How to draw short white fur on white paper in pastels | White Poodle drawing

[@MastiffMike1]

I don't do art, but I'm a sucker for any dog art videos! Thanks!

[@zaratomsart]

Thank you! 🥰

[@whiskersartstudio5968]

Thanks this is very helpful!!

[@zaratomsart]

Pleased to hear that =)

[@JackieGreener]

I love your tutorials am just starting my dogs portrait she has a white area on her nose so just seeing how you shadow and shape the depth it’s going ok I think! I would like to send a picture to you of my progress so far, but can’t see how to do it on here. 😊

[@fuzzydragons]

so soft looking😀 so many people dont realize white fur is not 'white', it can be so many colours

[@zaratomsart]

100%. Its all about the subtle colours and tonal variations

[@amyspetpawtraits4184]

Thank you for this video, I really appreciate the tips! I was wondering, will you put a timelapse of the full dog here on youtube? I think this is a beautiful drawing and seeing it all come together in a timelapse would be lovely. 😁💜

[@zaratomsart]

Eventually yeah =). I still have a little bit to do on this but the time lapse version should be up on KZbin at some point in August.

[@amyspetpawtraits4184]

@@zaratomsart That is great to hear! I love all your videos and never miss a single one 😁

[@zaratomsart]

@@amyspetpawtraits4184 ah yay! That makes me happy. Thank you 🥰

[@anna-ty6ox]

Thank you , lovely work . I watch your videos all the time . You have really helped me improve my drawing . Maybe one day I just might be half as good as you ! :)

[@zaratomsart]

Thank you so much thats really kind 🥰. I'm pleased to hear the videos are helpful =)

[@mrbahadur19]

It's amazing 🤩 I try to upload this kind of video but i only upload vlogs ☺️😊

[@nfakhgd]

I love your work. Will these techniques work will color pencil?

[@zaratomsart]

Thank you, thata really kind ❤. I used to work in colour pencil before switching to pastels. I would use a slightly different layering approach as colour pencils are tricky layering light over dark. So I'd always be leaving the white of the paper showing of the brighter curls and then build up similarly as shown here with adding the subtle darker shades ontop =). But I'd definitely be putting white down first in the lighter areas of fur or leaving the white of the paper free.

[@haleybrown2836]

you may be interested in Jane Maday's book Draw Baby Animals where she uses pastel as a base layer and finished with colored pencil.

[@zaratomsart]

@@haleybrown2836 colour pencil and pastels can work really well together. Beautiful art can vs created but I personally dont like that in some cases you can see that colour pencil has been used because its shinier than pastels. Pastels can then struggle to grip ontop of the slicker colour pencil layer but a PanPastel base and then colour pencils ontop can work really well 😍

[@haleybrown2836]

@@zaratomsart Thank you for your response. Your work is definitely aw inspiring.

[@zaratomsart]

@@haleybrown2836 so kind, thank you ❤.