A dog standing side on with its head thrown right back and its mouth wide open, tail up, and a few short marks above the muzzle doing the work of the sound. That is the trick worth noticing: noise on a page is drawn with three lines and nothing else. Children who have been told to stop shouting enjoy this one considerably. The puppy with a balloon is better behaved.
A dog standing with its head thrown back, mid bark.
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Want to draw barking dog yourself?
Here is barking dog in 8 steps.
Draw the muzzle first, tilted up toward the top corner.
Open the jaw from it, upper and lower, with the tongue between.
Build the head back from the muzzle and add the ear.
Run the neck down and back into the shoulders.
Draw the back as a long line dipping to the hips.
Add the front legs, then the back legs bent under.
Raise the tail behind, curving upward.
Finish with three short marks above the open mouth.
What you need
Paper, a pencil and an eraser.