Koala

This was a quick sketch I did for my sponsor child in Pakistan. She drew a beautiful rose for me so I decided to send her a pic of this furry little Aussie icon and included some facts about koalas too (such as how they may look cute n’ cuddly, but watch those claws!).

The most difficult part of this drawing was capturing the different textures in the fur, as well as the colour – when you’re drawing with a simple graphite pencil on white paper, unless you draw the full background, what’s actually white (e.g. the fur at the edges of the ears) is drawn as grey. And I wasn’t too happy with the stump, either, but practice is practice.

All up this drawing took about an hour.

Disclaimer: Reference material was a photo I found online, I don’t own any copyright for this image.