Step 2
Using your chamy towel you will blend graphite over most of the nose. This will smoothly blend the pencil. If you don’t know what a chamy towel is, they are the ones that you use to dry your car. They are incredible at blending smoothly over large areas. Now using the stylus we will indent the hair under and around the nose. If you don’t know what i’m talking about here you can read the tutorial that explains this technique here. 
The image on the left it shows the flow that hair has under a dog’s nose. This is the flow that we will be adding to our drawing with the stylus. If the indentations are random it will make the hair much natural looking. Overlap them and switch between long and short hair. I used the image above as reference for the hair. Just try to follow that flow for this drawing. Once you have indented the hair, run your progresso pencil over the lines that are to the right of the nose. The left side is will be hit by the light source. Light will be reflecting off this side so the hair so it will be mostly white. 
Running the pencil over the right side will reveal the indented lines. The image on the left shows a close up of the hair that is under the nose and you can see on the left side the hair that is being hit by the light. On this step you will also add the break that runs between the right and left nostril. These are like wrinkles that you have on your skin. These will serve as a guide for highlights that we will be adding later to give the drawing a bit more realism.
Step 3
We will now start to add texture to the nose. This type of texture is what gives it realism and its not that difficult to add it. Its all about using the pencil correctly. Let me show you something. 
Take your progresso pencil and barely run it over a separate sheet of paper. You will notice that it does not cover the paper completely because the paper is not completely smooth. This is a great way to start building texture. The image on the left shows what im talking about. Running the pencil lightly over the paper will give this rough effect. 
Now if you were to darken the dark areas and connect some areas with others. The image on the right shows what you can work up to just by lightly tapping your mechanical pencil over some areas. The image on the right is the same image on the left, except that i darkened some some ares that were left by the paper texture. You can see how you can build texture this way. The bottom area of the nose was created using this method. If you want the whole area to be darker, just blend the pencil with the color blender. By doing this you will darken the white areas. If after doing this you notice that the dark areas are not visible no more or are blended, just tap around those areas that you want dark with your mechanical pencil. Make sure that when you are tapping you are also blending into the surround area. How do you blend with tapping? well you just tap less on the areas that you want to blend. The closer together you tap the darker the area will look. This same texture was added on the left nostril.
Now the top of area of the nose was made by tapping with the kneaded eraser. Just make a pointy stub on the kneaded eraser and tap around, this will remove pencil off paper and it will leave those round highlights. Look at the reference image to see what we are trying to accomplish.
Step 4
On this step we will outline the spots that we made on the previous step. Remember that the right side will be darker because the light source is coming from the left side. To darken the spots just run over the area with your 2h pencil, this will evenly darken the lights and the darks. You can make as many of these spots as you like, and outline them. Don’t make the outline too dark or they will be too obvious. So basically keep tapping with kneaded eraser and outline. Once you get the hang of this technique you will see the potential that it has and that it can be used for other textures.
Step 5
From here on we will keep darkening the areas that have shadow, mostly the right side. Run 2h pencil over the areas that you want to darken, this will evenly cover those areas. If you want to add more texture you can use your progresso and lightly run over these areas. This will not only darken them but will also add texture. We will also begin to blend the hair below using the color blender. The technique here is to blend and run progresso pencil over. Keep repeating this until the hair is dark enough and you can still see the hair shadows. You can use the kneaded eraser to add highlights, a better explanation can be found on this tutorial “Drawing Realistic Hair“
Step 6
We will keep layering the pencil until we reach the darkness that we want. If it gets too dark just use your kneaded eraser to remove some pencil from paper and add the texture again. The groove that is running between the two nostrils can be given a three dimensional look just by highlighting down one side of it. If you make it too light, don’t worry about it, lightly run some pencil over it to darken it a bit. With your 2h pencil run over the hair on the left side to give the effect of hair being hit by light which causes light shadows. This whole technique is about layering, slowly building the texture not only gives you better results but it gives you more control of the whole drawing. Play around with this pencil technique by removing and adding. You will notice that getting great results is all about being creative. Like i’ve mentioned before, my goal is to give the illusion of what im drawing, but you can’t do that without first understanding what you want to draw. Look at the reference photo and understand how each part of the picture is put together and with the techniques that you have just learned try to replicate them. With time you will be able to put down these effects without the need of reference. Your first drawings will not be your best but slowly you will notice the improvement. If you have any questions or if there is something you don’t understand, please contact me or leave a comment.
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December 11th, 2007 at 12:01 pm
Thank you very much for posting this tutorial. I have *so much* to learn about drawing…it’s one of the items on my life list of things I want to be able to do well.
December 11th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
I have recently begun to draw again after a very loooong dry spell. What fun! I need tutorials like the one you provided for drawing a dog’s nose. Thanks so much!…..Susan
December 13th, 2007 at 7:27 pm
Hi again.
I have a not related to this tutorial question,
When I draw a background for example all black background I use the progresso pencil, but the problem is that there are many white dots left after it. I tried blending it, but nothing, this is really what you used to make the nose texture but it becomes a problem for me :S. Maybe because I’m using a printer paper I didn’t try in another one.
Do you know how can I get rid of those white dots?
Thanks.
December 13th, 2007 at 7:28 pm
p.s. for example take a lot at this (did it today
)
http://freenity.deviantart.com/art/The-force-72024110
December 13th, 2007 at 7:28 pm
p.s. for example take a lot at this (did it today
)
http://freenity.deviantart.com/art/The-force-72…
December 13th, 2007 at 10:36 pm
The paper is that you are using is probably the problem. To get smoothness i suggest you use bristol smooth paper. I use canson bristol smooth, but you can try different ones to test them out. You can ask at your local art store that you are looking for bristol smooth drawing pads and they should help you out. Something that you can try is first lay down a layer of pencil using your shading stump. Over this layer you add the dark pencil and the white dots shouldn’t be so significant. You can also layer the graphite. Add pencil, blend it, add more pencil, layer it and so on, until you are happy with the results. This method might take a while but the results are great. But i first suggest for you to get that kind of paper if you are looking for smoothness. Like i said, try different papers to see what works well. Well take care and that horse looks awesome.
December 14th, 2007 at 5:29 am
Thanks, will try other types of paper
December 14th, 2007 at 5:29 am
Thanks, will try other types of paper
March 6th, 2008 at 3:04 am
Awesome tutorial! I especially enjoyed learning how to texturize and about the tools
March 6th, 2008 at 3:04 am
Awesome tutorial! I especially enjoyed learning how to texturize and about the tools
May 19th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
thank you so much for the tutorils you make them look so easy i like the dogs nose hardest thing i can do thank you for the gridd and extreme close up most artist dont do this.
May 19th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
thank you so much for the tutorils you make them look so easy i like the dogs nose hardest thing i can do thank you for the gridd and extreme close up most artist dont do this.
July 4th, 2008 at 9:29 am
YOU ARE AWSOME !!! its been a long time since i dre but when i saw your drawings and tutorials i was reinspired by you to start drawing again ,,,
Thank You
July 4th, 2008 at 10:29 am
YOU ARE AWSOME !!! its been a long time since i dre but when i saw your drawings and tutorials i was reinspired by you to start drawing again ,,,
Thank You
September 2nd, 2008 at 3:03 am
this really helped me thanks
December 15th, 2008 at 1:37 am
helpfull
February 6th, 2009 at 12:49 am
thanks!
February 22nd, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Hi my name is philip and i have recently started to try and learn my self to draw in pencil i have never drawn before and i am 42yrs old i stumbled across your tutorials trying to learn i find them very helpful and especially on how to draw hair or fur im really interested in learning how to draw dogs im by know means good but agian i find your hints and tips very helpful and hope that some day i can be as good as yourself absolutely fascinating stuff thank thanks for all your help
February 28th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
I've sketched for years but have never made it from the level of Advanced to Jedi. Thanks for this AMAZING bit of insight on powerful and really amazing techniques at developing sketches!!
Keep up the great work!
April 1st, 2009 at 10:39 am
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I recently started drawing my dog and I finished everything except the nose. I started putting it off but this certenly helped me.
June 11th, 2009 at 1:23 am
OMGgoodness! you are an amazing artist:-)
i've always taken accelarated art classes since grade school, and this taught me so much. none of my teachers took it step-by-step so i found your techniques very insightful. i love drawing eyes and i think it's become another one of my insane drawing obsessions…Lol.
November 23rd, 2009 at 10:02 pm
Is there a part 2 of this tutorial? I can't seem to get past the picture of step 1.
December 17th, 2009 at 11:51 am
Ok thanks to your fool proof instructions my first ever comment – well done dar!!
January 8th, 2010 at 12:03 am
where is part 2?
January 7th, 2010 at 7:08 pm
oh never mind, i found it
March 25th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
Great work! Thank you!
March 9th, 2011 at 5:37 pm
IS THERE A STEP 2 ???????
March 25th, 2011 at 5:38 pm
go to page two
May 22nd, 2011 at 3:19 pm
Thankyou so much Sir, I have a passion in me to draw but wasn't able to express it until i read your tutorial, the passion was there but I was sure the ability wasn't…..you've given me a sense of direction with your tutorial and I have now discovered that, well i'm not too bad afterall….thankyou
June 10th, 2011 at 9:04 am
Plz tell me where the 2nd Step Plz!!!
June 16th, 2011 at 7:24 pm
Your SOOOOOO Good at drawing!!!
I'm currently making a Dograf (dog and giraffe) its a mixture for an avatar i am creating and i totally needed a dog nose!! 
Thanks so much!
August 22nd, 2011 at 5:55 am
I really wanted to draw the nose, but i can only view STEP 1, has anybody got any ideas why? :0/
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:01 pm
Hi, can you tell me where part 2 is please?
October 1st, 2011 at 3:00 pm
You have to click page 2 near the bottom
February 15th, 2012 at 12:10 pm
I have recently heard of two sisters that recently lost their beloved Jack Russel Terrier named Bandit to two back to back attacks from a neighborhood dog. The second time the dog viciously tore apart a crate the dog was in while the family ran to town, only to come back and find the dog dead in their driveway. Needless to say the two girls are devastated. So I am wondering if you would be able to draw their little Bandit as a memorial? I have a number of pictures to work from. Let me know, your art is amazing! GOD bless you!