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Easy How to Draw a Cute Puppy Tutorial

When young students are learning how make the shapes they want with their pencils, and turn them into something, they have a couple of options.

One is to "build" their drawing with squares, rectangles and circles, and not erase any of the lines that connect them. The look is kind of basic, but can certainly look fine with things like robots, buildings and so on.

The next option is to still start with the squares, rectangles and circle, but erase the lines that connect them, such as when legs connect to bodies, etc. The trick is that most young artists aren't in the habit of erasing as part of drawing, so they often forget to do this. Not terrible, but if they trace their drawing with a marker before they erase, they might start obsessing on getting their hands on some White Out, which could present other problems.

The final option is to have children draw very simple shapes that already have things like legs connecting to bodies. It's kind of like drawing a simple silhouette. This way tails and legs are attached, there's no need to erase anything, and the final drawing looks a bit more finished too.

Keep in mind there's no one right way when it comes to drawing, and what works with one many not be the ideal for the next. So whether you have a room full of eager students, or just one at home, you can test out some of these ideas. This puppy, for instance is an example of the last option I mentioned. It has a super simple silhouette that would be a good project for anyone just starting to work on their drawing skills.

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Materials for How to Draw a Cute Puppy

Pencil. The Ticonderoga brand are the most reliable, make nice dark lines when you need them, and are the easiest to erase. Buying the pre-sharpened ones will save busy teachers a lot of time.

Eraser. Large ones you can hold in your hand do a much better job than just the pencil tip erasers, especially when erasing leftover pencil lines after tracing.

Black Sharpie Marker. These fine point permanent marker pens make nice black outlines, have a good tip for coloring, and never bleed when they get wet. Use them with good ventilation and add extra paper underneath to protect your tables.

Prang Crayons. These are a bit softer than other crayons so they sometimes look like oil pastels. They also have a some nice brown shades that Crayola does not have unless you buy their larger boxes.

Crayola Crayons. The reliable brand that always works well. The 24 pack has some of my favorite golden orange and yellow colors that seem a bit richer and warmer than the ones Prang has.