1 Sketch the composition

I lightly sketched out the dog with a soft 2B pencil, using a light brown coloured pencil to add some of the markings. Graphite can discolour a wash so once I was happy with the drawing, I used a putty rubber to erase most of the drawing, leaving only faint lines (don’t press too hard or you may damage the paper). I then used masking fluid to reserve the highlights, including the eyes, teeth and fur markings. With a size 5 brush, I applied a wash of Davy’s Grey, along with some suggestions of detail in Payne’s Grey, Indigo and Ivory Black.