During this course, students will be taught different techniques that will help them draw colored pencil animals realistically, and create an animal drawing using a photo as reference. The first three weeks of class we will be practicing how to draw different animal features. With provided example photos, the instructor will demonstrate her process for recreating the textures and values in her drawing. Then students will try to recreate the texture and values in the same way. We will look at and discuss the best way to draw different types of fur, hair, feathers, beaks, scales, and skin, eyes, and noses. In weeks 4-6 we will create our own animal drawings. Proportions are important to creating a realistic animal portrait. However, because the focus of my class is on drawing fur and other textures, we will save some time by creating our initial sketches with a grid method.

All live meetings are considered work time, and are a designated time to draw. The instructor will be in class to answer any questions and give guidance during live in class. Learners will be required to view a video before class starts that gives the instruction and demonstration for that week. This course requires several hours of homework each week.

Week 1: Fur and hair
Week 2: Feathers, beaks, scales, and skin.
Week 3: Eyes and noses
Week 4: Grid out portraits
week 5: Continue drawing
week 6: Background