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I have a new\u00a0student who has just sent her first set of work in for the Pet Portraits\u00a0Diploma course and i felt that the ‘about you’ piece that I ask\u00a0students\u00a0to create was so wonderful I wanted to showcase it here on the college news blog. I asked Sandra if she would be able to write something about it and she was thrilled. I hope you all like the artwork and are inspired to pick up your pencil!<\/p>\n

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\nThis is how the picture started and how it was put together. I spent a few days pondering about what to draw and how to condense all the things\u00a0I loved into one picture. I wrote a few lists and in the end picked three items. My garden (full of flowers), Bumble Bees (the reason I planted the flowers) and Patch my cat – after all I am doing a Pet Portrait course and I see him more than I see my husband.<\/p>\n

I then spent the following Sunday afternoon chasing my cat and bumble bees around the garden with my camera. I had just planted some lovely foxgloves which I bought from a car boot sale and thought they would make a nice backdrop for my picture, also giving my bumble bees something to land on.<\/p>\n

After printing out my photos\u00a0in grey scale and to the size I wanted, I used a piece of tracing paper to map out my design. I always use tracing paper because it can take endless rubbings out and I can lay it over images to find the best possible composition. Once I was happy with my line drawing I photocopied it onto a piece of printer paper. With this image I worked out where all my darkest darks and my lightest lights were going and blocked them in roughly on my printout. This gave me the basic plan for my picture.<\/p>\n

After that I transferred my image onto some cartridge paper (BIG MISTAKE should have used hot pressed watercolour paper). I went back to my reference photos and carefully drew in all the details using lots of different grades of graphite pencil. 20 Hours later there it was.<\/p>\n

I enjoyed the whole process immensely and look forward to the next challenge…….COLOUR.<\/p>\n

Paint brushes at the ready,
\nSandra\u3000(Pet Portrait Diploma)<\/p>\n

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