Today we are learning how to draw a dragon with super simple steps with this printable dragon tutorial! Kids of all ages will not believe how easy it is to make your own dragon drawing by following our simple dragon drawing guide. Print off the dragon drawing easy lesson to use at home or in the classroom.
Easy Dragon Drawing for Kids
Drawing a dragon is easy! Use our printable easy dragon drawing lesson for tracing each step first and then repeat the process by drawing the mythical creatures over and over again. Click the green button to download & print the step instructions to making your own customized dragon drawing:
Dragons are so cool and have been popular since the middle ages and remains a large character in the folklore of many cultures. Kids of all ages (& adults) are going to love learning to make their own dragon drawing. Whether you draw your dragon to be a traditional Chinese dragon, cartoon dragon, Western dragon, Ice dragon, Wyrm dragon, Wyvrn dragon or even a Hydra…the choice is yours!
How To Draw A Dragon Step By Step – Easy
You will need a pencil, eraser and piece of paper…let’s draw a dragon!
Step 1 – Let’s Start Drawing the Dragon Head
Our first easy step is to draw a smaller circle that will become our dragon’s head. Position it on your paper knowing the top of the circle will be the top of the head for your fantastic creature.
Step 2 – Next, Add the Dragon’s Nose & Mouth Area
Add a curved triangle to make a mango shape, and add a tilted oval just above the smallest portion to create the upper and lower jaw of the dragon defining the dragon head.
Step 3 – Add the Dragon’s Neck & Body Shapes
To make our dragon’s body, the easy way is to draw a rectangle with rounded edges. Connect all the shapes and erase extra lines which now creates a smooth body line for our cartoon dragon.
Isn’t it crazy how basic shapes can be transformed into your own dragon drawing?
Step 4 – Now Sketch the Dragon’s Tail
Let’s draw the tail! Make a simple tail shape of curved lines that curls back under the dragon body with a tiny curl or small curve at the tip of the tail.
Step 5 – Next, Add the Dragon Legs
At the bottom portion of the dragon’s body near the front we will start to add the front leg. Add a trapeze coming down from the front mid-portion. Notice the top is bigger and the lines extend beyond the dragon body. Draw a curved line to make the back leg, also add claws. The dragon’s ankle join will be the section between the bottom of the leg and the claw.
Tip: How friendly your dragon is will determine if you make really sharp claws!
Step 6 – Time to Draw the Dragon Wings
Draw horns and a wing! Free hand those shapes with a series of curved lines. The more unique your dragon wings look the more unique your dragon will appear! Don’t be afraid to draw different size wings – large wings, small wings or even tiny wings. Remember, you can always erase what you do not like!
Step 7 – Now Add Dragon Body & Facial Details
Draw circles for the eyes, ovals for the nose, and other details on the face.
Step 8 – Then Add Essential Dragon Features
You got it! Add curved lines to the horns, tummy, and wing.
Step 9 – Finish with Customizing Your Dragon
Your Easy Dragon Drawing is Now Done!
You’re all done! Feel free to add as many details as you want with your pencil:
- Breathing fire
- Sharp teeth
- Evil eyes
- Long tail
- Stripes on the belly of the dragon
- Smoke coming from the the head of the dragon
- An intricate pair of wings
- Scaly body full of dragon scales
The last step is to grab your colored pencils, crayons or watercolor paint and add some color. Will your dragon be a green color? Purple? Rainbow?
Once you learn how to draw a cartoon dragon with a little practice you can use the basic shapes of a simple dragon to build on and draw finer details developing more artistic skills. Take what you learned from this simple tutorial and develop your own style – drawing anything from a baby dragon to a classic dragon like a professional artist.
Download Dragon Sketch Step by Step Drawing Guide PDF Files Here
Our free printable drawing dragon lesson tutorial includes three pages with detailed instructions so you or your child can draw a dragon from scratch in a matter of minutes easily.
Here at Kids Activities Blog we have a series of free drawing lessons to easily increase your or your kids drawing skills with a step guide for all the different elements. We made sure that all of our kids step by step drawing tutorials are easy enough that even the most inexperienced and youngest kids can have fun making art for themselves.
If you can draw a straight line and simple shapes, you can draw a cute dragon…and that line doesn’t even have to be that straight {giggle}.
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Recommended Drawing Supplies
You don’t need any special or expensive tools to make easy dragon drawings. A simple sheet of paper, a regular pencil and an eraser is all you need.
You can find LOADS of super fun coloring pages for kids & adults here. Have fun!
Great Books For More Drawing Fun
The Big Drawing Book
By following the very simple step-by-steps in this fun drawing book you can draw dolphins diving in the sea, knights guarding a castle, monster faces, buzzing bees, and lots, lots more.
Drawing Doodling and Coloring
An excellent book filled with doodling, drawing and coloring activities. On some of the pages you’ll find ideas for what to do, but you can do whatever you like.
Write and Draw Your Own Comics
Write and Draw Your Own Comics is full of inspiring ideas for all kinds of different stories, with writing tips to help you on your way. for kids who want to tell stories, but gravitate toward pictures. It has a mix of partially-drawn comics and blank panels with intro comics as instructions – lots of space for kids to draw their own comics!
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How did your dragon drawing turn out?
