How to draw realistic BROWN FUR with colored pencil | Step by step tutorial

How to draw realistic brown fur in colored pencil! Today I'm showing you my step by step technique for layering brown fur in this tutorial. Art lessons and tutorials:
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I am Leontine, an artist from the Netherlands. I specialize in traditional, custom pet portraits but i also love experimenting with new media. On my channel you can find some digital art, traditional drawings and drawing tutorials.

[@Leontinevanvliet]

If you have any questions let me know! Real time tutorials are available on www.patreon.com/LeontinevanVliet now:)

[@jjtsmom]

beautiful work. I would be interested in your techniques and tips for rendering the texture of a dog's nose. Thanks!

[@Gonchan989]

I love your works! How many hours did you spend on finishing this one?

[@caseyrobinette805]

What kind of colored pencils do you use

[@deejay2838]

This dog is stunning! Your work on detail amazes me! Thank you for this tutorial...it helps. I am working in Colour Pencil too, I would like to see more tutorials on blurry backgrounds like further away trees,grasses forground ,middle and background of a single piece. I am doing a moose right now, and it has 3 diff substrates in its pic, including wheat grass. Thanks Leontine!

[@daniellap8939]

Just use pan Pastels for that

[@ozarkarts]

Thank you for an amazing demonstration! You skill using different colors to get a desired effect is very interesting and probably comes with a lot of experience. For example, using purple the way you do - that is a color I would never have even considered using. Your talent is inspiring!

[@ritageorge2348]

Absolutely beautiful. What an amazing artist you are. What I wouldn’t give to draw like this. Well done and thank you for your fur tutorials too, they are the best.

[@edianaventrice31]

This portrait is stunning. Amazing work. He is beautiful

[@draw2night]

Very useful tutorial! Beautiful drawing! Thanks for sharing!👍👍👍

[@donszabo7558]

Absolutely love this! I'm far from getting that effect but this gives me a map to follow. Thank You!

[@Star-eyes7]

Just amazing! So many amazing artists out there! I wish my stuff was as good x

[@gs-nc3cx]

Me: I'm gonna draw some dogs Also Me: Nevermind

[@evak8210]

Just amazing work , what talent and patience you have ! I appreciate you are not using chemicals for blending good for you, smart girl too! ;-)

[@danaesquires7571]

Thank you for this. I'm just beginning my coloured pencil journey and you are so instructive

[@vitamincalmasmr]

WOW this drawing is so realistic that almost waiting for the dog to blink or move. What an amazingly talented artist you are 💕

[@georgebarbier8820]

Great, fantastic, AMAZING work ‼️❣️❣️

[@viktorlafontaine6222]

I really enjoy every work that you do. It was entertaining and informative. Good lesson.

[@ermymarini6676]

Que perfeição! Parabéns!

[@wilsonn55]

I'm Brazilian, I really admire your work, each painting more beautiful than others

[@morningstar815]

Thank you! I love ur guide also it's very helpful❤

[@PastelArtwithRitaGinsberg]

You certainly have master color pencils in your dog portrait! I enjoyed watching your demonstration and helpful narration.

[@deborahmorris3636]

Really looks good

[@claritzairosario68]

I Love it!! 💕 I like to see how you do a little short hair fur. Leontine! you are a great Artist!

[@lenacraib1549]

Thank you for sharing your hard work, this is very helpful. ❤

[@narcovice]

beautiful portrait so real

[@davidbathe4108]

WOW!

[@darlenedybas9706]

He looks like my English Springer Spaniel …beautiful!

[@tomtop82]

Wow, so nice! Thats really awesome your Work 👌👏😊👍

[@melaniecharlton7121]

Fantastic,so talented!

[@kristentravis6784]

This is an exact match to my own dog! You have inspired me to give this a try! Thank You!

[@amygonzalez8434]

Amazing vids 👌🤩 ...thanks for the tutorial 💕🙏

[@muttsluv47]

I actually needed this today Thank you

[@marymeyer7400]

That is a great dog! I have never really tried drawing with colored pencils, i normally do graphite drawings. This video has made me consider colored pencils.

[@APOLLOGB]

Excellent tutorial, great drawing of my favourite dog breed, keep the videos coming...

[@SuhArtistry]

So beautiful!! I love dogs!! 🐕

[@freyaforestmusic]

Very impressive I love your work 🥰

[@ich_6275]

This is so gooooood, thanks for the Inspiration!

[@Leontinevanvliet]

You're welcome!:)

[@longhuynh6111]

So Good

[@shamsart]

Amazing

[@thirteenwolfies]

Prachtig! Je hebt echt een talent!

[@jeffdeluca1153]

Leontine! Watching your detail unfold is nothing short of amazing talent! How long has it taken you to get to this point? Beautiful realism! I thought it was a photograph initially!

[@johanest-onge4966]

SO SO SO beautiful!!! I am amazed by your work Leontine!!! SO cool to have you to show us things you mastered, so generous of you. There are things that are difficult for me to get. For exemple to firuge out wich colors to use underneet. LIke when you use purples and pink!!! It's all beautiful when you finish and you must know why you use these colors, but for me it's hard to figure out which color to use apart from the obvious ones and why... I know great color pencils artist all do that... But for me it's still hard to figure out exactly why and which ones to use when am by myself with a drawing. Maybe it's something you could do a video on (even if you already give us tips during the videos you shared). Maybe explaining even further the reasons why and more tips, and tips on how to see wich colors it would be good to use for different drawing situations. Thanks for everything. Very grateful to have discover you.

[@lindsey6964]

This is so good! Your concept with fur is amazing.

[@Leontinevanvliet]

Thank you!:)

[@lindsey6964]

@@Leontinevanvliet you're welcome!

[@longhuynh6111]

Good

[@angelacollinge4735]

I over this dog it is so realistic you just wait for him to blink! Thank you for this very informative video.

[@kaushikchakraborty4836]

Nice art

[@PinkMonsterz]

I reallg enjoyed this! Great work! I'm just learning how to do pet portraits and I use Prismacolors. I'm really struggling wity picking colors and how to exactly draw the hair. Maybe you could do a video about picking specific colors for drawings?

[@jokeuijtdeboogaardt7804]

Wat a beautyfull animal portret, i AM a porcelain painter and like toch Paint animal portrats too and find it very helpfull to see how you draw the fur/Hair directions of dogs. Thanks

[@Maria_Lourdes]

❤❤❤

[@reinamolki5484]

Thank you for inspiring me !

[@Leontinevanvliet]

Thank YOU for watching!😁

[@longhuynh6111]

Not Bad.

[@sujatha6267]

Wwwooowwwww it look ths same as left!!

[@meganzagurskas3527]

Amazing, this definitely helped. But could you please do a tutorial on curly/wavy fur, I have a labredoodle and can't draw her style of fur?

[@JXMfrequent]

Fabulous. What is that plastic shield you’re using to prevent smudges?

[@natureandwildlife22]

I would love a cheetah, I have been doing a portrait on and off for over a year and can't get it to look right, have used too many layers and don't know how to get the values right, the fur is too dark but that doesn't matter I have done a good job with the eyes, nose and mouth but can't get the fur to look real x

[@Hobbyklets-met-Willy]

Hallo Leontien, wat een mooie tekeningen maak je. Ik doe op het moment nog veel met gewoon potlood. Maar ik zou best graag met kleurpotlood aan de slag willen en je dan gaan volgen op je patreon pagina. Ik volg nu al Smoothie 77 en Kirsten Partridge. Maar welke kleurpotloden kan ik me dan het beste aanschaffen. Ik wil graag meteen goede kopen, want het zijn dure aanschaffingen. Kun jij mij hier een eerlijk advies ingeven. Hoe hoe groot de doos moet zijn, want ik zie daar zoveel verschillende aantallen in. Alvast bedankt.

[@kristelscheepers193]

Prachtig! Ik teken zelf tot nu toe alleen met pastel. Maar wil graag leren met kleurpotloden te tekenen. Kun je op dit papier ook Zest-it gebruiken?

[@chloebartz6730]

On the strands of hair that go over into the face, how do you keep them from getting covered when you do the face? Do you use an embossing tool? Also, how do you get those white hairs on his lips where its pinkish and the stray white hairs up on his forehead? I'm doing my fist commission and the dog has white hairs like that by his mouth. Thank you!

[@saetainlatin]

I would like to see how to color realistic reptile/amphibian skin such as frogs and serpents. Great tutorial

[@joseantonioplaza8596]

Draw a yorkshire terrier with pale fur colours, please

[@Sam-bf2ih]

So beautifully talented! I have watched lots of your videos and they help so much, thank you! What sketch pad, gsm/grain do you use for Polychromos?

[@Leontinevanvliet]

Thank you!! I use canson 1557, 180gsm for both colored pencil and graphite drawings:)

[@kevinlittlewood7244]

Do you have a video of that gorgeous transition from white to brown on the dogs head?

[@matthewkane1417]

I was going to join your patreon specifically to learn how to draw this dog because you said the full tutorial for the eye and the ear are available on patreon, but I don't see them. Which tier are they listed under?

[@leontinajarai7138]

🥰Iubesc lucrarile tale!😍👋

[@emilyerdbeere9210]

Hallo Leontine! I love your videos. So nice ❤️ wonderful tips. How did you draw the whiskers?

[@Leontinevanvliet]

Thank you! I used an indenting tool for the whiskers:)

[@yoniverbugt7075]

It is an amazing commission yet again! I love the tutorial and tips, they’re really useful! How do you pick the colors, like the indigo and purple in this drawing for example,for your drawings? Lots of love!

[@Leontinevanvliet]

Thank you so much! I taught myself to see every single color in a photo, and with a lot of practice and experience I started to see the actual color names as well. The blue I use if there's a cold hue in the fur. It tones down the brown. The purple on the other side, enhances the vibrant brown tone. I basically choose my colors based on what I have already experienced and on intuition as well:)

[@longhuynh6111]

Amazing.

[@faithetheredge1066]

How do you burnish while still being able to layer on top and how do you make it so glossy?? It's beautiful by the way 😍

[@Leontinevanvliet]

I don't push that hard when burnishing for the first time.Then I can still layer on top. After adding many layers and burnishing several times it does get to a point of the paper being saturated though:)

[@katyai.2369]

How do you do the whiskers and keep them sooo white!?

[@janmay6455]

Wonderful tutorial! Because the Polychromos are oil based, do you have any issues with blending with the Caran D'Ache white? I AM GOING TO JOIN YOUR patreon page at the start of next month xx

[@hyukiru]

leontine can i know how you sharpener you'r colour and pastel pencil? i know you use a derwent super point sharpener bit long ago you say that ys broke and that non going to sharpen you'r pastel pencil. but you not say how you stil sharpen you'r colour pencil... can you answer me plese? thanks

[@mrwuang8638]

That is amazing.. Can you do a video about dog noses with colored pencils?

[@Leontinevanvliet]

Yep definitely!:)

[@lynnemarais]

What paper did you use? Hot press watercolour?

[@natureandwildlife22]

I love all your videos, this is very beautiful and informative, can you also do wild animals please?

[@Leontinevanvliet]

Do you have a suggestion for a specific animal?:)

[@natureandwildlife22]

I would love a cheetah, I have been doing a portrait on and off for over a year and can't get it to look right, have used too many layers and don't know how to get the values right, the fur is too dark but that doesn't matter I have done a good job with the eyes, nose and mouth but can't get the fur to look real x

[@poyintong4240]

can you show how to draw a beautiful peace poster？please？THANK YOU！

[@fncz1379]

Hey eh, my greatest problem starts when I draw eyes... I want to ask you, would u be able to do a tutorial about how to draw similar face sides, like two same eyes... I always make one eye bigger or lighter than other one xD heh, just need some improvement, do I? :3

[@lenacraib1549]

I am the same, I struggle with eyes aswell. 😔❤

[@jokeuijtdeboogaardt7804]

Do you have a tutorial of a Maltese dog?

[@the_big_bang_artist256]

id really like you to make alot more dog turtorials like the eyes , nose , fur around the eyes and stuff cause id really like to know how to draw dogs mostly

[@Leontinevanvliet]

Yep I have lots more planned!:D

[@longhuynh6111]

Yep

[@jasonfella265]

Is there another video showing how you did the fur on his head? That's what I really want to see

[@Leontinevanvliet]

Not for this one! It was a commission so I just filmed parts of it:)

[@davehenney2862]

What colours are the indie visual pencils in this video, there is nothing written under the "materials I use" link below the video.

[@russellwickham8709]

How do you know what colors to choose

[@yongchae3001]

Hi;) Can I watch this tutorial from start to finish on your patreon page with reference photo..?

[@Leontinevanvliet]

Yep! All in real time:)

[@longhuynh6111]

Nice Draw. Cool. Please,Draw Tintin and Snowy from The Adventures Of Tintin Movie(2011). Draw a Centrosaurus. Drawing Spinosaurus from Jurassic Park 3.

[@Lilybubbles1]

Hi, is this tutorial on your Patreon please?

[@Ramprasath_]

1st comment😍😍😍

[@commanderwolffe737]

I wish I was that good I’m so bad at drawing

[@joycejardine5796]

do you have a tutorial for this spaniel done in watercolour?

[@Leontinevanvliet]

Unfortunately I don't work in watercolours!

[@sujatha6267]

Is the dog a print or painting?

[@magdacavuquila3263]

Sujatha Radhakrishnan a drawing

[@aalbaa4169]

Pleas,can do you draw in your next vedeo a realistic Husky

[@thechampion9525]

if I did this dog in pastels it's the same technique ?

[@Leontinevanvliet]

No with pastels you usually work from dark to light. So starting off with a dark brown base layer and adding the lighter strands on top:)

[@thechampion9525]

@@Leontinevanvliet thanks !

[@longhuynh6111]

Amazing Dog

[@muttsluv47]

I was wondering if you still do commissions. We just had to put our puppy down and I would love a portrait of him.

[@Leontinevanvliet]

Oh no I'm so sorry! Yes I am taking commissions for 2019 now. Info can be found on www.leontinevanvliet.com 😊

[@muttsluv47]

Leontine van vliet Thank you I will look into it

[@Kevin-sw9mw]

Are you dutch? (Ik ben ook nederlands)

[@Leontinevanvliet]

Ja ben ik!:)

[@drmuks]

how to draw nose and eye of a dog ? any video on that ?

[@Leontinevanvliet]

Yes I do! You should find them if you scrool through my pet portraits playlist

[@jaydee177]

By burnishing with the CD white pencil aren’t you in danger of depleting the tooth of the paper especially after having added so many previous layers of colour beneath it, leaving your final (and very critical) layer to not take on the burnished paper??

[@Leontinevanvliet]

That can happen yes, if the pressure on the pencil is too high. I keep the pressure light, even when burnishing for the first time. That allows me to add another layer and even burnish a second time if necessary. Of course it does depend on the paper type as well:)

[@longhuynh6111]

Cool

[@jamesmccarthy7682]

how much did you charge for this piece of work?

[@Leontinevanvliet]

Ohh actually I'm not sure anymore! I think around $350 :)

[@patrickoconnor168]

It is a great coloring it is springer spaniel not a Dutch retriever

[@Leontinevanvliet]

It is a 'Drentse patrijs' , which is a Dutch dog breed. Looks very much like a springer:)

[@aalbaa4169]

Please!!!!!!!

[@kevinlittlewood7244]

Very talented. Maybe you could sell individual tutorials as well as your Patreon? Another avenue for revenue ( wasn't mean't to rhyme honest )

[@Leontinevanvliet]

Thanks! I do actually. Though I don't have many tutorials on there yet: leontinevanvliet.teachable.com/

[@silvioassali4153]

please paper ?

[@estherloveschickens9075]

Springer spaniel?

[@estherloveschickens9075]

Oof nevermind lol

[@goofygoober3144]

I’m struggling with everything

[@aalbaa4169]

Hello

[@Leontinevanvliet]

Hi!

[@shirleymalar304]

I just found your channel and I love your colored pencil animals! I think your Patreon channel would be a good one for me to get some good instruction on colored pencil techniques, however, I need to know if you have background music on your Patreon videos. I watched the White Fur on White Paper video and I was so mesmerized with watching and then I went to the Brown Fur right ear video and I found myself struggling to hear what you were saying and getting very irritated because the music was competing with your voice as they were about the same level of sound. Just so you know, as people get older they have trouble separating noises, such as the conversation from the music or more than one voice at a time. This is something I wasn't aware of until fairly recently (as I'm now getting up there in years) and it is very frustrating to desperately try to hear important information thru the background noise that you are trying to drown out. I was surprised to hear from many other people that they have the same problem. I also found out that it is not only older people, but that a lot of the people who had difficulty were 'right brained'. Interesting, since those are the more artistic types. Before I subscribe to your Patreon channel I just wanted to ask so I don't have to immediately unsubscribe. You do such wonderful fur, noses, eyes, etc. that I know I could learn so much from you. Please don't be offended. I am just asking for myself and not suggesting there is anything negative about your channel for the majority of your subscribers.

[@Leontinevanvliet]

Hey shirley! Sorry fo my late response. No there is no music on my Patreon videos for that very reason. It can be annoying when you want to follow along with what I'm saying, so no music at all on there!

[@atomicallyastro9482]

Uhhh. You have the same surname as my mother...

[@Krie_.O]

I wish you can Show us how to draw the dog first 😤

[@Leontinevanvliet]

I have tutorials about freehanding here on youtube as well. You can apply the same techniques to all subjects.

[@bailey5441]

I’ve been offered £100 to draw someone’s dog bu I’ve only ever drawn humans 👁👄👁

[@lunaahamed5329]

Will you draw an anime girl please!!!!??🙇