How to draw a dog's face - a simple and fun step-by-step guide.

Step-by-step instructions for pulling a cute dog's head with big eyes, pointed ears, and a cute snout.

 

Drawing lessons for all animals do not have to fit the whole animal on a single sheet of paper. Sometimes it's fun to focus on the part that expresses the most, like the face. This tutorial features a simple dog with a beautiful smile, wobbly tongue and big cute ears.

If you notice that your students are not using all their paper and are drawing on the small side, it closes the dog's face, and they get things. Small drawings are a natural phenomenon that many early artists started with. It's like a relaxed approach they're used to, so it helps give them a project that asks them to think big and fill out their entire sheet of paper.

Working with drawing guides

The best way to get students started on any drawing project is to show them how to use the guides.

You may have noticed that all the tutorials on this site have centre guides showing vertical and horizontal lines. If students draw lines like these on their paper before drawing, it will give them some extra help to see where to start their drawing.

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For example, as seen in step 1 below, the outline of the dog's face begins halfway up the centerline, starting from the centerline. A large curve is drawn, which ends halfway between the lower boxes.

Drawing skills are about getting the size and space of lines on paper, so having a few visual references to get you started will always help someone be a little more accurate.

So does this mean that students need to use their pencils to draw big thick lines in the middle of their paper before starting? No good, please don't do that! It will be difficult to erase it and distract from any created art. Just fold the paper in half, make a crease, and open it. The beauty is that by the time the drawing is done, the colours are gone, and the creases will disappear.

Preview of the Step by Step Dog Face Tutorial

Directions

Time required: 45 minutes.

How to draw a dog's face.

Pull half of the head.

Add a matching page.

Pull the dog's eyes, dog's nose and mouth. Add extra circles to highlight the eyes.

Include tongue and facial lines.

Pull two matching ears.

Apply rough skin on the cheeks.

Stretch the neck and shoulders.

Erase the grey lines.

Trace with markers and colours.