How to draw a Cocker Spaniel puppy in pastels | Photo realistic pet portraits

In this tutorial I'll show how to draw a Cocker Spaniel puppy in pastels. The tips and techniques I share here can be applied to drawing any darker coloured fur. Drawing realistic fur relies on a few factors such as contrast, layering process and pencil technique. Each I discuss in this video. The way we build the layers has a massive impact with how realistic looks which when drawing pet portraits is very important.
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Top tips for drawing fur in pastels: • HOW TO DRAW FUR IN PAS...
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Materials used:
8" x 12"
Dark grey Pastelmat paper
A mixture of Carbothello, Pitt, Derwent & Caran d'ache pastel pencils
Reference photo provided by owner

[@Lizziebird-pg4gj]

Fantastic work! Very realistic, thank you for sharing your knowledge

[@nicksan7263]

Bellissimo

[@jonienelson2888]

Such a sweet puppy! Hope to be half as talented as you someday..been working on graphite drawings and haven’t used my pastels in a long long time..makes me want to revisit them! Thanks for the inspiration!

[@zaratomsart]

Thank you so much that's very kind ❤️. Definitely give them another go 😁. Wonderful medium to work in.

[@paulbowden6]

Fabulous work! Can I please ask what kind of vacuum you're using to collect the loose pastel dust?

[@zaratomsart]

It's just my household shark hoover with a car cleaning attachment on the end 😊