Q&A for How to Draw a Dragon

Draw dragon #2, but instead of flames, draw mist with a light shade of grey and blue. For the rest of the body, color it with different shades of blue and grey spikes.

Use the #2 model and give it dark colors like black, deep purple, and very dark blue. Add silver or gray dots under the wings.

Often it is easier to go online and look at images of dragons for inspiration. If you want your dragon to look "clearer", try drawing with pencil and paper, not on a computer.

It might be if you wonder about it instead of trying. Drawing always seems hard at first and it is until you have practiced it sufficiently. Give it a go, don't worry about the first many attempts not working, as the process of trying is what matters and creates your drawing skills. If you give up before you even start, you'll never learn.

Draw dragon #2 with lightning around its wings, color it blue, and draw a lightning bolt instead of a flame

It will depend on your current skills and the amount of time your spend practicing.

Try making a baby dragon a bit smaller than an adult with proportionally larger eyes, cheeks, and feet. It might also help to draw very small horns.

Try drawing an oval with points on the sides instead of rounded edges. Inside the oval, draw a vertical line.

See How to Draw Toothless for the instructions.

Guidelines help you to draw the actual dragon. The dragon is much more detailed than the guidelines, which may be blocked or random shapes that help you see the actual dragon as it forms but aren't needed once the drawing is in place.

Try #2, but add more flames.

Try drawing dragon #2, but instead of reds and oranges, use blues, silvers and grays. Embellish by following an image of Saphira.

Use the basic steps here, then add details that make it look like that particular type of dragon.

Great question! There is a whole article on this, at: How to Draw a Chinese Dragon .

Instead of drawing one neck, draw two necks and draw the type of head you want.

Draw very sharp edges and long nails.

First, choose which dragon base seems best to you. Use colors like black and purple to give it darkness. Add some spikes and sharper lines to give it a less round appearance.

You can use your imagination. But if you are having an artists block, you can search for light dragon images for inspiration.

To draw the dragon, make sure to make the jaw more rocky and chunky, and use shades of greens and browns, and maybe some blues. As for what the earth dragon's breath weapon is, I believe the dragon doesn't have one, as not all dragons have breath weapons.

You may be able to do ovals instead of perspective cubes, and try drawing a little more guidelines. This should really help. If this doesn't work, you could try looking up how to draw a Chinese dragon, because that is what dragon three is.

Make the wings wispy, with bits of cloud around. Also, it can breathe clouds instead of fire.

Try to draw them similar to that of a horse's legs, but make them more muscular.

Draw #2, but color it brown and draw it in the mountains or some other natural environment.

You could add more details to your dragon such as scales, shades, and different light focuses.

Draw some curved breath lines along with icicles around the dragon's mouth. (I would color them blue with white highlights to represent the ice.) You could even put a brick wall that is covered with a thick layer of ice in front of the dragon. Make the dragon darker than the background so you can see the difference between the dragon and the snowy, icy background.

Mechanical pencil markings are very difficult to erase, so it's harder if you make a mistake. I would recommend using a regular pencil until you feel more confident in your drawing skills.

If you are going for a fire type dragon, you may want to use sharply pointed scales all over the body. For water dragons, you may want soft patches of half-ovoid scales. Earth dragons usually have rough rocky scales on their head and back. If you're going for a Chinese dragon look or any other serpent-shaped dragon, tall oval scales overlapping each other all over the body will give it the slender appearance. However, try to experiment with different shapes and sizes on some dragon sketches you make!

It shows it has two sides of a face to it. Like when you look at a dragon or another long snout-shaped animal sideways, you can see it has one eye facing you. Also, the cartoon dragon has one eye by the drawer's design. You can make a dragon with two eyes facing forward, or a dragon with an eye on either side of its face, or whatever you like.

HiveWings are more complex dragons, but you can use dragon #2 as a base. Draw four wings instead of two, and make them longer and thinner. Look at photos of dragonflies for a reference. Make the horns longer and wider, and add stripes to the body. Color it the basic colors of a HiveWing (black, red, yellow, and/or orange). You may also want to look at illustrations of HiveWings, as they will give you a better reference of the proportions and details.

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