Animal Textures in Chalk Pastel

In this section, we'll use a ruler and pencil to draw a frame on our drawing paper.

Here, we'll draw just the basic shapes for the dog's head and body.

In this section, we'll add the basic shapes for both ears.

Here, we'll add the basic shapes for the tail and muzzle.

In this section, we'll draw the basic eye shapes.

Here, we'll add basic shapes for the dog's nose and mouth.

In this section, we'll put our first rudimentary layers of color down on the dog: just white and light grey.

Here, we'll color the entire background solid, dark grey.

In this section, we'll start adding more sophisticated darker colors on the dog.

Here, we'll begin adding the lighter more nuanced colors on the dog, as well as dark grey placeholders for the facial features.

In this section, we'll start our first variations of color on the background, adding a suggestion of light, shadow and texture, to be built on in later lectures.

Here, we'll start adding some definition of darker colors in the fur.

In this section, we'll begin putting in darker browns in the fur.

Here, we'll add lighter greys to the fur in a more deliberate way than the blocks of light grey that we put in earlier.

In this section, we'll add other light colors in the fur, also starting to pay more attention to fur length and growth direction.

Here, we'll more carefully add extreme darks to the eyes to create a sense of form and light.

In this section, we'll add extreme darks to the nose to begin to create some definition and sense of form.

Here, like the eyes and nose prior, we'll add extreme darks to the mouth to begin to give it a sense of three-dimensionality.

In this section, we'll add our first more defined "chunks" of color to the background, mimicking the pebbly ground surface.

Here, we'll add shadows to our "chunks" from the previous lecture to give them a beginning sense of form, and also to reinforce the direction of the light source as it hits the whole scene.

In this section, we'll add white! At long last :) This is where all the layers of color we have put on previously begin to gel together and really show up as fur texture.

Here, we'll add more dark greys to mostly finalize those areas of fur that are heavier on the greyish shadows.

In this section, we'll put in more dark browns in the fur to enhance the warmth of the color in the darker areas of the fur.

Here, we'll add more light colors like yellow and pink to the fur to mostly finalize those colors in the fur.

In this section, we'll finish up the eyes themselves with fine edges, correcting any mishaps from earlier, and adding highlights. We'll put in the fur that overlaps the eyes in another lecture shortly.

Here, we'll mostly finish up the nose and mouth by touching up edges, shapes and colors.

In this section, we'll put in the fur that overlaps the eyes.

Here, we'll add some finishing details and adjustments to the fur around the dog's nose and mouth.

Here, we'll add some final large chunks of texture to the background.

In this section, we'll put in tiny bits of color in the background to offer more variety and to give it a more organic and finished look.