HOW TO DRAW FUR IN PASTELS | 6 TOP TIPS FOR DRAWING FUR

6 TOP TIPS FOR DRAWING FUR IN PASTELS.
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Chapters
00:00 Tip 1 - Accurate outline
00:37 Tip 2 - A good base layer
02:03 Tip 3 - Fur direction
03:47 Tip 4 - Fur length & thickness
05:18 Tip 5 - Contrast & colour
08:12 Tip 6 - Working dark to light

The first 5 tips would also apply for painting fur with acrylics. Tip 6 would be slightly different in that I would still continue to work dark to light when working in acrylics. As we don't have any issues of filling the tooth like with paper based mediums there is no worry with not being able to work lighter if we did happen to make the base layer to dark. We can simply paint over it.
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Materials used:
I like to work on Pastelmat paper using a combination of Carbothello, Pitt, Derwent & Caran d'ache pastel pencils. All clips shown in this video are featured on my Patreon as slower tutorials with in depth voice over.
Reference photos from Pixabay or provided by clients