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Dachshund
Drawing portrait
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When I exhibited my first drawing in graphite pencils,
the portrait of this charming Lady, I got a commission for a dog portrait
with pencils. It was a teckel (dachshund) whose mood was the reflect of
his mistress's neurasthenia. When they both came at my home for the photo
portrait reporting, the dog was looking at the soil very sadly. His eyes
were dull and the dachshund seemed to cry about his own life. |
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I took a full film of
photos but I knew I could not draw a good portrait with such snapshots
of this dog.
We were in my garden, when all at once, two pigeons in the gutter
of my neighbours's house felt the wind of springtime and started noisily
to accomplish their conjugal duties.
I am speaking of the pigeons, not of the neighbours, of course 
Nevertheless, this scene diverted a lot the dachshund. His
eyes were now wide open, his smile became large under his moustaches
and if my website was not a "family friendly site" I would
have told you that all his body was bent. Anyway, this dachshund was
a "bitch".
I knew I had a a few excellent photo portraits and I could start my
drawing. |
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How to draw a Dachshund
Dachshunds have three kinds of fur.
On the spine, their fur is black and harsch, like the coat of a wild
boar. To draw it, I used a "fat" pencil, probably a "2B"..
the other "B" are so smooth, they are too difficult to sharpen.
On the flanks, the fur is red evoking a roebuck. To draw them, I used
pencils from "3H" to "H", light or strong strokes,
fur by fur, or shadow by shadow.
The moustaches seem to be made with very soft blond silk. I drew them
with with light grey pencils, "4H" and "5H".
If you slide your mouse (or pointer) on the drawing, you will see
more details of the head of this dachshund.
At the end, this drawing portrait was a real success and was reproduced
in different magazines. For my second public exhibition, I printed
it on my invitation card which had on the first page the watercolor
portrait of the jack russell. It was a great idea and this drawing
generated a lot of dogs portraits on commission.
The most interesting was this sketch of a pack
of staghunt hounds. I show you details of this drawing
next page.
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I show you two other dachshund portraits on commission,
You can click on the image to jump directly to each story |
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