Sketching is often a vital part of the process when drawing and painting, whether you sketch using graphite, ink or paint. In this class we'll practice sketching pet portraits, focusing on cats as our references *and one dog*.

We'll practice finding and rendering accurate proportions and create sketches that can then be used for something like watercolor portraits - which we'll be working on in my next class.

If you've already seen my other sketching classes, this may feel familiar - but repetition, as well as going back to the basics, is something that can benefit all of us.

In this class we'll;

Do a couple of warm up sketches
Have a look at measuring proportions
Do a few sketches from references
Have a look at an app that can help you when practicing
Play around with adding some shading using watercolor *optional*

You can also check out my class on portrait sketching. Some of the techniques are the same - though I've approached it differently. And you may find this class useful, if you'd like more in depth practice when it comes to using angles and shapes to render your subject.

Hope you'll join me for this class! :)

Lily Shedden

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