Materials:
14 sheets of tracing paper
7 blank white index cards 3" x 5"
Small Ruler
Mechanical pencil 0.5mm lead
Kneaded Eraser

Please read step one fully, it is very important!

For those who only wish to draw a certain dog, you will locate each dog as following:
Golden Retriever - Step 2 - 18
Basset Hound - Step 19 - 34
Cocker Spaniel - Step 35 - 47
Collie - Step 48 - 60
English bulldog - Step 61 - 75
German Shepherd - Step 76 - 95
Irish Setter - Step 96 - 107

Step 1.

Take a 3x5 card and measure your distances as shown in accompanying picture.

Draw in a rough shape of your dog.

Draw in the grid for eyes, nose and mouth placement

Now roughly draw in the eyes, nose and mouth into the grid.

With a new sheet of paper covering your grid, draw in the eyes, nose and mouth.

Now start drawing in the fur around left ear. Study the image for guidance.

Keep drawing the fur around ear, image will guide you.

Start drawing in the fur detail near left eye, use image to guide you.

Keep filling in the fur on the left side of the face, image will guide you.

Draw in the fur around the mouth and finish coloring nose in, image will guide you.

Start drawing in the middle right of face, from mouth area to top of head. Image will guide you.

Following drawing, add in more fur on right side of face.

Start drawing in the right ear, image will guide you.

Finish drawing on ear , image will guide you.

Start drawing in the neck fur on left side of head, image will guide you.

Draw in more neck fur, working your way to the right side of head. Image will guide you.

Finish drawing in the neck fur, following image as guide.

Your drawing should look like this. Congratulations, you did it!

Take a new sheet of paper and draw in your rough drawing of dog head, using a 3x5 card, draw your measurements from finished drawing. Eyes, nose and mouth.

Using you measurement card to draw in your grid on dog head, eyes, nose and mouth.

Using grid, roughly draw in eyes, nose and mouth.

With a new sheet of paper over grid, draw in eyes, nose and mouth.

Start drawing in the fur, around left top of head, use image as guide.

Continue to add fur to left ear and face, image will guide you.

Draw in more fur on left ear, image will show you where to draw it in.

Still fill in fur on the left rear, following image guide.

Finish up drawing the fur on the left ear, using image as guide.

Starting drawing in chin and filling in nose, image will guide you.

Keep filling in fur on center of face, using image as your guide.

Fill in the fur around the right eye, image will guide you.

Fill in the fur on right side of face and right ear, using image to guide you.

Finish drawing outside of ear, using image to guide you.

Fill in some of the inner fur of the right ear, image will show you where.

Finish the inner fur of right ear, image will guide you. You have just drawn a Basset Hound, well done!

Now to draw the Cocker Spaniel, grab a new sheet of paper and a 3x5 card. lay out your measurements.

Using your measurements, draw in your grid for eyes, nose and mouth.

Roughly draw in the eyes, nose and mouth on grid.

With a new sheet of paper and grid underneath it, draw the eyes, nose and mouth on the new paper.

Start drawing the fur on left top of head, image will give you guidance.

Draw in the left ear, using image to guide you.

Draw in the curly fur into the left ear, use image as guide.

Start drawing in the fur around the left eye and cheek, image will show you where.

Start drawing in the fur on center and right side of face.

Start filling in the hair around nose and mouth. image will guide you.

Draw in the mouth and fur surrounding it, use image as guide.

Draw in the neck, collar and part of right ear, image will show you where.

finish up the right ear and you are done, image will guide you. Well done!

Its now time to draw the Collie, get a new sheet of paper and 3x5 card, make your measurement guide for out grid in next step and do a rough draft of Collie head.

Using your measurements, draw in the grid on the rough draft of Collie.

Roughly draw in eyes, nose and mouth over grid.

New sheet of paper placed over your grid, draw eyes, nos and mouth.

Fill in the fur between the eyes and the nose, image will guide you.

Draw in the surrounding facial fur, use image as a guide.

Draw in the left top of head and left ear, image will guide you.

Now start drawing in the ruff around the left side of head, image will guide you.

Draw in the right ear, the ruff at the bottom of face and on right side, image will guide you.

Draw in more of the ruff on the left side, image will guide you.

Draw in the longer ruff on the left side, image will show you where.

Draw in the longer ruff in the center and start it on the right side. Use image for guidance.

Finish up the long ruff as image shows. You did it, you have now drawn a Collie!

Now for the English Bulldog for my good friend Reaprevenge, a fellow Brit for him. Get a new sheet of paper and 3x5 card, make your measurements for the later grid. Make a rough outline of your bulldog.

Using you measurement card. make the grid over your rough draft.

Draw in the eyes, nose and mouth.

With a new piece of paper covering your grid, draw in the eyes, nose and mouth.

Start filling in fur around nose and eyes, image will guide you.

Fill in the lines around the nose, covering the cheeks, image will guide you.

Start drawing in the fur around the left eye. Image will guide you.

Draw in the left ear, the crease on left side of forehead and top of head. image will give you guidance.

Draw in the neck area and part of back on left side. Use image for guidance.

Finish drawing in back, using image for reference.

Draw in the right side of head and ear, image will show you where.

Draw in the texture of the left side of the mouth, follow along with image.

Draw in the texture on to the tongue, image will guide you.

Draw in the texture for the right side of the mouth and start the middle neck, use image as your guide.

Finish drawing in the neck on right side. YAY!!!! You did it! You drew a English Bulldog!

Lets draw a German Shepherd now. Get a new sheet of paper and 3x5 card, make your measurements and make your rough draft of dog head.

Draw you grid for eyes, nose and mouth using your measurement card.

Draw a rough draft of eyes, nose and mouth in the grid.

Place a new piece of paper over your grid and draw the eyes, nose and mouth.

Draw in the fur lines around the left eye, image will show you where.

Draw in the top of head and left ear, drawing will guide you.

Draw in the fur on the left ear, image will show you where fur goes.

Draw in more fur on left cheek and start filling in nose, image will guide you.

Draw in the left side of the neck and the tongue, image will guide you.

Shade in the tongue and lower part of nose, use image as guide.

Shade in the right side of his mouth, use to guide you.

Draw in hair on the forehead and around right eye.

Draw in the right ear and side of face, use image as your guide.

Draw the fur into the right ear, follow the image for guidance.

Draw in the fur on the right cheek, image will guide you.

Draw in the fur below the mouth area, image will show you where.

Draw in the neck fur, working to the right side. Image will guide you.

Finish the upper part of neck fur going to the right, image will show you where.

Start drawing in the bottom ruff on the left side to middle, image will show you where.

Finish up the ruff from middle to right, image will guide you. Well done, you have now drawn a German Shepherd!

Take a new sheet of paper, give a rough shape of the head of an Irish Setter, then make your measurement card on the 3x5 card.

Using your measurements, draw in you grid on you rough draft head.

Roughly draw in the eyes, nose and mouth.

Place a new piece of paper over the grid and draw in the eyes, nose and mouth.

Draw in the texture around left eye, nose and fur on nose, image will show you where.

Draw in the tongue and texture to lower mouth, image will guide you.

Draw in lower jaw and neck fur on left side, follow the image provided for you.

Draw in fur, working from left side of the neck, follow along with the image.

Draw in the fur texture along cheek, right eye and forehead. image will guide you.

Draw in the top of head, work your way down on left side of ear. Let image guide you.

Finish up ear and add more texture to neck fur, working to the right, image will guide you.

Finish up the fur on right side of the neck and you are all done. Way to go, You have just drawn a Irish Setter!!!