Is it easier to work in a smaller scale in soft pastels? The short answer is no! But it is definitely possible, as I show you with this tutorial of Monty the Cocker Spaniel.

Learn how to draw a realistic cat eye in soft pastels using only Stabilo Carbothello pastel pencils. A step-by-step focus tutorial for pastel pencil artists of all levels.

Part four of Keeva’s tutorial is finished and her portrait is complete! This blog post includes an index of links to all four parts of her tutorial on Patreon and timelapse versions on YouTube, so you can easily follow along!

I am delighted to share that my soft pastel portrait of Abby the Cockapoo has won a Special Merit Award and is featured in the Spring issue of Art & Color 365 Magazine!

In Part Three of Keeva’s portrait tutorial, I bring her joyful personality to life by focusing on her open mouth, tongue, and the surrounding fur. This stage adds so much character and warmth to the piece as we move closer to completion.

Keeva’s portrait is really starting to take shape. In Part Two of the tutorial, I focus on deepening the realism in her ears, fur, and nose, laying the foundations for her full character to shine through. I talk through how I build texture, adjust tones, and make subtle decisions that bring her to life.

Part one of Keeva’s tutorial is now live on Patreon. I talk through step by step in real time about everything I’m doing to draw this beautiful German Shepherd pet portrait in soft pastels. Here is a brief overview of the experience of drawing Keeva so far.

Start your pastel journey with Hogan, the joyful Border Collie cross who launched my Patreon channel! This three part tutorial is perfect for beginners and intermediate artists wanting to learn how to draw realistic pet portraits in soft pastels from base layers to final whiskers.

The exciting news, as the title would suggest is that prints are coming!

Drawing my own dog was a completely new experience, I went through so many emotions, here’s a little bit about my feelings throughout his portrait creation!

This is a question I get asked a lot by new artists, so I thought I’d share my views here.

I am so excited to announce that I am now offering ‘miniature’ portraits! Don’t worry though, they’re not that small! At 15x21cm (A5) there will still be lots of opportunity to add in some lovely details for you.

To celebrate the countdown to Christmas I am officially announcing that I have opened the Christmas commission waitlist, by offering a nice September early bird discount…

My range of fine art greetings cards for Christmas are now available to purchase!

Exciting news! I have reached over 5,000 followers on Instagram and as a thank you am giving away a FREE medium pet portrait…

My first Christmas commission of 2021 arrived at its new home this week and last night I took my final Christmas booking!

Exciting news! I am on the judging panel for Bake4MECFS for round 9 of the bake off - The Teddy Bear’s Picnic! I am also donating a print of ‘Teddy’ the highland cow to the winner!

On Saturday 4th September, 2021, Felicity Franks Portraits turned one and what a year it has been…

It’s only 109 days until Christmas, when you think about it - that’s not very long!