Cute puppy drawing
Drawing cute animals can be fun and challenging. The fun part is making the animals cute while managing to keep the realistic characteristics of the animals true to life. Regardless of the animal you draw, one of the easiest ways to begin is by using basic shapes and refining the shapes to create specific animals. Once you've drawn the animal, you can make adjustments to its characteristics to make it cute.
Instructions
1. Choose an animal that lends itself to cute characteristics. Although you can make any animal look cute, cats, dogs, raccoons and other furry animals tend to be ideal subjects for someone just starting out. Use a reference photo if it helps.
2. Sketch the outline of the animal you want to draw. Use light lines to get the basic shapes in place. A kitten, for instance, might consist of an oval for the body, a circle for the head, and triangles for ears. Sketch in lines for whiskers and and add the tail.
3. Draw in the refined shapes around the basic shapes you've drawn. Erase the tips of the triangle ears and round them out. Make the ears a little too large for the head, which helps make your kitten look cuter. Add expressive eyes. Stick with the basic shape of the eyes, but draw them slightly larger, then shade in the pupils and smudge some of the shading away with your fingers to give the eyes a wet look. Adding darker shadow beneath the eyes can help lift them away from the page and present more expression.
4. Draw the mouth of your animal with a smile, or go the opposite way and curve the corners down to achieve a pouty look. Applying expressions normally associated with humans can lend a cute quality to your animals. Also, aim for baby animals or caricature-style drawing to keep the cute quality. By drawing in a caricature style, you're over-emphasizing characteristics, which tends to make a cuter sketch.
5. Color the fur onto your animal with long, overlapping strokes of the pencil. When you've finished coloring and shading, go back and smudge with your fingertip to soften the overall drawing. Removing the hard lines and impressions from your drawing will help make your animal cuter.
