How to Draw Realistic Fur for Beginners

Hi guys , welcome to another video and I got a question for you .

Do you know how to draw realistic fur ?

If you're going to draw an animal ?

For example , can you make a realistic fur to the point of looking like a photo ?

I'm almost sure your answer was no but no problem because I started this week to gather the best guide on how to draw realistic fur for beginners .

So grab your materials and come to draw with me in the last video I showed you how to draw a nose with franco effect .

I'll leave the link in the description below .

And if you don't know me , I'm Lino .

I'm a graphite and colored pencil drawing specialist .

And I have helped so many people to learn realism from my online course in Brazil , which is the Realism Club and I'm bringing in an English version of this website soon .

And if you want more information , I'll leave the link in the description .

And before we start , don't forget to give this video a like and subscribe to the channel if you like this kind of video .

And if you enjoy this type of art , I will bring so much more other videos about realistic joints and I don't think you want to miss any new video , right ?

So that's it .

Let's get straight to the video to start .

I'm going to make a circle on this left side and a circle on the other side doing this .

I will have two examples to show you and you don't need to repeat the circles here .

Let's go to the dons version first And if you want to learn how to create perfect circle , I can go through in a bit more detail in another video , talking about tapes techniques and everything needed to create this type of circle for hand .

So let me know in the comments if you want it .

The first important thing to mention about fur is that beginners think we just need to create lines because if we do that , then we're going to have fur effect .

But no , it doesn't work .

Just create lines would not be enough .

Another important thing is that they usually draw each of those lines the same size that doesn't work either .

Each part has its own exposure because some are above orders and so on .

Another thing doesn't work as well that I see a lot on the internet is drawing lines connected simply back and forth .

And also another thing that I see that works , but it's not done that way across the lines where some go in one direction and others go in another direction crossing these lines .

This works .

But we need to plan first .

And actually planning is one of the main reasons why beginners can't create more beautiful and more elaborate drawings .

So let's get ready for me to show you how to do it the right way .

And the first thing we are going to do is to start working with a plan .

So I'll start to sketch parts that will be darker within the circle .

You just have to watch the video and repeat it on your paper .

And I'm going to do this because the darker parts of the fur are not all in the same depth , they are underneath layer .

There are layers above and exactly because of that , there are lighter and darker layers , the fur that are receiving more light and the ones that are receiving less light outlining darker parts , we know exactly where to shade and what's outside of the area .

We know it must be the light details and this is what we're going to get .

It's looking like a planet .

But remember that when you be doing an animal fur that will not have any circle around .

All you have done , I'll show you a thing .

All of these fur have some movement , we can already see that but its catch .

So they are not in a random way .

They have a path and we have to follow this path when drawing the fur and that's what we are going to do now , we will draw the flow until it looks like this .

But before if you struggle with creating graphite drawings or colored pencil drawings , and you are looking to improve your drawing skills .

I can teach you everything you need to know over on my online course called Realism Club there .

I will show all my techniques for shading painting with colored pencils , how to draw face , mouth , eyes , nose hair and fur drawings , some other effects and much more .

That's your opportunity to have art guidance to reach your full potential .

So why not give it a try ?

I'll leave the link to the Curse web page below in the description .

So let's get back to our drawing and now we will draw exactly within those areas that you have sketched .

Those are the top parts you just have to do lines inside .

You want to use a black pencil to shade and give contrast .

I'm using this one , which is the four B grade pencil .

Another important thing that can't be missed .

The toe is how sharp the pencil is .

It needs to be very , very sharp because you want to simulate firm .

So if you really want to get this effect , you need the line to be very precise and thin .

And at the point , the line needs to be very fine at the beginning .

And also at the end of the line , then you move the pencil by touching the tip of the pencil to the paper and moving up again in a single movement .

I'm going to do a little detail here which I didn't perceive at the beginning of catch and I'll fill it in as well .

The other tip to talk about is how you should follow the movement , the direction the fur is going in .

If you are looking at reference e made some lines are curved up or up to the right corner or up to the left corner , do it exactly as you say , because the third direction is essential to get the right effect .

And another important thing to say is that you do not need to draw exactly within the area that you've scattered in , you can do some fur lines going out of the outline shape .

Now that we have exactly the movement and the exact place where the darkest fur will be , we're going to make another layer over them to make it dark and give more contrast cool .

Once you have created the layer we needed , let's move on to creating the lightest fur between each of those dark sections , you just have to create the fur movement that matches the dark areas .

For example , if you connect two dark points where the first section is going to the left and the next clump of fur curves upwards , then you do the same between them .

So they connect .

Well , another thing is that I'm using a light pencil here .

If you're using the same dark pencil , press it slightly to keep his area brighter .

Nice .

Now I'm going to get the cut and , but to continue , let's move on to get the darker parts move .

Now look , the dark parts are smooth and on to have done that .

We're going to do the same thing with the light parts .

Oh , and one thing is he off the pressure of the cotton swab now good .

And one thing that usually happens when we use blending stamp or else the cut and swab is that the lines fade a litter .

So what we are going to do now we avail that we have to darken the dark areas even more and we will create the fur again from above .

So it will be more realistic and even more contrasted .

So let's create another layer over the dark areas and don't forget to keep the tip of your pencil very sharp .

I've applied the second layer on this dark area .

Now we'll move on to the light area , create a new layer as well .

But this time try to use a light pencil or an A to B pencil , for example .

All right , after doing that , now we'll apply the last layer using the cut and swap over the light details .

Remember to press lightly , we are only doing it to bring a layer and this f texture should not fade much .

Now we go to the main part which is to create the lightest fall on top of its own .

For this , I will use a tumble mono eraser .

So for that , we are going to move the tumble mono eraser exactly over the lighter part , just like we were using the pencil before .

Now , let's repeat the same process over the dark parts just like we did the lighter fur .

It's going to be more natural by the end to finish .

We are going to draw some more lines over the light of fur .

It will look more natural last details and it's finished .

And like I said over on my online curse , you can learn all of my techniques for realistic drawings with graphite and colored pencils .

So don't forget to take a look .

The link will be in the description .

So that's it guys .

I really hope you enjoyed .

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So that's it and I'll see you in the next video .

Bye .