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The Drawing of Oscar

Materials List

• Canson A3 drawing paper – 220 GSM
• No. 2 and No. 6 paper tortillons
• Staedtler Mars Lumiograph Pencils – 2B, 4B and HB
• 2B Mechanical Pencil
• Soft white eraser
• White eraser pencil
• Tissues
• Tracing paper (for resting the drawing hand on)

“This photo is of my cat Oscar, who sometimes lies on my desk next to me while I work (and often lays on my work!). I took the photo using the High Definition setting on my smartphone’s camera. It is a good picture to use for a pet drawing as it is close up, has good contrast, and the fur is clear and detailed”, says artist Debra Land.

Step One

I begin by printing the original

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