Drawing a Grizzly Bear in graphite | Tips for drawing wet fur | Photo realistic drawings

In this video I'll show how to draw a Brown Bear in graphite. This video is packed with tips for drawing realistic fur in graphite and how to create highly detailed, photo realistic drawings. I'll share my top tips for improving your graphite animal drawings including for drawing wet fur =). Drawing wet fur relies on sharp contrast and this is key throughout the entire process.
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Pastel, Acrylic, Graphite & Tutorials:
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Materials used:
9" x 12"
Derwent graphic pencils
Strathmore paper
Reference photo: István Kopeczny from Pixabay

[@TjVoelkerArt]

Wow! Great tip about the erasers and layering. That was very eye opening to me!

[@zaratomsart]

So pleased the video has been helpful =)

[@dibujotumascota]

Fantastic, as usual. Thank you !! cheers from Madrid :)

[@zaratomsart]

Thank you ❤️

[@jeanharding517]

Thank you so much for this tutorial.

[@zaratomsart]

My pleasure =)

[@a..c..2469]

Amazing, this is a wonderful tutorial ❤

[@zaratomsart]

@@a..c..2469 so pleased to hear that 🥰

[@TjVoelkerArt]

Hi Zara, thanks for this. Are you also using a mechanical pencil on the snout?

[@zaratomsart]

I am yeah =). For those later layers 😁

[@TjVoelkerArt]

@@zaratomsart thanks so much! It's so intriguing and makes me want to do an animal in graphite. I'll eventually do this tutorial on your Patreon.

[@toshiacrompton3696]

Great work! How do you get your darks so dark with graphite? Every time I use graphite, it never seems dark enough even if I layer and use the pitt graphite.

[@zaratomsart]

The way the graphite is layered makes a massive difference. I always build up my darker values gradually. The Pitt graphite, is that the matt pencils? I have a set but haven't used them for a full project yet but I prefer to work with the Derwent Graphic pencils because they erase really well unlike the Pitt graphite from the small test I did.