How to draw a beagle begging

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Biscuit's guides

Biscuit begs at a sausage stall. Start light: an oval for his head, a tall oval leaning back under it for his body, and a circle out of its bottom right for the haunch.

Draw these lightly: they’re only there to help, and you’ll rub them out in step 47.

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Biscuit's ear, leg and tail guides

An oval behind his head for the ear. A line from the body's middle down past its left edge for the raised leg, and a curve from his rump up for the tail.

Draw these lightly: they’re only there to help, and you’ll rub them out in step 47.

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Biscuit's head

Now the real lines. From the top of the ear oval, one curve over his head, down into the dip between his eyes and along the top of his muzzle.

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Biscuit's long ear

His long ear, over its oval: from his head, down its front, round the bottom, up the back to his head. Then one line inside for its fold, from the top down.

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Biscuit's nose

At the tip of his muzzle, his big nose: one loop from its top, round the right and back up its front. Then a teardrop nostril at each side.

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Biscuit's muzzle and mouth

From the nose, down round his lip to the chin, with a tick at its corner. Then a line from between the nostrils down, his mouth back to its dark corner, and his jaw.

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Biscuit's eye on the right

His eye on the right, just above the middle of the head oval: an almond from its left corner. Then the iris, under the top lid, and a glint ring at its top.

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Biscuit's eye on the left

His other eye is just its dark iris: from the head line, one curve over and round its right side, back to it. A short line up from its corner, then a glint ring.

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Biscuit's brows

By the eye on the right, a curve down past its top right corner and a short mark over it, and a dash under that eye. Then a tiny tick over the other eye.

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Biscuit's cheek

One long curve from the top of his head, down between his eyes to his mouth.

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Biscuit's far ear

Under his chin, the tip of his other ear: from the chin, down round its rounded end and back up under the jaw.

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Biscuit's chest

From under the far ear, the front of his neck and chest: one line down just outside the left edge of the body oval, bulging out a little, to a third of the way down.

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Biscuit's back

From under his long ear, one line down the back of his neck and his back, round the right of the body oval to the bottom of the haunch circle.

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Biscuit's front leg nearest you

His raised front leg, on its line: from above the elbow, down round it, under to the paw, round the toes, up to his chest. Then three toe lines, and one at his chest.

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Biscuit's far front leg

His other front leg peeks out on the left: from under the first paw, round its toes and up to his chest. Then two toe lines, two lines down its edge by the first leg.

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Biscuit's haunch

On the haunch circle: a curve over its top. Then two lines from low inside it, sloping down to the right, for the back leg folded under him.

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Biscuit's back foot nearest you

His back foot nearest you lies flat: from the heel, under the foot to its toes, then back along its top to the leg. A short line at the heel, two toe lines.

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Biscuit's far back leg

The far back leg: from beside the near foot, under the far foot, round its toes and up its front to his raised paws. Then a line down to the haunch, and two toe lines.

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Biscuit's tail

His tail curls up along its guide: from his rump, out round the outside of the curve to the pointed tip, then back down the inside and along under to his rump.

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Fur on Biscuit's long ear

Fine fur in his long ear, each stroke from its top: seven down beside the fold, five down the middle of the ear, then ten along its back edge, top to bottom.

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Fur under Biscuit's chin

Under his chin, three short strokes in the tip of his far ear, left to right. Then fine fur lines down his throat: four of them, left to right, the first two long.

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The edge of Biscuit's saddle

His brown saddle has a soft edge of short strokes: eight from under his long ear along to the left, then a longer one down. Then lower, just inside his back line, five more down.

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Fur on Biscuit's chest

Fur on his chest: two strokes down its front edge, from the top. Then two lines across its middle from the left, three strokes to the right of them, and one above the raised leg.

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Fur on Biscuit's legs

Short fur strokes on his front legs: two on the far paw, one on the near leg. Then eight down his belly behind the leg, from the elbow to the haunch.

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Biscuit's thigh patch

The same soft edge on his haunch: nine short strokes down the upper right of the haunch circle, along its edge, and one line under them on the left.

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Fur on Biscuit's haunch

Down the front of his haunch, four short strokes for a soft edge, and one more to their left. Then one curve down inside the haunch, and three short strokes to the folded leg.

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Where Biscuit's tail turns white

About halfway up his tail, where the brown ends and the white tip begins: four short strokes across it, left to right.

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The awning's rail

Now the stall: the awning's rail, from just short of Biscuit's nose and a little higher than his head, leftwards about half as far as he is tall.

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The awning's stripes

Five stripes slant up from the rail, left to right. Then a loop down round its right end that runs on up as the last stripe.

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The awning's flaps

Under the rail, the awning's wavy edge: four rounded flaps, left to right, each one curve from the rail down and back up.

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The pie

Well below the first flap, a pie, its bottom level with the end of his chest line: its outline, then two wavy lines across it for the crimped edge, and two little marks on top.

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The loaf

Beside it a loaf: its rounded back, its cut end facing you, a line on its side, then three slashes on top.

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The counter

They sit on the counter: its back edge in three short pieces, left to right. Its front edge from the right, then from there round its thick end and under it, and ten boards below.

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The post

The post: its left edge from the loaf to the flaps, a line beside it to the counter. Its right side goes up, bending out at the top, then a short line above the bend.

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The bracket

At the top of the post, the bracket: a V, down to the post and back up, and a short line inside it.

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Grain on the post

Grain down the post, each line from its top: two down its left side, then three down its right.

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The sausages

Two sausages droop under the flaps: from beside the post, one line over the right one, through the twist and under the left one. Then one from the first flap's tip, back the other way.

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The hanging sausages

From under the bracket, a string of sausages hangs beside the post: one loop down its right side, round the bottom and back up. Then a short line at its top twist.

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The top of the crate

Below the counter, on the left, a crate of apples: its top edge, from the left corner down a little to the near corner and up off to the right. Then the rim inside it.

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The end of the crate

Its end: round its bottom board, down its corner, the short edge at the top left, then the board lines above, top to bottom; one runs on up its left side.

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The front of the crate

Then its front, wider, running off to the right: from its top right corner, the lines between its boards, top to bottom.

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The apples in front

Four apples sit along the crate's top edge. One at a time, left to right: the top of each one's round (the crate hides the rest), then its little dip and stalk.

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The apples behind

Then four more peeking over them from behind, left to right: each outline, then its dip and stalk. The second has a leaf, and the last shows no dip.

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Wood grain

Last on the crate, light grain lines along the boards: nine on the end, top to bottom, then twelve on the front, board by board, left to right.

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Cobbles by the crate

The cobbles, wobbly rounded shapes: a ground line left of the crate, then the stones between the crate and Biscuit's paws, left to right.

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Cobbles round Biscuit

Then the stones under his back feet and round his tail, smaller towards the back.

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Erase the guides

Rub out the ovals and guide lines. Biscuit and the stall stay.

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Go over Biscuit's head

Press harder round Biscuit: down the front of his long ear, round it and over his head to the nose. Then down his lip, along his jaw, and round the far ear under his chin.

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Go over Biscuit's chest

Then down the front of his neck and chest, from under the far ear.

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Go over Biscuit's front legs

Round the far front leg from where it meets his chest, then round the front leg he holds up, and the short line at his chest.

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Go over Biscuit's back and tail

Then down his back and round his tail. Leave the stall light, so Biscuit is the boldest thing on the page.

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Go over Biscuit's haunch

Then the curve over his haunch, from the left, and the lines of the back leg folded under him.

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Go over Biscuit's back feet

Last, the back feet: the short line at the near heel and round the near foot, then round the far foot and up to the front paw, and a line back down from under it.

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Shading Biscuit's head

Shading now, soft and even. A tone over the dark fur on top of his head and round the eye on the right, keeping his muzzle and the stripe down his face white.

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Shading Biscuit's ear

The same soft tone down his long ear. Keep it even, and let the fur strokes show through.

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Deep in Biscuit's ear

Press harder along the fold of the ear and in the shadow under it, where it hangs over his neck.

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Biscuit's saddle

The same soft tone over the saddle on his back, from his neck down to his shoulder, right up to the soft edge you drew. His white chest stays white.

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Down Biscuit's side

Carry it on down his side behind the front legs, with a touch in the shadow under the near paw.

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Biscuit's haunch

Then over the patch on his haunch, a little tone between his back legs and under the near back foot.

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Biscuit's tail

Tone along the tail, leaving the tip white, and a darker strip along its underside.

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Biscuit's shadow

And a small shadow on the cobbles between his back feet, so he sits on the ground.

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Shading the awning

Now the stall, kept light. A soft tone on every other stripe of the awning.

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Under the scallops

One more stripe, then tone under the scallops, a little darker in the corner on the left.

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Inside the stall

A light tone on the back of the stall, behind the sausages, so the pale sausages stand out against it.

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Down the back wall

Carry it on down, keeping it even and light: the stall is only the background.

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Down to the counter

And on down to the counter, round the pie and the loaf.

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The post and counter

Tone down the shadow side of the post and the loaf, and under the counter's edge.

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The crate's shadow

Last, a soft shadow on the ground beside the crate.

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The darks

Last of all, the darks: his black nose, leaving a spot of white at its top, then both pupils, each with its glint. Now he's looking right at the sausages.