How To Paint a Dog in Watercolour - Painting Fur in Detail!

I like to paint dogs; the full coat of fur, the wet nose and glassy eyes means there are few subjects that can beat a dog portrait!

With this tutorial I will show you how to paint fur!  But don't forget the whole tutorial is from the start to finish on how to paint this Red Fox Labrador, not just the fur.  I will carefully show you the various techniques needed to complete this and many other painting you may do which include fur.

So give this one a go and let's get those brushes wet!

Paul :-)

In Part 1 we will make a start on this lovely portrait by firstly getting the drawing onto the paper.  We will then get the background painted and complete the eye.
Don't forget to download the reference photo and the outline drawing attached to this part.

In Part 1 we will make a start on this lovely portrait by firstly getting the drawing onto the paper.  We will then get the background painted and complete the eye.

It's time to get the washes on and make a start on some of the details. So let me show you how I do this step by step.

In Part 4 we will add that final layer of dark colours creating the contrasts needed to really bring this lovely Labrador together. We will really start to see the form coming together through all this hard but enjoyable work.

This is the final part of this lovely red fox Labrador. In this section we will paint the nose, mouth, add the white highlights and finally complete everything with the whiskers!