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Where you can find Seren Wen Art – Exhibitions I’ll be at in May 2025
May is looking like a busy one here at Seren Wen Art! There’s three events I’ll be exhibiting (and hopefully selling) my drawings at over...

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3 days ago2 min read
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How Do you Make Realistic Art using Coloured Pencils?
Coloured Pencils are a fantastic medium to use if you want to create realistic looking art. As with any detailed style of art it takes time, practice and probably post importantly of all bucket loads of patience! Here’s a few key tips that help me with my work, but as always these are only what works for me, experiment, try different methods and find what works for you!

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Apr 173 min read
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How is Drawing in Graphite Different to Coloured Pencil Drawing?
Even though I usually use coloured pencils in my drawing, I do sometimes like to mix it up and use graphite pencils instead. You would...

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Apr 33 min read
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How I use Storytelling in my Animal Art
It might not be obvious, but there is sometimes a story behind my drawings. I often draw a picture because I like it, on other occasions...

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Mar 273 min read
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The Story Behind Seren Wen Art
I thought it was about time I introduced myself properly and talked about the story behind my art and how I got to where I am today! The...

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Mar 203 min read
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Trust the Process – Conquering the Ugly Phase
Working in coloured pencil is not a quick way to create realistic art and can lead to frustration in new artists.

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Mar 143 min read
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The Story Behind “Little Bird”, my Coloured Pencil Tonal Study Tutorial
In this blog post I discuss how I designed my coloured pencil and mixed media tutorial where I demonstrate a tonal study of a little bird

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Mar 63 min read
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How Does Sketching Improve my Realistic Drawing?
It sometimes seems like sketchbook art and coloured pencil drawing are very different art practices and many artists do like to stick to one

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Feb 202 min read
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Do Professional Artists use Coloured Pencils?
Coloured pencil is a relatively new art medium, you won’t see many coloured pencil pieces in major galleries, but it's finding it's niches

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Feb 132 min read
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The Story Behind Fearless – My Realistic Drawing of a Male Lion
Early last year I was visiting Queen Street Gallery in Neath, South Wales, to pick up my artwork from their Open24 exhibition. They...

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Feb 62 min read
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How to Become an Exhibiting Artist the Easy Way!
I thought I’d share a couple of easy ways of becoming an exhibiting artist and a few tips I’ve learned along the way

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Jan 303 min read
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Adding Some Colour to January with Coloured Pencil Art
Brighten up your January with some of my most vibrant mixed media and coloured pencil art!

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Jan 232 min read
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Can you Create Realistic Coloured Pencil Art Without Using Colour?
Can you use coloured pencils to create black and white art? I discuss using coloured pencils to explore value to achieve realistic results

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Jan 163 min read
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The Story Behind Cwtches – My Realistic Drawing of Adult and Baby Giraffes
The story behind how I created my realistic coloured pencil drawing "Cwtches", which shows and adult and baby giraffe sharing a cuddle!

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Jan 93 min read
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Completing a Daily Sketching Challenge and How I Approach It
This blog post describes how I go about a daily sketching challenge and the benefits it has a an artist that works in realism

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Jan 32 min read
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My Art Goals for 2024 – Did I Achieve Them?
A reflection on my art goals for 2024 and to what extent I achieved them!

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Dec 27, 20242 min read
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The Story Behind my Original Coloured Pencil Drawing of a Sleepy Lioness
Earlier this year I was lucky enough to visit The Big Cat Sanctuary for a day organised specially for artists. I love to create original...

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Dec 17, 20242 min read
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Exhibitions - Seren Wen Art at Cowbridge
I'll be exhibiting two of my drawings, "Teefs" and "Raphael" at Cowbridge Open Art

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Aug 19, 20241 min read
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Seren Wen Art at Open 24
Update on my artwork on display atOpen24 at Queen’s Street Gallery, Neath

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Feb 1, 20241 min read
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