(upbeat music) - Hi, I'm Joe Wos and this is Cartoon Academy.
(upbeat music) Thanks for 'tooning' in.
(dog barking) Today, we're gonna learn about household pets by drawing one of my very favorites, a dog.
(upbeat music) When I was a little boy, I had a dog named Harry and he was the best dog in the world.
I'm gonna teach you how to draw my dog.
We're gonna start with the eyes.
We have the letter 'O' shape.
Right next to that, is the letter 'C' backwards Now for the pupils, the little dots on the eyes.
One and two.
For the nose, we're gonna take the letter 'P' and knock it over on its side.
It looks like this, line out, round and up.
And we're just gonna fill that in.
(upbeat music) From the middle base of the nose, draw a line coming in and up.
For the corner of the mouth, a capital letter 'E'.
Now from the base of the nose and to the side.
Note, most drawings are made up of basic lines, shapes, numbers, and letters, things you already know.
See how many different letters and numbers you can spot as we're drawing this.
Let's try this lower lip and neck.
We draw a line over and then a line down.
What number does that look like to you?
If you turn on the side, it looks like a number two.
We're gonna take that number two, and we're gonna turn it into a different number.
Stretched out number five.
Now for the front legs and paws, we come down, around and in.
There's another number five, up.
Right next to that, down, round and in.
Now, we go back up to the top of the head, we're at the head and the ears.
For a quarter of the way over on this side, we come up, around, down, a stretched out letter 'U' into a V. (soft music) You know, whenever Harry would hear a can opener going, he knew it was dinnertime.
So whenever he hear that can opener, his one ear would stick straight up like this.
So whenever I draw dogs, I always like to draw their ears sticking up.
For the eyebrows, we're gonna use equal sides.
Now let's go back down to the hind legs, the hind legs or back legs.
Start out as a number two and then become a number three.
For the back, we're gonna draw backwards letter 'S'.
Now we must add paws.
one, two, one, two.
Cartoons are lots of the ways we show emotion or how a character feels.
We show it through the facial expressions, with the eyes, eyebrows and the mouth.
But with animals, sometimes there are some other ways we can show how they feel.
For a dog who's very happy, maybe his tongue is sticking out, letter 'U' with a line down the middle, and he's wagging his tail.
We draw a letter V that's curved and two lines for motion.
(upbeat music) Let's add a bit more to our drawing.
Let's establish a bit more about the character and the setting by adding some props.
Props are something a character holds or uses or interacts with or sometimes just in the background that helps establish the scene, where our action is taking place and who the character is.
So think about the kinds of props or things that a dog might use.
Let's start with a dog bowl.
We're gonna draw a line up at an angle and then an oval on its side and then a line down at an angle and a curved line across.
Inside, we can just add some water.
Now you can name your dog whatever you want, but if you remember, my dog's name was Harry.
(soft music) What else do you think of when you think of a dog?
Maybe you've a dog bone.
(soft music) Maybe there's a rubber ball.
That's just a circle and I'm gonna put a star on it.
How about we give them a friend?
Let's get them a teddy bear.
For the teddy bear, we're gonna start with the nose.
We're gonna repeat that shape again for the eyes.
We just turn it vertically or up and down.
For the mouth, an upside down letter 'T' and then eyebrows, one, two.
For the head shape, it looks like a fuzzy hair.
To draw that texture just go back and forth with your pencil or pen, Hopefully I'm really drawing it.
Ears are letter 'C'.
'C', 'C', 'C' backwards, 'C' backwards.
Look!
Now most of the body is hidden behind you so you just draw the arms one, two, and then the rest of the body is sort of hidden back there.
Add two lines for paws and a little bit of the ground surface.
When you're all done, be sure and sign your name, take pride in your work.
That's my dog, Harry.
You know, if you have a household pet of your own, a dog, a cat or snake, whatever it is, a great way to practice drawing is to draw your pets.
Thanks for tuning in to Cartoon Academy.
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