Drawing a Dog

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When I started drawing a dog, I thought of never to achieve this kind of detail in my lifetime of being an Artist. Taking on-line tutorials brought along a tremendous amount of success towards the direction I wanted to head. I was always fascinated by step by step instructional protocol in order to achieve methodical and well-thought contours in buffer zones. Drawing Fur or rather a Dog's coat has never been viewed as an easy task.

In retrospective to indecisive drawing start-ups that never got finished was due to encountering challenges like drawing a dog's coat. Thankfully, I took a ton of tutorials online and took a knack of inspirational hunting of motivation. Artists wanting to achieve vibrant and granular strokes when drawing fur would want to consider a special skill of viewing an object (dog) in parts. For example, dogs nose consists of different other components or objects. It is also helpful to rotate a reference picture if there is one or rotate the picture being drawn. When the reference picture or a picture being drawn is rotated, it gives an Artist a different perspective or fresh eyes. Some Artists have admitted to using a mirror when drawing or painting just to get a different view.

Drawing or Painting a picture takes a while to complete just like any other project at hand unless otherwise you are experienced. It is imperative to stay calm and focused, being at ease helps meed the aspect of achieving a milestone. When an Artist draws or paints a picture, there is no doubt that energy is emitted. It is that same energy that feels like meditation. Nothing is like showing your work of art after completion when everyone around realizes how creative and challenging the artwork has been. 

When starting to draw, getting a perfect shape or outline of an object you are drawing becomes a point of determination. A perfect outline determines whether the drawing or a painting resembles the object you are about to draw. It is also crucial to keep the edge of the outline clean, not as clean as a finished drawing/painting but maintain clean strokes as possible. 

Every object has it's own set skills or technique when it comes to drawing/painting, drawing a dog's nose required to spot the shiny glowing contours where the light hit most. Overall, intuition and self-approval play a major row in determining what is acceptable to the human eye.

 The following are the steps I took to outline the foundation (shape of a dog) and apply graphite on top of the layers. 

1.  Find good paper to draw on,
2. Find really good pencils/erasers/sharpener, 
3. Prepare a reference picture to draw from if any,
4. Utilize Grid Method of getting outlines right
5. Start outlining until satisfied

When I was taking tutorials on-line, I learned that every drawing should have a point of interest like other artists would call it " a focal point ", so I did try to come up with one. For more reading please visit www.shungarts.com where you will find more articles and meet a community of Artists from around the world. 

In this particular image, the focal point would have been a nose, Although the shining on the nose is subtle, it did not come out as imagined. When determining a focal point, find a specific object that stands out from any shadings surrounding it. For example, In the image above, presumably the nose was a focal point, I should have made sure it stands out for anyone to notice it. It should be the center of attraction. Sometimes focal points tend to come out as blurry, it happens due to the handling of the image or sometimes the soft copy of the print comes bad or the image fades up in moderation.

 

 

Nevertheless, there are several aspects of damaging your image when drawing that you should be aware of. Let's say, from drawing an image to scanning or printing it for sale, the image should be as clean as a plain paper without dents or wrinkles so that it looks professional and valued. For more reading please visit www.shungarts.com where you will find more articles and meet a community of Artists from around the world.