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Zip Drawing update

Thanks to some very helpful guidance from my drawing instructor, I learned how to draw the nose and “presto!”, Zip has a complete face! The nose was done with an ebony pencil and the key was getting the values right by working over the area repeatedly. Finally, the paper texture was helpful in giving the nose that dotted/pitted look of a dog sniffer. Never saw that coming, but apparently it’s a reliable trick.

Worked some more shading on the darker side of the face and the paws. I’m guessing one more session should finish this up.

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Sketch of Zip’s face – Part 1 & 2

Zip is one of my dogs, a 2 year old ball of energy. She lives for frisbees and tennis balls. She’s incorrigible and relentless with her need for play, until about an hour after dinner, at which point the storm has passed and she’s wiped out.

The reference photo is what I’m working towards, and represents this calm that I so embrace at the end of the day.

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Below is the sketch after 2 sessions totaling maybe 90 minutes. The first 30 minutes was getting the outline right, followed by an hour tonight drawing more than a thousand lines of hair in varied directions. The time it takes to get the masses of hair going in the right direction is indeed tedious, but well worth the effort once the shading of values starts. It’s a little like magic as the shape comes to life. And that’s with just a few other sketches done in this fashion as practice, so I’m hoping these dog faces start to get more realistic with some regular practice.

Zip sketch

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Sketch - dog body (rt hand)

Stage 2 incorporating values, hair, and some of her coat patterns. Saving the challenge of the face for last. Liking the way this is shaping up. First time attempt at complete dog drawing.

This took a couple of 30 minute sessions, so another hour or so.

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Sketch - dog outline (right hand)

Started some sketching of the dogs. This is the ball-obsessed puppy. About a 30 minute effort, focused on proportions and various angles of the sitting pose. Bad lighting on the photo, but you get the idea.

This was done with my right hand, my dominant hand by far.

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