How to draw curly dog fur (best technique for pastel pencils!)

Learn to draw curly fur in pastel pencils with this easy tutorial.

*Draw curly fur easily
*Draw realistic dog fur
*Use pastel pencils for fur

Materials used:
Clairefontaine pastelmat paper in brown
Faber Castel Pitt Pastel Pencils 182, 283, 270
Cretacolour pastel pencil Bister
Caran D'Ache Pastel Pencil
Faber Castell putty rubber

Find full length pastel pencil tutorials for beginners to advanced here:

Full photo credit to Ethan Richardson, photo can be downloaded here:

Faber Castell 199 - Black
Faber Castell 101 - White
Faber Castell 177 - Walnut Brown
Faber Castell 182 - Ochre Dark
Faber Castell 132 - Light Pink
Faber Castell 180 - Brown
Faber Castell 187 - Orange
Faber Castell 283 - Red Brown
Faber Castell 181 - Dark Grey
Faber Castell 273 - Mid Grey
Faber Castell 270 - Light Grey
Faber Castell 102 - Ivory

[maxineglass]

Thank you ! Drawing long curly hair is my struggle!😊

[sarahstevenson]

I’m finding your videos really helpful, thank you. The way you explain what you’re doing is incredibly clear and makes so much sense

[dovel]

Wow. Great demonstration. Very helpful thank you.

[bj-zfqc]

So great I'm studying technique s and yours is so clear. Thank you so much

[swastisachdev]

I've watched so many videos of other artists to grasp the basic understanding of using pastel pencils. But when I came across your videos, which is just an hour back, I understood way more than what I understood in a year!

My regret is why I didn't find your channel earlier! ❤❤❤

[NO-umhc]

Thank you!! I am using this for the first time and this is so helpful

[livartnow]

Thank you so much for sharing! Love your teaching style and your videos are very inspiring! Hugs and smiles, Linda

[natalieshantz]

Very helpful, very "painterly" instruction. You give principles I can follow in my own work across the board. Thank you very much.😊

[marie-suzannealtzinger]

Thank you so much - I've been struggling for ages to draw our Black Golden Doodle and getting nowhere, because I was doing exactly what you showed us not to do! 🐶

[gillinacook]

This is brilliant, it’s the first time I’ve ever seen curly fur, thank you for showing this. 😊 I’m going to give this ago and just do a tiny study like this. It should give me convenience doing a tiny study. Could you do a black curly fur study please? I know colours can be difficult for black. This is wonderful, I’m excited to try this ☺️

[HeikeSchein]

Vielen Dank, das hat mir wirklich sehr geholfen 😍😍

[susanbains]

This video has helped me so much thank you

[joyzeitelhack]

Thank you Emily for a great video instruction. I am just starting to draw my "red" poodle and your technique is just what I needed to see. I am wondering if you have tried doing the under layer with panpastels and if so how did it work. My project is larger and thought this might be an alternative. Would really appreciate your opinion, and also would love to see you do a darker color poodle fur video.

[Krookavan]

You stated that the ivory pencil is number 203, but then on screen it says 103 ?
Please can you tell us which number is correct for the ivory, this will be a big help, thanks.

[judycozon]

Emily cant seem to find your list of individual colors to use for animals, birds etc?

[alexanderwortham]

Can we see the finished portrait anywhere? I only see it in the thumbnail which is really small.

[Blubes]

How the he k did u do that? I tried follow u and mine ended up looking like a freakin orange tree 🙄 anyway, i struggle to get it to look soft! Just looks grainy. Using derwent pensils and pastel mat :/

[tom-lqdw]

what do you get when you mix a cocker-spaniel, a poodle and a ghost?...A "Cocker-Poodle-Boo!