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Pets - Learn To Draw

This document is a guide on how to draw pets using pencil, aimed at beginner artists. It covers essential tools, techniques for rendering animal textures, and provides step-by-step projects for drawing various animals. The author, Mia Tavonatti, emphasizes the importance of practice and control in developing drawing skills.

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Pets - Learn To Draw

This document is a guide on how to draw pets using pencil, aimed at beginner artists. It covers essential tools, techniques for rendering animal textures, and provides step-by-step projects for drawing various animals. The author, Mia Tavonatti, emphasizes the importance of practice and control in developing drawing skills.

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PON HOW TO Fa Pets Learn to draw step by step Working from photographs « Sketching from life Rendering fur textures = Drawing animals in action BY MIA TAVONATTI inne Chia seq 20s ge ‘ohn en bed abe sing st etn mae ny 2 pm ya en pouch pu te phon cea ers lc wir a ne se ae oe sige toe tn 301 Pets Pencil is an ideal medium for any beginning artist. This forgiving tool has a small tip ‘and allows an easy grip, affording artists great precision and control over their strokes. And because drawing is the basis forall the visual arts it isthe perfect starting point for any artist who wants to branch out to ‘other media, such a oil pastel or paint, But pencil is also a beautiful artform of ts own, with the potential for producing endless values and intricate textures. In this book, you'll learn about the basic supplies used in pencil drawing, as well as techniques specific to rendering animal skin and hair. You'll also find 17 engaging ‘animal portraits to follow and copy—from a fluly hamster toa sleek Doberman. And once you've completed the projects, you'll have all the information you need to draw your own pet portraits. —Mia Tavonatti CONTENTS Choosing Tools 2 Rabbit... a v Gening Started seseeee 4 Siberian Husky Puppy ..+++ =I Creating Animal Textures 6 Ragdoll Kittens 20 Drawing from Photos 7 Pony n Guinea Pig 8 Golden Retriever. 4 Bichon Feise 9 Snake... a 26 Domestic Short Hair Ct 10 Tortoise u Ferret 2 28 Dorman Pinscher B 30 Horse “ a Panot.. : 16 CHOOSING TOOLS Pencil drawing offers an tpproschable and peatcl incroduction to art foc any aspiring art ist. Only a few materials are needed to hep, which canbe easly transported just about anywhere, Drawing tools ae also relatively inexpensive, s the inal investment int overwhelming. When you're just starting ou, however, its bet vo purchase the highest, aqui enaerils you can ford atthe time. Reter-qualty mate als are easier to use and produce more satisfying results; they will ensure that your pet drawings wil as longer and won't fade or yel low overtime. Here youl find a helpful overview ofthe tools you'll need to begin your own drawing adventures! > Skeren Pans ‘Skah pds fer droning ‘paper convenient bunt Ino ook frm. Thay 30 ‘sf or making ick htches and when draw wi ari fies, res, ‘and tna. Yu may ‘rato Bin who hat Tae sont to meen. ‘am paper tex, wen fords be must versatile fring sures. > Daawive Pare Most rss use single ‘setter ay ‘ring paper fo ses arwonk Papers avait ina ange of sua te ‘wes soca mas tim pin andor oe, ous (in “ether” Be ‘net rape far evi ‘Stokes)Vtunaisea apr, wih is wanstcet Imappenane, has 3 very ‘inoot and lik eae thatallows ors pei ‘sakes. Tracing pape i anther opt, ands a inepesie aerate to vim > Srencits Alot ao most of my nia ‘ooking in wi roche ‘shapes and ne, some rains call for more 2 sap of ‘vale af cles an ‘nls, cues, an sight ‘age that efor ier awins. > Buewpine Srumes Torion ae rls paper “sump” used fe bled and soten pon sookes. Theyre andy for sal ares wre your figer oa lt ioe log. You ca alse use he sides w qu blend large “reve When he stimpe become airy, snp thom oe 3 lth fe remove te cess aphi. 4. Your Wonk Stariow You drt atedto have hl tuto setpt stat ring, bl a wel, como ‘be aea wl provie the mot ficient wrk envioomen. ae sare you have plenty of natal iting: eH ou shaw at ih se bth so ite an oa escent us 50 that you have eth warm ad ae sures of i You! ‘tsa need a har, sry work sutce an plenty om ia at al our tas nan, a pate chal wil help make lng towing sesins more conor “AE nasens Amended acer oneal el fan be formed int smal shapat {oremove prc om very ty areas ot get led stokes, Vig erasers are es fr ager ass and thy remove pene arts completely ong 35 you do sera vigor, eier ype wil omage te fufae of our pape a Suanrexine Toons ily iee— erat invescone are of shapes and Sis an ar rat als for sharpening pecs. ‘re thom noreangey witha fandel pene Sharpener and sangpaper ‘oe ater my plas (See gage 3) The ite ‘nd santppe rece he widest vary of pois. Peni eae wth ner and eer andthe combina ee i lated Bate sot an produce heavy, dark sos those abled - Dace eee ee bere ard and! so king them a ood eae Regine ~~ tool, The higher the number that accompanies the letter, the More yy ggg por LH aa tary po pote cape, ane intense the softness or hardness of the lead, (For example, a 4B ilo ors you goo cna. Wid 2 run poi ou e pencil is softer than a 2B, and a 4H pencil is harder than a 2H.) Sa ‘The projects in this book call for H, HB, 2B, and 4B pencils, but you may want to experiment with others as well . GATHERING OTHER DRAWING TOOLS hh! I start my drawings with graphite pencils, but I also like to use . other tools as my pieces progress. For example, Conté crayons or charcoal produce chalky, smudged lines thae soften the look of apr sxerowwe ee Decl sod shading large se he hay, cisled age subject. Outlining a drawing with black ink really makes a subject applied with a paintbrush produce smooth shadings. Seepage 31.)

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