Turn your words into a drawing lesson

1

Sketch the basic shapes

Lightly sketch a round head, floppy ears, oval body, legs, four oval paws and tail. Draw two crossing lines on the head; curve the horizontal one.

2

Draw the outline

Go over the edges with a firmer line. Add fluffy tufts on the ears, chest and tail, and toe lines on the paws. Keep the light lines for now.

3

Add the face

Draw two oval eyes along the curved line. Centre an oval nose below them, then add eyebrows, a mouth and tongue. Lightly mark ovals inside the legs.

4

Clean up and add details

Erase the crossing lines and the leg ovals. Add pupils with a small white spot, two lines for the stripe on the forehead, the smile lines and fluffy fur on the chest.

5

Colour the puppy evenly

No shading yet: golden fur; white stripe, muzzle, chest, paws and tail tip; pink tongue, black nose. Colour the rings around the black pupils brown; keep the white areas.

6

Add soft shadows

Shade the ears, under the head and along the sides with a darker gold. Add a soft grey shadow under the paws.