
Do not publish this tutorial in whole or part on your blog or web page as to do so constitutes a breach of copyright and may incur legal action. NB: This tutorial and images are copyright and are for viewing only. Franny initially provided me with a higher resolution image to work from, but this smaller version still gives you an idea of the sort of quality required. This is a photo of Joey, who belongs to Franny Syufy. Ideally, the picture should be taken at cat's eye-level. Elongated or awkward poses are hard to make into a convincing drawing, especially from a photograph.

Think of quickly moving your pencil in a circular pattern several times to get a sketchy circle. Choose a photograph of your cat that is well-lit, with good visible fur texture and no areas that are hard to see - you don't want to have to guess what shape the ear should be - and a good pose. One technique for drawing shapes is to draw several lines and erase the ones you don’t need. What You Will Need: Good quality drawing paper (I used lightweight hot pressed watercolor paper), a range of pencils (F, B, 2B, 4B, 6B), paper stump, eraser, blu-tack (removable poster adhesive) or kneadable eraser.įirst, select a photograph to use as a reference for drawing your cat.

Learn how to draw a cat in graphite pencil, following this easy tutorial. A clear, well lit, well posed photoraph of a cat.
