Drawing Animal Portraits in Coloured Pencil

A masterclass in producing lifelike animals with colored pencils.

Domestic animals are an eternally popular subject for art, and present unique challenges to the artist. Lisa Ann Watkins has made a career of teaching her colored pencil techniques to capture character and realism in her art.

A section on materials covers colored pencils, watercolor pencils (wet and dry), and PanPastels.

A chapter on character shows how to capture the best reference photographs to work from; information on ana...