How to Draw a Pet Portrait From a Photo
A graphite pet portrait comes together in a set order: a sharp photo, light proportions, values from light to dark, then the eyes and fur. Each step, with the pencil for it.
Illustration
Drawing and digital art from first sketch to finished piece, for people who make pictures by hand or on a tablet.
Here you learn to draw what you see, from a dog’s face to a street corner, and to carry a sketch through to a finished piece ready to print. Animals and pet portraits get the most room, and the tutorials work in pencil, in paint and on the iPad alike.
In this section:
- Drawing fundamentals: line, shading, color
- Animals and pet portraits
- People and faces
- Digital drawing on iPad and desktop
- Sketchbook practice and daily prompts
- Urban and travel sketching
- Watercolor and gouache illustration
- Scanning and finishing for print
- Commissioning a portrait
