How to draw a cute little puppy and a big watchdog? Interesting? Then this selection of the most beautiful drawings will be an excellent assistant for all lovers of painting. These tips will help kids learn how to draw a dog with a pencil. Now parents can proudly add to their collection a new masterpiece from their beloved child. So it's time to sharpen a pencil, take paper and start creating.
Head sketch
Puppies and adult dogs are very popular in comics and cartoons. Therefore, it will be very interesting for the child to portray his beloved hero on his own. Here you will need to consider in detail how to draw a dog in stages. But first, some useful tips:
- Start the picture with a simple circle on which the head will be built.
- The circle is divided by lines in half vertically and horizontally. The horizontal is drawn with the deflection to the bottom.
- To draw the dog’s jaws, a curve is drawn from the extreme points of the horizontal line so that it resembles a rounded rectangle with rounded corners. This is not difficult. Visually, this quadrangle should go under the circle with the upper corner.
- The horizontal line in the circle serves as the boundary for the eyes of the animal, which are located above it. Just above the strokes indicate the dog's eyebrows.
- The nose in shape resembles a triangle, the apex of which is located strictly between the eyes. Its bottom should resemble a stretched and rounded letter W.
- In the triangle, the nose of the dog is drawn with a heart. He should not go beyond the lower boundary of the circle.
- At this stage, the emotions of the animal are thought out, since you can draw a dog sad with his mouth closed and eyes closed or joyful with shiny eyes and a tongue out.
- The lower jaw of the dog and its mouth are located in the lower corner of the previously drawn quadrangle.
- At about the level of the inner borders of the eyes, ears are drawn on the head. In most dogs, they are bent and long enough. It is important that the direction of the line of the lower border of the ear clearly indicates the outer bend angle. Otherwise, they will not be proportional.
Body sketch
You can draw only the face of a doggie and stop there. But if you want to know how to draw a dog in a rack, then the following tips will be very useful:
- There are 3 main parts of the body: the head, chest and back. It is very important to correctly position them in the figure so that the figure is proportional.
- Between the circle of the head and chest there should be a small arc above. From the bottom of the neck, an almost straight line is drawn at an angle.
- Between the chest and the back of the top and bottom should be a deflection.
- From the circle of the chest, the front paws are lowered vertically down. In the circle at the base of the paws, raising up and expanding the lines, outline the lines of the joint.
- From the back circle draw at the slope of the legs to the knees. They should go beyond the dog’s body. From the knees to the bottom, the slope is significantly reduced.
- At the bottom of the paws, small feet with fingers are drawn.
Features of different breeds
Here are the basic tips for portraying different dogs:
- The classic terrier has a thick neck. Its tiny body is knocked down and there is no gap between the circles of the chest and back. They should be drawn closely and connected to the waist with virtually no bends.
- Collie has a very massive chest, not very long legs and a small head. In this case, the neck is quite thick. The circle of the head can be changed to an elongated triangle, the top of which will serve as a muzzle. The neck should be drawn so that, extending its line, it goes tangentially around the circle of the chest.
- Saint-Bernard is recognizable thanks to his sagging jaws and large nose, which must be depicted in the figure. It should be a bulky dog with a large chest and back, a massive jaw and paws.
Instead of a conclusion
How to draw dogs of different breeds? For this, some structural features of the selected animal’s body should be studied. For example, small triangular ears always stick out and do not bend. Depending on the breed of the dog, the length, coat and direction of the tail change. All these details are easily tracked and transferred to the drawing.
Now that all the secrets of how to draw dogs are revealed, you can experiment and hone your skills. In drawing, the best teacher is practice.