If you like fantasy art, you’re probably, like me, fascinated with dragons. Although these beautiful creatures don’t exist, it’s certainly possible to draw a realistic dragon. The Game of Thrones’ dragons are such examples of great dragon design, and I think for many people they’re the main reason to watch the show. Let’s be honest, they look totally badass, especially since—spoiler alert —Viserion has been turned into an ice dragon. For an artist, this blue undead dragon can be a great, inspiring subject to draw. So if it inspired you to want to learn how to draw a dragon, or especially how to draw dragons the easy way, you came to the right place.
In this tutorial I’ll show you how to draw a dragon step by step, starting with a gesture sketch, building a “skeleton”, adding body masses, and finally drawing the details. I’ll show you that dragon drawing can be easy if you only do everything in the right order. You don’t have to follow me strictly—if you do, you’ll draw the ice dragon, but feel free to modify my steps and adjust them to your own style to draw any other dragon. Most of the steps are presented in a form of speed drawing to keep the tutorial from growing too long—feel free to pause every time you need it.
A few words before we start. I’ll draw my dragon digitally, in Autodesk SketchBook Pro, but the method presented here is universal. However, if you want to draw a dragon traditionally, it’s best to have a light table or at least a window to draw the particular stages on separate sheets of paper. It can be hard to keep track of all these lines if you keep them all on one sheet. Also, although this method of drawing dragons is easy, it’s not fast. If you want to draw a beautifully detailed dragon, it requires time and lots of patience!
About the author: my name is Monika Zagrobelna and I made it my mission to make learning how to draw simpler. You can find me on:
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