How to Draw a Sitting Puppy

Puppies are cute and make great fare for beginning and advanced artists alike. Drawing a puppy in a sitting position makes an adorable finished drawing and it isn't difficult to accomplish. With a little patience and a few tricks, learn how you can draw a sitting puppy.

Things You'll Need

• Pencil
• Sketch pad
• Eraser

Instructions

1. Start with the outline. Use a pencil first, regardless of whether you intend to add color or not. Don't worry about the breed you're going to draw just yet. Start with the head and ears. Draw them lightly at first, working to get the general shape of a puppy. Keep the eraser handy and you can make changes as you go. Use a reference photograph if it helps.

2. Now add the body, again, working on just the rough shape of the puppy. When you have the body, rough sketch the legs and paws just to get them placed and to fill in the space occupied by the outline of your puppy.

3. Fill in the details. Start with your puppy's mouth and nose, then draw a light line from the finished nose to where each of the eyes will be set. Draw your puppy's eyes and shade in the brow, then erase the two light lines you drew from the nose to the eyes. Adding shading around the eyes to give them depth.

4. Erase and reshape the ears and your puppy's head more to the specifications of the breed of puppy you want to draw. Start adding light lines to create the fur. Don't be afraid to cross over the outline of the puppy with the lines. This will give it a more realistic appearance. Keep the pencil lines light if you plan to add color.

5. Refine your sitting puppy. Erase the lines you've drawn and apply new lines as needed, defining the proportions until you achieve the look you want your sitting puppy to have. Make sure to keep the body lines angle toward the ground to keep the right sitting posture.

6. Now shade your sitting puppy's features, darkening the lines under the eyes and over the brow to enhance depth. Feel free to erase as needed to refine your puppy's outer definition. Be sure to use long, loose strokes of the pencil to achieve the look of the puppy fur. Use the eraser to lightly remove some of the pencil on the pupils of your puppy to get a slightly wet look. The finished drawing will be a cute, sad-eyed puppy you'll want to hang on your wall.

Resources

• DrawingNow.com