How To Draw A Dog

10 Amazing (and Easy!) Tutorials

Introduction

I love dogs, especially Golden Retrievers. To me, dogs represent happiness. Of course, all that happiness almost drowned away when I realized how difficult it was to draw a dog. I, however, am not the kind of person to give up. When I understood that drawing dogs was going to be hard, I immediately got to work, and studied a few dog drawing tutorials, which turned out to be of immense help to me. I then compiled those tutorials in a list, so that others can be benefitted as well, without having to dig through thousands of dog drawing tutorials that are online.

To draw a dog, you first need to start with its face. It can be a cute or aggressive look, depending on the breed. Next, you add details to its head, while putting special emphasis on its ears. Afterwards, you can draw the rest of the body, and then paint it as you desire. While painting, you need to make sure that you’re applying the right texture, if you want to make the dog’s fur pop out, and give the artwork a realistic vibe.

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Drawing a Cute Puppy

Drawing a Cute Puppy

The Golden Retriever is one of the most popular and well know dog breeds in the world. They’re known for their lustrous coat of golden fur, which gives the breed its name. In this drawing tutorial, you’ll learn how to draw a cute little Golden Retriever puppy in a few simple steps. This tutorial is ideal for people of all ages, especially kids, who’ll enjoy working on a drawing that’s this cute and cuddly.

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Cute drawing of a Baby German Shepherd

Cute drawing of a Baby German Shepherd

German Shepherds are quite famous for their rigorous yet cuddly appearance. They can be both friendly, and fierce. But no matter what you think about the breed, German Shepherd puppies are some of the cutest baby animals you’ll ever see. This video tutorial will show you how you can draw a cute baby German Shepherd in a few simple steps. Just like the Golden Retriever tutorial we saw earlier, this video too is aimed at beginners, and is quite easy to follow.

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Easy to follow Dog drawing Tutorial

Easy to follow Dog drawing Tutorial

With the use of basic shapes and structures, this video tutorial will show you how to draw a Labrador in the easiest way possible. This is a step-by-step tutorial that anyone can try out. You start things off by drawing a simple structure of the animal using basic shapes. Afterwards, you start connecting the structure, and transform the basic shapes into actual sections of the body. This way, you’ll be able to complete the drawing of the dog with absolute ease and perfection.

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Cute Digital drawing of a Chow Chow Dog

Cute Digital drawing of a Chow Chow Dog

Chow Chows are some of the fluffiest dogs in the animal kingdom. Their thick coat of fur gives them their chubby appearance, making them look like clouds or cotton candy. In this tutorial, Aaron will show you how you can recreate a visually stunning drawing of one of these cute dogs on your computer using Corel Painter. You can also opt for any other drawing software that you’re comfortable with. The whole process is a bit difficult, but the tutorial is quite detailed. Hence, if you follow it properly, you might be able to pull it off perfectly.

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Stunning Portrait of a Dog

Stunning Portrait of a Dog

Learn to draw a realistic and stunning portrait of a cute dog with this amazing video tutorial by Angela. It’s a perfect example of how you can use acrylic paints to create lifelike images. The tutorial itself is quite long and detailed. Angela here leaves nothing to the viewers’ assumption, as she explains every nook of the painting, as well as her entire process. The result of such detailed painting is a realistic portrait of a dog, which you can see below.

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Easy Dog painting Tutorial

Easy Dog painting Tutorial

This tutorial will show you how to create a rough acrylic painting of a dog. The tutorial is aimed at beginners who’re either partially familiar, or completely unfamiliar with acrylic painting styles. The texture that comes out in this painting is sort of rough. You can clearly see that’s what the artist was going for. This rough texture diminishes the need for details as it creates a sort of abstract vibe in the painting. Nevertheless, it’s still an amazing tutorial for beginners to follow.

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Exciting Watercolor portrait of a Dog

Exciting Watercolor portrait of a Dog

Lioba’s tutorial on how to draw a dog’s portrait using watercolors is one of the easiest dog painting tutorials out there. She highlights her process in six easy to follow steps, which is quite helpful for beginners. Lioba doesn’t go overboard with the details or shades. Her approach is quite simple as you can tell from the textures in her painting. It’s this simplicity in her work that makes it stand apart from all the rest. The tutorial is also quite interesting in the sense that you’re being guided in every step of the way.

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Realistic Watercolor painting of a Dog

Realistic Watercolor painting of a Dog

Creating realistic portraits using watercolors can be a tedious task. It requires a lot of effort, and precision detailing. However, if you’re interested in doing something similar, and are confident in your skills, you can try out this amazing watercolor painting tutorial where you’ll get to learn the process for painting a realistic Golden Retriever. The artist in this tutorial makes the whole painting process look quite easy. But you should know that it’s actually a bit more difficult than that, and hence, you need to be up for the challenge.

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A Mind-blowing Pencil sketch of a Dog

A Mind-blowing Pencil sketch of a Dog

Learn how you can bring a drawing to life with this amazing video tutorial. Here, you’ll learn how to put your sketching skills to good use as you draw a lifelike portrait of a beautiful dog. The artwork starts off with a few simple shapes and pencil strokes. This is later transformed into the sketch you see below, by adding more lines here and there. The texture is quite smooth, which helps elevate the details in the drawing. All in all, this is one fine tutorial for those who’re looking to hone their drawing and sketching skills.

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Gorgeous Acrylic painting of an Adorable Puppy

Gorgeous Acrylic painting of an Adorable Puppy

In this amazing video tutorial by Lauren, you’ll get to see how to create a lifelike portrait of an adorable puppy. Lauren’s brilliant use of acrylics, as well as her accurate level of detailing is what makes this painting so amazing. If you want to paint something in a similar manner, don’t worry. Lauren does a fine job in explaining her entire process to you in this tutorial of hers. If you’ve some experience with acrylic painting or portrait studies, you’ll be able to do a fine job just by watching this tutorial a couple of times.

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The Navarro-Rubios

My husband and I are learning how to draw and paint. We wanted to share this learning process with the world and have fun! That's why we created this blog. We'll have drawing contests every week and you'll decide who won that week! Follow along and learn with us!

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Jimena & Iñigo

The Navarro-Rubios

My husband and I are learning how to draw and paint. We wanted to share this learning process with the world and have fun! That's why we created this blog. We'll have drawing contests every week and you'll decide who won that week! Follow along and learn with us!

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