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How to Draw How to Draw a Dragon TUTORIAL

How to Draw all Kinds of Dragons Tutorial and Dragon Coloring Folio

A drawing of a dragon, made with the help of an easy step by step tutorial.

Dragons are mythical creatures that announced in the sociology of many cultures all over the globe. It's little wonder then that and then many children want to learn how to depict a dragon.

Beliefs about dragons vary considerably, simply dragons in western cultures since the Middle Ages have ofttimes been depicted as winged, horned, and capable of breathing fire. Dragons in eastern cultures are usually depicted as wingless, iv-legged, ophidian similar creatures.

It's non clear when or where stories of dragons first emerged, but the huge, flying serpents were described at to the lowest degree as early every bit the age of the ancient Greeks and Sumerians.

Children are often interested in drawing dragons at a young historic period, no doubtfulness in office to the many movies and stories devoted to them. The catch is that because about dragons accept so many details that they are one of the trickier things to draw. The long body with spikes and horns and clawed anxiety are quite a flake to accept on when yous are just figuring out how to make the pencil practise what yous desire.

Non to worry, this dragon tutorial is designed to proceed all those fun details, but add them in a way that is not overly confusing. By starting with a large curved body, and calculation all the fun elements second, details are easy to see and understand where they need to get. It all adds up to a dragon lesson that works for a broad range of simple students. There's no reason why they can't join in on the dragon drawing fun too!

Getting Started

The all-time fashion to get students off to a good first to any drawing lesson is to show them how to use guides every bit a reference point.

You may have noticed that all of the tutorials on this site have a dashed line running through the center of each step, both in the horizontal and vertical direction. If students make their own centered lines on theirown paper, before drawing, they will accept an easy reference to follow.

For instance, as seen in Step 1 below, this easy dragon body starts with a V shape above the center horizontal line, and to theleft of the center vertical line. The rest of the oral fissure and nose then starts to take place effectually it.

Cartoon skills have a lot to do with getting the correct size and placement of lines on a canvas of paper, so having some visual reference points to go started, volition always help anyone learn how to exist a little more accurate.

Then does that mean kids need to draw a large fat line down the center of their newspaper before they start? Goodness no, please don't! That will most likely exist hard to erase and distract from any finished art. No, simply fold the paper in half both ways, make a crease, and unfold. The dazzler is that past the time the drawing is done and colored in, the creases will disappear.

And now, time for students to make their own dragon drawing.

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Preview of the Step by Stride Easy Dragon Tutorial

A step by step tutorial for how to draw an easy dragon, also available as a free download.

Dragon Coloring Folio

Dragon Coloring page, available as a free download.

Fourth dimension Lapse Sketching of an Easy Dragon

Materials for Dragon drawing

Eraser. Large ones you tin can hold in your hand do a much amend job than just the pencil tips.

Black Sharpie Marker. These fine point permanent marker pens make nice black outlines, take a good tip for coloring, and never bleed when they become wet. Utilize them with good ventilation and add extra newspaper underneath to protect your tables.

Prang Crayons. These are a bit softer than other crayons so they sometimes wait like oil pastels. They also take a some nice brownish shades that Crayola does not have unless you buy their larger boxes.

Crayola Crayons. The reliable brand that always works well. The 24 pack has some of my favorite golden orange and yellowish colors that seem a flake richer and warmer than the ones Prang has.