Drawing: Animals in Colored Pencil

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Step One Using an HB pencil, I sketch an oval shape for the head and a smaller circle for the nose. Then I add the facial guidelines: a slightly curved vertical centerline and horizontal lines for the eyes and nostrils. Next I draw the ears, making the ear on the left slightly larger because the ear on the right is turned forward. Now I add the body, making it about 6 heads long; I also draw the legs and curved tail.

Step Two I refine and detail the shapes, adding the nostrils, mouth, and hooves. Then I indicate folds in the skin and add some ...