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To make it look believable, you must build it up, layer after layer, using many pencil strokes. Whether the fur is short or long, always pull your strokes the direction the fur is going. This is an example of a dark subject drawn on black Artagain paper. Because black tones are actually reflections of many surrounding colors, the dark fur of the cocker spaniel is still noticeable against the dark background.
The dog's face is created by the illuminated highlights and contrasted color along the edges of its body. This is a drawing of my little twin dogs, Poppy and Peaches. Notice how much color from the outdoors is reflected off their black fur. Look closely and you can see greens, blues and lavenders in the color of their fur.
Get My Free Ebook. Add this one to your beginner practice playlist and pay special attention to the notes about using pencil pressure to control value. Check Out The Tutorial. This tutorial uses simple circles to create the form of a pig and shows a simple line technique to draw the joints of the legs. In the end this makes them look a lot more realistic. Learn to draw a horse profile portrait using basic shapes like circles, triangles, and trapezoids. This tutorial is a little more advanced so you may want to warm up with some of the simpler videos before attempting this. Or you might even like our list of books on drawing your favorite equidae animals.
It offers a closer look at drawing animal eyes and whiskers among other features of your feline friends.
Animals Drawing For Colouring
Switching mediums here, this tutorial shows you how to sketch a German Shepard in pen and ink. First by creating a light pencil sketch that you can draw on with pen after you have the basic form. Then by going into detail and creating the finished work. It goes on dark no matter how much pressure you use. This alpaca itself is quite simple to draw. But the real star of this video is the color choices. This fun colored pencil tutorial is a good exercise in color because it shows you how to use unexpected and even counterintuitive colors for shading.
This is a timelapse video with narration so it might be helpful to just watch this one before attempting on your own. This also introduces a new texture not common in too many animals: For a change in technique this artist uses grids to set up shapes and perspective for a realistic rabbit face. Now the artist keeps the values fairly dark but you can also make this your own by adding some extra highlights with an eraser for a shinier look.
The artist uses a simple proportion grid to draw the lion face in pencil, complete with striking eyes and realistic mane hair. The artist breaks down the form into basic shapes in this video tut. The hardest part is probably drawing the spots! Continuing with African savannah animals, this is a captioned tutorial similar to the giraffe video that also starts with basic shapes.
Wild Animals
This sped-up demonstration of a panda portrait goes fast. So make sure to pause as you follow along.
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The key to mastery is repetition and that goes double for drawing new animals. The fur in this drawing is especially impressive so make sure to watch the artist closely while the fur is being rendered. This narration-free speed drawing of a chimp might not be the easiest video to follow along with as a newbie. Koalas are mostly made of circles which contributes greatly to their cuteness and this makes them fairly simple to draw.
Deepen The Tones In The Background And Foreground - Drawing In Colored Pencil
Use this tutorial to practice and warm up for some of the more challenging animal videos in this list. One thing you might notice a lot in these videos is that most of the artists draw their initial sketch very lightly with very little pencil pressure.
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Because Penny is outdoors, the sunlight creates deep shadows around her body. The reddish hue of Penny's fur is complemented by the green of the grass. Since green and red are opposites on the color wheel, pairing them creates a stark contrast. To create the texture of the grass, I used many shades of green and quick, vertical strokes. The key to drawing realistic fur is to render it in multiple layers.
Animal fur, no matter what type, is quite dense. To make it look believable, you must build it up, layer after layer, using many pencil strokes. Whether the fur is short or long, always pull your strokes the direction the fur is going. This is an example of a dark subject drawn on black Artagain paper.