How To Draw Cat Fur

This is the very first layer.
How to draw cat fur. This includes some fine details in the cat s fur. Sketch very lightly the contours of fur according to the breed you re drawing. Learn how to draw a beautiful realistic cat in colored pencil with this step by step lesson. Using your black pencil and a few preliminary strokes of color for the fur on the cat s head and around her ears.
But believe it or not you don t actually need to draw every single strand of fur on an animal if you want it to look realistic. In this clip colin show s you how to construct a grey cat s fur using the pastel pencils. I go through beginner drawing mistakes for drawing realistic fur with drawing pencils. That goes for human hair too by the way.
How to draw cat fur. Add some loose strands on their base and smooth hair on the tip. Note the smooth shading that is drawn as a base for the darker fur texture that will be added next. For this demonstration i am using a clay tool but a stylus blunt needle or even the end of a paint brush will work as well.
How to draw fur coarse hair. A tool capable of making indentions in the surface of the paper is used to create the initial indentions. I m going to draw something similar to a maine coon. Let s take care of the ears first.
It may look scribbly but actually all the lines are quite carefully drawn. This layer is important because it sets up all the following layers. My cat is going to have very long hair so i add cute tufts inside the ears. How to draw fur step by step drawing tutorial duration.
Then draw the outline of the legs and paws making the hind legs more circular. For more tips including how to draw a realistic cat read on. Fur comes in all kinds of textures lengths and colors and it s a major reason why animals are so darn cute. Here l will take you through the steps l go through to draw the fur on this short haired cat.
Fluffy fuzzy short or long. In this example the cat s mouth is very subtle drawn by short upward strokes as the top lip is defined only by white hairs and the shadow on the lower jaw. For coarse hair we ll start by considering the highlights. You don t even need to draw one strand.