. Thank you for such a detailed tutorial. Good to be in real time, as it gives a better idea of how the process goes on. Very very helpful.
My pleasure :) and if you ever want any help or advice I'm always happy to help :)
@@BonnySnowdonAcademy 😊
Thanks for sharing and teaching us your layering technique, you are amazing
Thank you :)
Just discovered you Bonny on RUclips and want to say thank you for sharing your knowledge. I’m a beginner in coloured pencil and own a spaniel whom I’d like to create in this medium, your video has given me the encouragement to have a go. I have subscribed too!
Michelle Hurrell oh thank you so much. I’m glad it’s helped 😍
Loved watching you put in all the layers. Still practicing with pastelmat and really appreciate your videos ❤
And what a lovely tone you have. Some tutorials on here look great but the info just smashes my brains in 🤣😂😂
Lee ludlow Art oh that’s a lovely thing to say thank you 🥰
Thank you so much for your videos ! This is the kind of videos that really help, you explain really well, it's so interesting to see the different stages, not in time lapse but slowly step by step and with good explanation. This 2 vidéos helped me, the technique of layering fur is a little bit different from other videos i've seen. The tip to avoid green when we add black is good too. And now I think I stop my drawings too soon, I feel like I'm on the stage at the beginning of this 2nd part and wonder why this is still grainy and why the details I try to add don't really show off/work, by watching your video I think the answer may be "just keep going and layering" (I hope my English is correct I'm French ^^") You are very talented and patient !
Loved watching this spaniel come to life. Thank you for realtime teaching. Just cannot afford Patreon. You explain everything beautifully
Thanks Bonny I've learnt so much just love it ❤
Great video series. Very well explained.
So very beautiful! Thank you so much
Gorgeous 💕
Amazing, I'm lost for words. Thank you.
Hi Bonny. All I can add is "ditto". Can't wait to see the next bit :-) Marion
Thanks from a newbie. You are amazing.
Thank you Bonny for your beautiful videos. Very, very informative and gives me so much encouragement and drive to move forward in starting a new art form.
I have a question for you though. In your video, pricing your work, you refer to “pound” as your figuring term. As in the United States our dollar , of course is our value. How much is a “pound” compared to our dollar?
Thank you sooo much. I just got your book “Realistic Animals in Colored Pencil”. Love it.
Thank you, I'm glad you find them informative 🥰 The easiest way to check the conversion rate of pounds to dollars is to do a quick google search as I don't know the current rate 🥰
Thanks ever so much for sharing this wonderful video tutorial I have enjoyed every minute of it. What and how do you get your image drawing onto the paper before you start your pencil work, ie the outline of hour animals ?
Brenda Milstein thank you 😊 I use a combination of projector, freehand and measuring. My projector doesn’t give a huge amount of detail so I get a rough outline which I then add to with freehand. I use Wing dividers for measuring which I find really really useful 😊
@@BonnySnowdonAcademy thanks I tried using the panpastel method someone suggested on the back of a scaled drawing I did and it smudged in areas and it wont lift off the very light pastelmat colour Im using. Now I have those dark patches showing up on my sky area and nothing will hide them so have had to scrap that drawing which is very annoying and costly as I have to get my pastelmat from out of State here in Australia!
Brenda Milstein oh no that’s no good at all. I must admit it’s not something I’ve done before.
Wonderful! Thanks so much!
Loved the ghost hairs over the ears, do you ever use a blender like baby oil. Beautiful work
colin brette thank you 😊 no I don’t use anything other than pencils for blending 😊
Hello! I didn’t catch what pencil sharpener you were using, can you please let me know that? Thank you very much for your tutorials, I learn so much from them.
Madison Vrudney of course it’s a swordfish curve 😊
So love your teaching. Do you ever use blending solutions on your pet portraits?
pamela parker thank you 😊 I don’t - I did try them but they made me feel ill so I don’t use them any more
Loved watching, thank you.
I absolutely loved it i have really struggled finding real time help . I can't afford to subscribe to patreon just yet. I'm still struggling but im going to try some of your techniques. I really love your work x
laurainkeegan68 thanks Laura 😍
Early stages? I would have said that you were almost finished that ear. Oh boy....lots to learn.
That is very helpful. Thank you!
what you do is absolutely awesome!! I can only hope that all my practice will make me half as good as you are. Thanks for the great video. So on Pastelmat you just keep layering and do not use solvent to blend? If you were using Fabriano Artistico X-white, HP, 140lb., would you use solvent to blend and at what stage would you use it if you do?
Wow... Awesome
Thank you 🥰
If I may, it would be really helpful if you put in the refrence photo so that we can compare and see where you are getting these colors from. Also, AMAZING art. I hope to one day have that talent and skill ❤
Chloe Bartz thank you 😊 yes I’ve started to add the ref photo into my videos now 😊
Thanks for answering all my questions! I drew your kitten on white paper. Do you do anything for a background?
Tausend Dank, für dieses, sehr interessante , und lehrreiche Video. Als Anfänger werde Ich Mich allerdings noch schwer tun , ein Hundeportrait so perfekt nachzuzeichnen. Nicht zuletzt, wegen der vielen Farben.
Lieben Gruß
Christine
Amazing!
Thanks Bonny for these helpful two videos: please do start on Patreon as I’d subscribe, as I’m sure would many others- it would be great if you could do a top level personal critique tier please!!! really looking forward to the Somerset workshop in March and i have a few months to practice on pastelmat first! Amber ☺️
Ben Mansfield thank you so much 😊 patreon will happen in the next couple of months - I want to ensure I give it 100% from the start. And yes a coaching/critique tier will feature - coaching was my job before I started drawing 😊
Loved it🇨🇦
I loved it :)
Do you ever use other paper to color on that you find is of quality? Bristol Strathmore?
Gweneth Marie I’ve tried loads of papers and for me the pastelmat is the one that I prefer. I didn’t like the Bristol papers and vellum at all but saying that there are other artists who do an amazing job on it so it’s all down to personal preference 😊
I’m planning a paining in colour pencils. I’ve never used them before but I have a set of prismas and polychromos. (Full sets) could you give some advice on which is best to use, if they can be used together etc
You get those overly highlights over the darks... I cannot seem to get mine to show, even when pencils are nice and sharp. Is it because of my paper. I've only started with pencils and just practicing in my sketchbook.... I wonder if after 3/4 layers there is no grit left on the paper?
Is there a video of this dogs eyes? They are beautiful.
Marg cLEMENT sadly no she was a commission and I only videoed the ears - so sorry.
Am going to have to practice, practice, practice. I’ve still got grainy Pastelmat !
super painting
Hi bonny can i use the same technique on hot pressed paper
@@inedinevanderwesthuizen3822 hot press requires different techniques. Sharp pencils, light pressure, small pencil strokes.
My whites don't show up at all :( maybe I have the wrong pencils. I use watercolour ones, and they just don't show up over the dark layers, even on pastelmat.
Any tips??? It's driving me mad.
Fransene Music I like the museum aquarelle white. Make sure you have enough layers down and then a really sharp white and just whisk it in rather than putting a lot of pressure on it.
Ahhhh thanks so much for the reply Bonnie you've made my day! I'll add it to the to buy list! 😅♥️
Love your work such a clever lady .Sorry. But make brand of your paper
You are my idol.
Aww i liked these videos but why did you skip it at 38 mins in, it would have been great to see more of you putting the detail in, there aren't many videos that do this!
It's tricky to get huge videos up on youtube. I have real time videos over on my Patreon channel as well - up to 40 hours long :)
Bonny Snowdon Fine Art ah I see! Thanks for the videos :-)
can you draw me on what paper
You should have more information on your patreon page in your videos and your about on your youtube profile.
Yes I know - this one was way before I started Patreon. I’m updating things though 🥰
c est tres jolis on croirait que vous caressez l oreille du chien avec vos crayons!!!