Draw as much as possible to fine-tune your skills. Take the basic information from this book and allow your own personal drawing style to develop. Everyone sees things differently, and each artist has a bit of a different approach. Have fun with your work, and good luck to you as you discover your own unique style of drawing.
[...]... or reduce a drawing based on a photo To enlarge the image, simply make the grid on your drawing paper of a larger scale than the one on the photo Reducing is done the same way, only you make the grid on your drawing paper of a smaller scale Remember to always draw the grid lines lightly on your drawing paper because you’ll need to erase them later as you complete your drawing Make a Line Drawing Save... of tone keeps this drawing from looking finished F I R S T AT TE M P T AT D R A W I N G A POMERANIAN A RT I ST: K R I ST Y N G E O R G E S , AG E 1 6 After This drawing looks complete and professional The addition of tone, blending and texture gives it a very realistic appearance S E CO N D AT TE M P T A RT I ST: K R I ST Y N GEORGES 10 Aiming Beyond Accuracy Combine good, accurate drawing techniques... Your Finished Line Drawing Count how many one-inch (3cm) squares are required to capture the image This one requires six squares across and nine squares down Lightly draw a grid on your drawing paper and begin a line drawing of the dog Draw one square at a time, looking only at the shapes within that box An accurate line drawing of your subject matter will appear Finish the line drawing of Milo and... project later in the book Your drawing should look like mine when you are finished MAKE A LIGHT GRID Remember to draw your grid very lightly on your drawing paper so it can be easily erased later The grids in this book are printed darker than you should draw them, so they are easy for you to see 19 Line Drawing Practice Lightly draw a grid of one-inch (3cm) squares on your drawing paper for each of the... Drawing Practice Lightly draw a grid of one-inch (3cm) squares on your drawing paper for each of the photos provided Then complete the line drawings Each of them will be used to complete an entire drawing later in the book All drawings begin with accurate line drawings such as these They are the foundation for the blending and shading we will apply later No shading should be applied until this phase... my cat Mindy It is the finished drawing created from the photo 26 on page 20 in chapter two Mindy is a small kitty with huge eyes She seeks complete eye contact with people at all times Because of that, she is the perfect subject to practice on for drawing cat features The following pages will show you how to create Mindy’s facial features step by step Take the line drawing you created and carefully... RED-EYE When drawing pet portraits from photos, you will often encounter red-eye Animal eyes are extremely reflective, and the glare of the camera flash can cause the lens of the eye to glow red in the pictures To remedy this problem in your artwork, make the pupil totally black Then use the “half in the pupil, half in the iris” placement for the catchlights in your drawing 1 Check the Line Drawing Make... texture of the fur Pay attention to the patterns of the fur To create some small light hairs, use a quick flick with a pointed kneaded eraser 29 Drawing the Face of a Dog This is the fully developed drawing of the line drawing on page 19 We will complete this drawing the same way we did the cat, tackling one feature at a time Carefully study each of the facial features and memorize their characteristics... personality of this dog is clearly coming through in this drawing You can tell that Milo was a very gentle dog 30 just by the way he looked at people (Unfortunately, Milo was hit by a car and passed away.) Using your kneaded eraser, carefully remove the grid lines from the line drawing you created Be sure not to accidentally erase any of your line drawing S T E P - BY- S T E P M I N I - D E M O N S T... complete the drawing of Milo, we need to add his long, silky ears TO FINISH THE DOG To totally finish the drawing shown on page 30, develop the blending in the neck and chest area Let it fade out at the bottom so the edge doesn’t appear harsh This is a very good example of a simple head-and-shoulders portrait of a dog 1 Check the Line Drawing 2 Add Long, Layered Strokes Check your line drawing for accuracy . 9:40 PM Page 1 Drawing Realistic Pets FROM PHOTOGRAPHS LEE HAMMOND NORTH LIGHT BOOKS CINCINNATI, OHIO www.artistsnetwork.com Drawing Realistic Pets From Photographs 1 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Hammond, Lee Drawing realistic pets from photographs / Lee Ham- mond 1st ed. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN