Sketching Animals: How to Draw a Realistic Cat

[@EphygeniA]

Lol! I love when you say "if you're happy with it, you can completely ignore my advice" I'm literally rolling on the floor XD

[@ClaudiaSketches]

The style on the left isn't realistic, but it does use a lot of the simplifications that cartoon/illustrative styles use. Although it is a little tongue-in-cheek, I do still mean it ;) I don't want to offend anybody :P

[@EphygeniA]

I know ^_^ but I can't help it.. I'm still laughing!

[@MaZEEZaM]

The one on the left looks more like a cougar compared to the house cat on the right. Great critique 😊

[@avsecarts8723]

Great reminders to draw what I see and that value is more important than detail - excellent tutorial.

[@ClaudiaSketches]

Thank you very much for watching and commenting- glad you found it helpful! :)

[@CocoasArt]

Thank you so much

[@ClaudiaSketches]

You're very welcome! :)

[@linisdoingart]

Woah didnt think id find you here

[@HuffGLaDTem]

My art teacher assigned us to watch this! this will be super helpful for our next assignment

[@DreadSpawn1]

This is a great tutorial! I really like the comparison between the 2 styles and how you simplify not just how you do something but why. Thank you!

[@cuneytdogan6867]

I'm a beginner so i'm ok with the left side cat :) i must say u'r very nice and also gifted 🙏

[@manthasagittarius1]

Very impressive as a tutorial. The differences are clear between the two likenesses, but also somewhat subtle and hard to see for someone who is still going on the usual way human cognition operates: generalizations good enough to function, but not so invested in detail as to cost extra time or effort. You do a great job of identifying just what needs to be slowed down and seen again for accuracy over perceptive "efficiency." Sure goes some distance toward a genuine portrait likeness of someone's individual cat, too!

[@judith8161]

Haha, never mind those who think the left drawing looks more realistic. Let's be honest, we all are here because we drew our pets in accordance with what our left brain said when we really just should have let our right brain hemisphere do the job. Someone once told me that learning to draw is mostly about learning to SEE without INTERPRETING. When we are kids, we learn how to draw simplyfied prototypes of things, but that's like singing the main theme of a symphony: It won't ever sound like what you hear when the orchestra plays. I subscribed to you channel because I think you are doing a great job pointing out what are the most common mistakes. I didn't do most of them in my own attempt today, but I'll still use a lot of your advice to improve my own drawing, especially regarding the distance between the eyes, size of the ears etc. The difficulty for me is to create different hues and shades with my pencils, but I guess I'll just have to practise more. What I love about this video is that you don't go in with like 200 different tools (even though I bet you could have). I do have a couple of different pencils and a kneading eraser, but in other videos they use tools I never even heard the name of 😆.

[@kateshirley6698]

You are so good at drawing that even the not to do is good

[@devilsdontfly1339]

Okay, I can do this, I can totally draw this. *Trys to draw a circle and pencil runs off paper* SCREE

[@ansonhe2145]

OMG this is just so good and i would like more! and i am wondering if you can do a video explain how to put coloured in in more details? love ur tutorial!

[@ClaudiaSketches]

Anson He Thanks! Glad you like the video! Yes, I can add it to the list! Colouring is a huge topic on its own though so it may be broken down into more manageable topics and projects :)

[@ansonhe2145]

Oh god thank you very much are there any ways to support you?

[@ClaudiaSketches]

That's really very sweet of you! I have a Redbubble page where I sell things with my work printed on it, and I also sell commissions and originals of course. I also have a Patreon in the works but I'm still preparing rewards and things. You certainly don't have to support me directly financially though to be a brilliant help- just watching my videos, sharing them and following me on my social media would be awesome! :D

[@YourLocalArtblock7348]

Oh. My. God. This might be the best tutorial I’ve come across. Even if this was made a long time ago, I will never forget this!!!

[@carolinapalacios7982]

Great tutorial. This is so helpful to draw a realistic cat. I’m going to watch it two times to fully understand before attempting my drawing. Thank you

[@kidzplay5065]

Dude! This is an amazing tutorial! I’ve struggled with drawing cats for ages, but you have just changed it! I have an art channel, and my next video was supposed to be a cat, and I was worried to draw them, but I found your video and really enjoyed drawing mine now! You’ve earned yourself a sub!

[@ClaudiaSketches]

Thanks for watching and commenting! I'm glad you've found the tutorial helpful :)

[@kidzplay5065]

Claudia Sketches, You’re welcome. Will defiantly watch your vids again

[@xx9522]

They both look wonderful❤

[@ScribbleFix]

hey this is really good :D I learned a lot from this video :D

[@ClaudiaSketches]

Thank you- so pleased you found it useful! I plan on doing more like this soon!

[@ScribbleFix]

Claudia Sketches awesome 😁

[@keely3564]

This was very helpful ive been really struggling with the proportions of the eyes and muzzle. I already have a good understanding of values and the way light hits fur and gives it its shadows and highlights but for whatever reason proportions are the biggest issue for me as an artist and it always has been since i first started making art as a kid. Im going to try to think more critically about spacing now. Great video!

[@mangleshp]

Very informative and helpful.

[@jonathanvansilfhout1763]

I really love this drawing I'm good at drawing on its own I've drawn the cat it was nice to do it! But your cat is better! 🐱🐈

[@emilyp3557]

This is great information and food for thought. I'd love to see a Border Collie.

[@ClaudiaSketches]

Emily P Thank you,malady you liked it! I'll add it to the list :)

[@janelowe3933]

Excellent tutorial. Thank you 😊

[@sketchingwithscot]

good stuff, thanks!

[@ClaudiaSketches]

scotcampbellart You're welcome! Thank you very much for watching and commenting!

[@avalongworth3236]

( Yes I know this is old ) THANK👏🏻YOU👏🏻SO👏🏻MUCH👏🏻

[@kimreagor5777]

I like this video, very helpful, thank you

[@Lyssa72]

Thank you for this video! It has helped.I still can not get the size of the eye’s right though😭🤦‍♀️

[@ozlemdemir5404]

oh my gosh, this is so good! this video was so helpful because theres alot of techniques on how to draw it and it is so interesting, i was wondering if you could draw my cat, if not its all g ! :) xoxo

[@ClaudiaSketches]

Thank you :) If you'd like me to draw your cat I'm open for commission- you can find out more info over on my website: claudiasketches.wixsite.com/home/commissions

[@zeyan200]

thxs for the help i did not do so well but that is because im bad at art either way thxs for your help

[@daver.j6805]

thank you very much, very understandable English.

[@ClaudiaSketches]

Thank you very much! I'm glad you think so :)

[@aliencreation8744]

love your vids

[@ClaudiaSketches]

Chris Calverley Thank you so much, Chris! :D

[@hiro2201]

What pencil do you use? It looks interesting enough.

[@ClaudiaSketches]

I always keep a list of materials in the description box :)

[@jaydonelsam9455]

Thank you so much for making this video, it has realy helped!

[@ClaudiaSketches]

Glad it helped!

[@ledeni3686]

Hey Nice video i like cats a lot the right side cat is just so beatiful! you get a nice like from me :D

[@ClaudiaSketches]

Thank you very much! I'm a cat lover too! :D

[@ginasartcorner5686]

Great video! So much difference! Thats why its important to use reference if needed. Would you be interested in doing a Colab??

[@ClaudiaSketches]

I used the same reference for both drawings, but there was certainly a difference in how much I was studying the reference for each side! Right now Ive got videos recorded and planned for a while and have a collab in the works with a good friend of mine. It would also be nice to chat and get to know you a bit better before working together if that's ok? :)

[@ginasartcorner5686]

Oh I see, yeah you are right :D its really a difference how much you study something. Its like you see a lot of different things. Of course its okay :) Can´t wait to see whats comming on your channel

[@vanessamarella]

great video!!

[@ClaudiaSketches]

Vanessa Marella Thank you very much! :)

[@Zara-bu4el]

Love your art plz can you do a how to draw the angel falls from Venezuela.

[@ClaudiaSketches]

Thanks for your suggestion! I specialise in animals though so it's unlikely that I'll make a video about that. Happy to take in suggestions for animal tutorials though :)

[@kyranlla]

My brain : yes My eyes : yes My hand : no My pencil : heck no

[@dark_pheonix_gaming2475]

69th comment also this helps alot

[@ClaudiaSketches]

nice

[@chrisspiegel2183]

HoW aRe YoU sO gOoD

[@ClaudiaSketches]

Just comes down to practice! Thank you for the kind words :)

[@c4creativecorner513]

Me: looks at thumbnail Also me: looks at the “not this” section Also also me: You dare reject the look of oriental cats?

[@Isabel-ul9le]

fun fact: you can't breath while smiling (just joking, I only wanted you to smile!

[@gleicejohnson]

Legal

[@mackandmyla]

Well I don’t HAVE to do it that way

[@peipsols]

Unicorn girl no one said you did. This is just for people who want the help. If you didn’t want the help you shouldn’t of pressed on this video.

[@susanshew2373]

You shouldn't speed it up. . . makes it very difficult to follow and each kind should have been drawn separately.

[@ClaudiaSketches]

Here's the real time video kzbin.info/www/bejne/omS7qqaYmbydpcksi=Yb3rLsYGlSeRNAkv

[@patrickmanasco5905]

Speed I was fine with the music kinda loud tho

[@deedeeolivas3187]

there is no right way how to draw, you draw how YOU want to draw