How To Draw Cat Portrait

This is done by using contrasting tones which are built up with layers of cross hatching.
How to draw cat portrait. After this draw horizontal lines across the face to use as guides for the eyes eyebrows nose and mouth. To draw a cartoon cat draw an oval for the body and a circle for the head including a cross on the circle to guide you when drawing the face. I talk about my process how i begin drawings find correct proportions and. These features should have a striking impact that lends a sense of drama to the image.
If you want to draw your own cat that s a great place to start. Then draw 2 lines extending into a point for the chin and draw a curved line around this point to round out the jaw. 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. The completed cat portrait.
Teaching people about realism in drawing. However if you don t have a cat or would like to draw a different cat you can look for different cat breeds online in books or magazines and choose which one you want to draw. Establishing the expressive features. 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.
To make a realistic portrait start by drawing a circle for the head. Using the guidelines draw the eyes nose whiskers and mouth of the cat and add 2 triangles on the top of the circle for ears. How to draw a cat portrait drawing tutorial. As in any portrait the eyes and mouth are the most expressive features.
Worked on a how to drawing video featuring a realistic cat face. You can even take advantage of having a live model by drawing some warm up sketches of your cat in different poses. In this lesson video i draw my cat with graphite using hb 3b pencils.