Feedback, please.....have had some, but need more. Have gotten some advice and trying to work the drawing a little more based on that.....and will post changes...see if it improves...advice is welcome and greatly appreciated.

Hi, looks like you're doing a great job so far, but I would make the eye a little larger or a little more rounded on the top of the eye and the nose looks like it needs to be angled just a bit as it is in the picture. That's a hard angle to draw, at least for me it is!! If you decide to change anything, please post again. Elizabeth

Well, It looks like the dogs head is tilted to veiwer's left more. The dogs chin looks to be a little too wide and it makes the muzzle (mouth, nose) look to small. Over all the coloring and shading are great on the picture. I am not good at critiqing but I have created and pinned a Critique Thread for others to see and help you on. Try posting the picture there and you may get more replies.

Awesome....thanks so much for the info......knew I had the head tilted wrong and should have stopped and kept working on it, cause from there things got out of proportion. I am happy with my improvements on shading....still a long way to go, but I am learning little things on each drawing....

Have another puppy I have to do ( to not be partial u understand...he'd be jealous)...but getting him to stand still for a picture is being difficult....very active little guy and dapple in coloring....be a little bigger challenge. Again, thank you so much everyone.

Here are a couple of tricks that I have been learning from other people.
First putting your drawing side by side,
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This allows you to do some comparing. Also take a ruler hold it to the inside corner of the (viewers)left eye, look at it vertical, then horizontal. Do this to both pictures and use several measuring points.

Second, posterizing your drawing helps to teach you to see where the shadows are and how dark they are. I gave it to you in colour and in black and white.
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Both of these thing are guides to help teach your brain how to "see" the drawing.

One thing I noticed is the neck is too wide, you will see this when you line up with the inside eye. The rest is pretty good, stronger shadows will help define his head.

Paulette

great ideas ....looking forward to the weekend....that's when I get some time to squirrel away and draw. The posterizing is great for the shadows and the head tilt and neck definitely got out of wack. Ruler is a great idea....guess I could even grid out the drawing....using clear plastic with grid to see where I am really off too....thanks for the ideas....admire your work so much and appreciate the time to give me some pointers.

I think you are doing very well in your shading and matching colors. I noticed that in your drawing the nose needs to be wider from top to bottom. If you look at the two pictures that Paulette posted you will probably see this. Also, look careful at the shadows. They will trick your eyes, or at least they give me a lot of trouble.

I also scan my reference photos and print them the same size as my drawing will be. Then I measure distances of features and compare angles to make sure I'm getting my composition correct before I do a lot of shading.

BRB.

You've had some great pointers here to help you in this drawing.

Drawing is so much about measurement and in this case the foreshortening may be throwing you a little.

Drop some straight lines from several main features in your reference photo and note where they intersect with other features. For example if you drop a line from the dog's right (our right) eye at the inner corner, it connect about a quarter way in on the dog's mouth. Try another line from the opposite eye and see how it aligns with the nose.

Keep checking your measurements to acheive a likeness. Use grids if you need to or trace an outline. Eyeballing it comes with practice, lots of practice, so keep drawing and keep proportions and measurements in mind and you'll do fine.

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I had started a gorilla...it was wrong and went back and started again....comments are a great help.....and GREATLY appreciated. His nose is still not right.... his eyes look dark in the upload but not on the original....any better tool to use to upload to correct this?

Very nice work on the gorilla. I used a grid to make a drawing of a dog a while ago, and it turned out to be one of the best drawings I've ever done.

PS your original drawing of the dog, though not perfect, is still pretty darn good.

Hi Sydme,
Your gorilla is looking pretty good. I saw the first one, which wasn't too bad. I think your moving in the right direction.
Paulette