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Kato D – Realistic Drawing for Beginners – Drawing from a Grid – Poodle Style! (Online)
Join Kato D while she draws a poodle pet portrait! Draw or paint along using her reference or bring your own 5x7 inch photo. Train your eye and learn to see shapes, values, relationships and negative spaces while drawing realistically
Date recorded: Saturday November 22, 2025
Join Kato D while she draws a poodle pet portrait! Draw or paint along using her reference or bring your own 5×7 inch photo. Train your eye and learn to see shapes, values, relationships and negative spaces while drawing realistically using a grid. Kato’s grid template simplifies drawing the grid to fit your drawing inside a pre-cut mat.
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Kato D – Realistic Drawing for Beginners – Drawing from a Grid – Poodle Style! (Online)
Join Kato D while she draws a poodle pet portrait! Draw or paint along using her reference or bring your own 5×7 inch photo. Train your eye and learn to see shapes, values, relationships and negative spaces while drawing realistically using a grid. Kato’s grid template simplifies drawing the grid to fit your drawing inside a pre-cut mat.
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Join Kato D while she draws a poodle pet portrait! Draw or paint along using her reference or bring your own 5×7 inch photo. Train your eye and learn to see shapes, values, relationships and negative spaces while drawing realistically using a grid. Kato’s grid template simplifies drawing the grid to fit your drawing inside a pre-cut mat.
“I’ve been an artist for 30 years working in printmaking, painting, assemblage and digital art. I have a BA in Philosophy and studied art in a non-degree/personal betterment track at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the School of Representational Art in Chicago. I started taking oil painting classes at the Winslow Art Center in 2018 and still take classes to improve my work.”
12 Responses
I used pen and ink wash, such FUN Kato, TY!
Awesome poodle, Jan! Thank you!
Thanks 😋
This was fun to draw quickly! My 3-hour vs 45-minute drawings will be posted above.
Here’s what the 3-hour drawing looked like one hour in (I meant to show this on the live-stream but I forgot!) Finished it Sunday.
Awesome class Kato D!
Thank you, Barb! Love Fifi!
Without the grid, it shows.
Love your poodle, Heli! Well done!
Enjoyed drawing with Kato! Great way to do an animal study…
Wow! Great job with the rabbit, Cheryl!
Love the rabbit, Cheryl!