Saturday, January 21, 2012

Drawing the German Shorthaired Pointer - Muzzle

For the most part the cheek area is put in with short vertical strokes.

It is an almost flat surface except at the bottom where it meets the lower jaw and curves slightly.

Once the cheek had been completed I marked in the muscle mass at the bottom of the jaw, the placement of the veins in the muzzle and the edge of the dark markings. Tracker is almost finished at this point.

The muscles in the lower jaw are given shape and the dark area of the muzzle it filled in using a mixture of straight and curved lines.

The small dots where the whiskers appear are darkened slightly and the shadow around them is given a little more definition.