Draw a Cat - How to Draw a Cat in Graphite Pencil

By Helen South, About.com Guide

The completed cat portrait. A great deal more graphite has been added to darken the background, using a 7b pencil using small circular strokes to build up a dense fill. Short pencil strokes against the direction of fur growth have been used to build up fur texture, smoothed along the direction of the pencil marks with a blending stump to reduce the paper texture. You need to use quite a bit of patience to do the detail close to the whiskers.

Tips:
• Take your time. This drawing took several hours.
• Keep your pencils sharp.
• If looking at the whole picture is too daunting, try doing a small area at a time.
• Make sure you get your darks dark enough - don't be wishy-washy.

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• Cat Drawing - How to Draw a Cat
• Tracing the Cat's Photograph
• Shading - Begin Shading
• Shading Mid Tones in the Fur
• Cat Drawing - Developing Dark Values
• Draw a Cat - Adding Detail
• Draw a Cat - Fur Detail
• The Completed Cat Portrait Drawing

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