How to draw awesome white whiskers in a few simple easy steps.
In this pencil drawing, I am using a White Prismacolor pencil on Tan Stonehenge paper. If you have never drawn with colored pencils, I would suggest trying them. You can achieve very realistic drawings. Drawing white whiskers can be hard to stroke over layered coloured pencils because of the wax buildup. I can show you how to get around this to stroke in perfect white whiskers.

Step 1:
With the Prismacolor Premier White colored pencil (you could also use other white colored pencils such as FaberCastell, Stabilo, Coloursoft or Luminance) I begin by stroking out my white whiskers. Initially, you would have an outline of your subject already drawn on the Stonehenge paper. Since I am drawing on coloured paper I would draw my outline using white chalk (General`s White Pencil Chalk). As I stroke out the whiskers, I use my wrist to gently taper off the ends. I don`t want the whiskers to sharply end as though they were cut.

Step 2:
I would now get together the colored pencils that I would be using for my drawing and begin to stroke in the shades around the white whiskers. I am very careful not to stroke in front of the whiskers as they would be in the foreground with the fur behind them. You could always brighten them up by going over them again.

Step 3: This is an example of me working on a tabby cat which lots of white whiskers. After I had outlined my drawing of the cat using the white chalk pencil, I will then stroke in my white whiskers using the white coloured pencil. As mentioned in step two above, I will then work around the white whiskers using various shades that are in the cat`s fur.

The above steps can be used when drawing whiskers on pets or wildlife.

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Hi my name is Melissa! I am a Canadian pencil realist artist who enjoys drawing with graphite pencils, coloured pencils, charcoal and pastel pencils. My realistic pencil drawings range from wildlife animals to pets and portraits. I teach online drawing tutorials with OntarioLearn in Ontario Community Colleges for adults. I also teach drawing classes for children in my home.