So I drew my dog today...

[BigonaBianchi]

So I drew my dog today...(Pic removed now)

..ok thanks for your valued help all.. I'm taking the pic down now in case she see's it before her birthday.

 

[Fnaar]

very good...

 

[peanut]

excellent. I take it you didn't have much on yesterday

If I might make a suggestion it might look a little more rounded if you tone down or lose the neck at the left of the drawing. Try putting your thumb over the monitor image .

Reckon missus will be well chuffed

 

[Fnaar]

I might just sit and draw some Spaniel's ears later....

 

[BigonaBianchi]

...The way to get a Spanial to sit still is simple...I took a photo and worked from the photo mostly...the other trick I used was a packet of doggie bone biscuits.

The darker line in the lower left of the pic is actually his back not his neck...he's a very small dog!

 

[alecstilleyedye]

I might just sit and draw some Spaniel's ears later....

i hope she doesn't take it as a comment on hers…

 

[Night Train]

That is a lovely picture there.

 

[johnnyh]

good stuff, I am no good at art at all, although I did draw the curtains last night...

Boom Boom! (coat already got)

 

[BigonaBianchi]

..ok thanks for your help all.. I'm taking the pic down now in case she see's it before her birthday. http://imageshack.us

 

[Night Train]

Awww, that really is lovely and it will mean so much more because you drew it yourself. Well done.

 

[BigonaBianchi]

..ta...I really hope she likes it...this dog is her life and as such I need to really capture his character...which I think I have to a good degree...my son thinks I have anyway...I need to try to lose the black edging to the tongure though as his is bright pink!...difficult as the rubber just smudges everything and leaves a dark mess...

 

[col]

Its very good,so hard to get the hair/fur right,i cant thats for sure,impressed.

 

[Night Train]

You used to be able to get eraser shields, thin stainless steel sheets with cut out straight and curved slits in, for rubbing out detail. It was drawing office stuff for engineers and draughtsmen. Something like that would allow you to rub out the line with a good eraser without smudging the surroundings.

You could make a shield out of a bit of plastic (pop bottle type thickness) with a slot cut into it.

It really does show the character of the dog in the eyes.