I sketched all four dogs on the nice paper. I used a light colored pencil and it’s not very visible so I changed the photo into black and white and added contrast, just for visibility.

I am moving from left to right so I don’t smudge the drawing as I go. Here’s the first stage of drawing Dakota’s portrait, when I block the colors and map the fur direction. I’ve already put a few layers in different colors but I don’t worry about details at this point yet. I’m pretty excited to finally be able to work exclusively on this portrait because I think it will be one of my best drawings!









