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By Helen South, About.com Guide to Drawing / Sketching since 2002

Sketch a Dog Step by Step

Saturday September 15, 2007
Sometimes you don't want to spend hours on a drawing, but you want to do a bit more than an outline. You don't have to obsess over detail to get a good likeness - drawing the basic structure first then quickly noting the shading and texture can allow you to quickly get the essential information on paper. Why not give it a try yourself? Learn how to sketch a dog.

Comments

November 9, 2006 at 5:00 am
(1) Victor says:

Some great tips with this exercise.Thanks.

November 12, 2006 at 6:56 am
(2) drawsketch says:

Thanks, Victor, glad you like it!

November 13, 2006 at 11:59 pm
(3) Vicky says:

We’re getting some interesting variety in the daily drawing. I’m enjoying it very much. It’s so nice to be able to go to the sight and an assignment is ready to work on. It’s what I’ve needed for a long time. It is helping me achieve one of my goals of drawing daily.
Thank you so much for taking the time to help us out in this way.

November 16, 2006 at 3:33 am
(4) ronald says:

wow to bad all of your drawings cant be like this ya know the superimposing of the lines on the picture so we can all see over all shapes. great idea i love it.

November 16, 2006 at 5:39 am
(5) drawsketch says:

I’ll try and do some more like this, Ronald!

November 17, 2006 at 12:36 pm
(6) Trine says:

I just loved this one. it showed me many things I can use in other situations as well. Hope to see more like this one’
Trine

October 1, 2008 at 4:03 pm
(7) onterria says:

disz a nice website

October 1, 2008 at 7:18 pm
(8) Helen South says:

Glad you like it, onterria

May 7, 2009 at 5:02 am
(9) Lee-Anne says:

Dear Helen Your articles and advice are wonderful. I’ve always thought that sketching was beautiful an after seeing your work reinforces that.

May 7, 2009 at 7:00 am
(10) Helen South says:

Thank you, Lee-Anne!

May 22, 2009 at 10:31 am
(11) daizha says:

dis is awsome yo

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