Welcome to Four Paws and a Pencil, the ‘pencil and paper’ home to artist Chesca Burrows – and my art room cat, Squeaky!
Having started my career as an artist painting a variety of horse gifts for many years over at handpaintedmagic, I now specialise in drawing miniatures in both graphite and coloured pencil. Whilst horses have always been my main love to paint or draw, my pencil journey has led me to enjoy creating all animals. I am particularly fond of drawing cats eyes!
I am self-taught, but over the past year I have enjoyed taking online tutorials from a selection of renowned coloured pencil artists, allowing me to develop my technical knowledge and skills whilst retaining my own individual style that I had previously developed.
I enjoy drawing a variety of animals for myself – to see the progress I have made in a short time is incredibly motivating. I am delighted to now also offer commissions so that I can share the pleasure I have for bringing a much-loved animal to life on paper with more people.