1 First I establish the gesture line of the sitting dog with a curve that spans from the top of the head to the ground. Then I cross it with a curved horizontal line to mark the center of the chest. Along the vertical line, I add ovals and a circle for the head, muzzle, chest, and body; I also place an oval for the left hind leg.
2 Next I add the basic shapes of the folded ears and I roughly outline the body around the ovals, adding the front legs, paws, and tail.
3 Now I erase the initial guidelines for the body. Then I add sweeping, curved lines along the chest and body to suggest roundness. And I also add guidelines for the facial features, placing a line for the eyes about 1/3 of the way down the face and lines for the nose about 1/2-way down. Then I use straight strokes to mark the individual toes.
4 At this point, I place the facial features according to the guidelines. Then, following the curved guidelines created in step three, I add V-shaped marks over the chest to indicate the ruff, and I sketch in the first waves of the coat. Then I erase the initial gesture mark, along with any additional remaining guidelines.
5 Now I develop the texture of the coat, stroking in the direction of the fur growth. Notice that the hair on the face is short, growing outward and down from the nose and eyes. The lower front legs and paws also have short hair, which I suggest with quick hatch marks. The rest of the body has longer hair, so I convey this using flowing, wavy strokes of varying thicknesses. Finally I lightly blend the strokes by dragging a wedge-shaped kneaded eraser over them, following the curve and direction of the strokes as I drag.
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