My neighbor recently adopted Sadie, a wonderful dog, a Basset Hound, from the local animal shelter. This dog has a very laid-back attitude about everything, almost like she’s the observer of life rather than an active participant. In this graphite pencil drawing I wanted to capture that attitude…you know, the “entertain me” thing. If I were going [...]
Here’s a graphite pencil drawing of my own dog, Keebler Alf, who is definitely a mixed breed dog! A mutt I found playing in traffic 17 years ago now. I have no clue what breeds combined to create this guy, but when I snapped the photo of him, he had taken over my favorite easy [...]
A few days ago I posted a graphite pencil drawing of Lucy and her Schnauzer puppy. This is a pencil drawing of Lady, the puppy. She’s full of energy, inquisitive and into everything. As I said in my earlier post, she and Lucy have a lot in common. They make an adorable pair, a little [...]
This is a graphite pencil drawing of Joey, a very smart Boston Terrier. I’ve never actually owned a Boston Terrier, but did foster one a while ago. He, too, was very smart, however, he had a horrible farting problem. I don’t know if that was because of all the diet changes he had been through [...]
This graphite pencil drawing of a siamese cat reminds me of “Two-she”, a beautiful stray siamese cat who showed up at our front door one morning when my son was only 3. She hung around for weeks when I finally said, ”We’ve already got a female cat. I don’t think we can keep her.” My son replied, [...]
In this graphite pencil drawing of a black short-hair cat, I focused on two things: the backlighting and those eyes. Capturing light reflections in eyes can sometimes be a tricky thing, but it’s critical, in my opinion, to the success of a drawing. How’d I do?
Meet Twiggy, a chihuahua. A spoiled rotten chihuahua who belonged to my surrogate Mom. I did this graphite pencil drawing of the little darling as a surprise for Mom’s birthday. I think she liked it.
This is a graphite pencil drawing of my friend’s male Pomeranian dog, Rascal. He’s tiny, but doesn’t know it. He pees on everything, marking his territory. I plead with his owner to get him neutered. He refuses. That’s gotta be a guy thing! I like Rascal, he’s a darling little dog, but he is no [...]
Last night I used my photo editing program on the graphite pencil drawing of Beau, the German Shepherd. I’m still hoping to get some feedback on which one is more popular, so if you can, leave me a comment and tell me which one you like. Here’s a comparison of the two.
Basically, this is the finished graphite pencil drawing of the German Shepherd, Beau. I may take it one step further and do that computer enhancing thing I’ve been playing around with, and I’ll post it as a comparison with this drawing.
