How to Draw a Cat in Colored Pencil

Here is the completed picture of the cat that we will draw in this step by step lesson. You can follow these steps using a photograph of your own cat as a guide, to create a unique cat portrait of your own. For more about each technique used in this lesson, please be sure to check out the Colored Pencil Techniques which demonstrates my working process and shows the layering and blending methods used in this drawing.

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