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    • How to draw cat's eyes
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Long Tailed Sylph

Picture of a Long Tailed Sylph Hummingbird drawn with colored pencils. Colour pencil hummingbird drawing.
lt seems l can’t stop drawing hummingbirds at the minute! Truthfully they are my favorite subject, and l always say to draw what you love! So l am just following my own advice!

Golden Tailed Sapphire Hummingbird 2

Picture of a Golden Tailed Sapphire Hummingbird drawn using colored pencils. Rainbow colored hummingbird drawn with coloured pencils.
Golden Tailed Sapphire Hummingbird. The second time l have drawn one of these, but the colors are too beautiful not to draw it at every opportunity. There is a tutorial to go with this drawing on making your work look realistic, to view it click on the link below.
How to make your work look real

Fiery Throated Hummingbird

Picture of a Fiery Throated Hummingbird drawn using coloured pencils. Colored pencil bird art.
Beautiful Fiery Throated Hummingbird. Who but a hummingbird could wear these gorgeous colors and get away with it!

Green Hummingbird

Picture of a green hummingbird drawn using colored pencils. The hummingbird sits on a moss covered branch.
lt is never long before another hummingbird appears! This one had really unusual colors that really appealed to me.
​If you would like to see how l draw hummingbird feathers click the link below.
How to draw hummingbird feathers

Galahs

Picture of a pair of Galahs (pink cockatoos) drawn using coloured pencils. Colored pencil drawing of two parrots.
l have wanted to draw a Galah for so long, but could never find a good reference photo. My heart jumped like crazy when l found this beautiful photo by a fabulous photographer (@flutterbydi on Instagram) who kindly gave me her permission to use it. For a step by step guide to drawing parrot feathers click the link below:
How to draw parrot feathers

Iguana with attitude

Picture of an iguana drawn using colored pencils. Coloured pencils lizard drawing.
My Iguana drawing. I love lizards of all types and it was a real pleasure to draw this piece. You can see my step by step guide to drawing lizard skin by clicking the link below.
How to draw lizard skin

Tufted Coquette Hummingbird

Picture of a Tufted Coquette Hummingbird drawn using colored pencils. Colored pencil bird art.
This is the second time l have drawn a Tufted Coquette Hummingbird and this stunning reference photo was used with the kind permission of https://m.facebook.com/StephenJayPhotography/?ref=page_internal&mt_nav=1
he has to be one of the most amazing hummingbird photographers in the world, his account is full of beautiful photos.
​For a guide to drawing hummingbird feathers click the link below:
How to draw hummingbird feathers

Blue Morpho Butterfly

Picture of a Blue Morpho Butterfly drawn using colored pencils. Coloured pencil art, butterfly drawing.
Blue Morpho Butterfly. I felt like l wanted a pair for my white Butterfly. Although l have enjoyed drawing them both so much l think that there might be a whole series of butterflies coming on!

White Butterfly

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Again another experimental piece for me. I struggled quite a bit before feeling happy with it. It was only when l began to add more color that l felt it started to work.

Kitty in a box

Picture of a kitten looking through a box drawn using colored pencils. Coloured pencils drawing of a cat peeping through a box.
Kitty in a box was a little piece l did to have a bit of a change. It was such fun to draw as everyone who ever owned a cat will know the expression on his little face!

Rufous Backed Kingfisher

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How could l resist an opportunity to use fluorescent pink! The colors on this bird were too beautiful, it is no wonder l keep drawing birds!

Chameleon 3

Picture of a chameleon drawn using colored pencils.  counted pencil drawing of a brightly colored chameleon.
My third chameleon. l couldn't resist the gorgeous colors. l worked really big for this piece, approx 18x24 inches! So it took forever! l used a lot of my new Holbein pencils on this piece for their vibrant colours, as well as my usual Caran D'ache Luminance and Pablos and Faber Castell Polychromos. lt is on cream Stonehenge paper.

Betta Fish 6

Picture of a blue and orange Betta fish drawn using colored pencils.  Beautiful coloured pencil drawing of a Siamese fighting fish.
The obsession continues! l am sorry but l love them! Check out the tips page for tutorials on drawing scales and fins.
For a step by step guide to drawing fish fins click the link below
How to draw fish fins

Red Eyed Tree Frog

Picture of a Ted eyed tree frog drawn using colored pencils.  coloured pencil frog drawing.
Red eyed tree frog peeering around the edge of the paper.

Betta fish 5

Picture of a blue and red Betta fish drawn using colored pencil.  coloured pencil drawing of a Siamese fighting fish.
l do draw other things sometimes! But, yes, l get obsessed at times!
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  • Original Artwork page 1
    • Original artwork page 2
    • Original artwork page 3
    • Original Artwork page 4
    • Original artwork page 5
    • Original artwork page 6
    • Original artwork page 7
    • None animal art >
      • Broken Gem heart
  • Videos
  • Tutorials
    • How to draw cat's eyes
    • How to draw owl eyes
    • How to draw feathers 1 (hummingbird/Jacamar type feathers)
    • How to draw feathers 2 (irregular feathers)
    • How to draw feathers 4 - parrot feathers
    • How to draw feathers 3 chest/breast feathers
    • How to draw feathers 5 - Wing feathers
    • Hummingbird Head Feathers
    • How to draw cat fur
    • How to draw chimpanzee fur
    • How to draw a grasshopper’s wing
    • How to draw fish scales
    • How to draw snake scales
    • How to draw lizard skin
    • How to draw fish fins
    • How to draw a gemstone
    • How to draw tree bark
    • How to draw rose gold
  • Tips and Techniques
    • How to get white
    • What pencils should I use?
    • All about sharpeners?
    • How to blend with colored pencil
    • How to burnish
    • Erasing colored pencil
    • How to mix colors
    • Keeping your work clean
    • Reference photos and copyright
    • What to draw
    • How to make your work look real
    • I can't draw
    • What paper should l use?
  • Blog
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