Pumpkin Pals tutorial by Susan Alison

How to Draw and Paint an Autumn picture

Starring Doggo — naturally!

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It’s that time of year when a straightforward picture that covers the subjects of autumn and maybe of Halloween, too, is useful to have at hand ready for general greetings or holiday wishes. Of course, a dog will be involved. Also — autumn leaves and pumpkin pals.

Materials include scrap paper, drawing paper, pencil, eraser, pen, maybe colouring pencils, or watercolour pencils, and a brush of some sort. Most importantly — did I mention — plenty of scrap paper to try out lines, textures, and squiggles in general before putting them onto your artwork.

I shall alternate the pictures of my hand-drawn stages — in red — with the same thing in digital — in black — to make it clear — I am a scruffy hand-drawer.

Doggo and two pumpkin pals

Starting with the main subject — Doggo — shapes are good as a base. Circles and ovals. You can use squares and rectangles, too, if you prefer. I’m using circles.

Draw in circles for the pumpkins, too, so everything’s in the right place.

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Susan Alison
How to Draw

Paints pictures & writes stories for a living. Dogs appear in the art, & the humour — a lot! (Dogs have much to say about life.) Can be found at SusanAlison.com