Friday, May 17, 2013

How To Draw A Dragon Worksheet

This is how you can draw a dragon standing like a man.  It is a human dragon hybrid so you can have fun designing armor for him.

Draw lightly at first so you can erase later on.

Like drawing a human figure we start with an articulated stick figure, where we have the joints marked off with little circles. This helps us to get the pose right. Use a guide line down the center so things are even on both sides and not lopsided, erase this line later. He is holding his egg so the hands are together at the center, the palms are up and the thumbs point out.

After we are happy with the position of the pose next draw circles and ovals to fill in the muscles and flesh. Do the wings and armor last.

After you have the drawing the way you like it go over the best lines with a darker pencil or marker and erase the extra lines.

How To Draw A Dragon Standing Worksheet.

I did this drawing with marker pens so I was only using black and grey. I tried to leve a few areas white and some areas I drew very black that gives interest and contrast. I gave the skin of the dragon texture with a dot technique. The wings were smudged with an almost dried up marker so it has a different texture.

Dragons can be any color.

Have fun.
Adron

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Thursday, May 16, 2013

How To Draw A Harbor Seal Worksheet

This free drawing worksheet may be downloaded to your device and printed easily.

Harbor seals are easy to draw; they can be a focus in a picture or a part of the composition that gives character to a scene. Just download the worksheet below and print it to get started.

Start with a simple outline. The head starts like a circle and the body is shaped like a teardrop that is on its side. Use two lines to draw the body, draw the lines going around the shape of the body.

The front flipper is like a hand, but no arm; draw it like two letter "L," one above the other, and a third line going between them. There are five shot claws.

The face is happy. The eyes are high on the face. The eyes are round at the top and flat at the bottom. (If the bottom is slightly arched he looks like he is smiling.) The nose is two short dashes that almost touch and form a letter "V." The mouth is like a letter "W" but rounder. The face has a few long whiskers, and tall eyebrows going up. He has a little chin it is a short curved line.

Sometimes I draw a snout but adding a curved arched line between the nose and the eyes. It is optional.

Color him grey brown or black. There are spots on his back, and he is white below.
Give him some friends and a rock to sit on.

How to Draw A Harbor Seal Worksheet


Adron
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

How To Draw Boat On Beach Worksheet

This free drawing worksheet may be downloaded to your device and printed easily.

Almost every famous artist did a portrait of the boat stuck on the beach- why not you? This is a fun and rewarding project that the young artist can be proud of. There are many different designs and shapes of boats around the world, if yours doesn't turn out like mine it is OK since somewhere there is a boat just like the one you are drawing.

Draw a line for the foreground sand and another for the horizon before you start on the boat. Start out by drawing lightly, so you can erase.

The challenge for many people is the angles of the sides of the boat and how they come together to a point at the front. Think of it as a banana with the back end chopped off. The top lines of the near side and the far side start apart at the rear of the boat; they curve down and back up until they touch at the front. The line of the back goes down at an angle to the sand. The line of the front curves slightly as it goes down and back.

Once you have the basic design then start to add the details. The walls are thick, so draw a second line next to the tops to show the thickness. There is a seat in the middle, use two parallel lines for its front and back edges then a third for the bottom under the front edge. There are ribs going up on the inside, draw these as two parallel lines. Our boat has a floor, draw it as a line going across the inside bottom. The outside wall has boards going across it, don't draw them all the way across- leave a few blank places for interest.

Add shadows.

Draw a world around your boat. Shadow in the sand and give the sand texture with lots of dots. Put in some beach grass, add the waves of the sea, and put in some islands or the mountains of the bay far away.

How to Draw a Boat on The Beach Worksheet


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Thursday, May 2, 2013

How to Draw a Man With Crossed Arms Worksheet

This free drawing worksheet may be downloaded to your device and printed easily.

The man with arms crossed over his chest can be a challenge for a young artist. But the pose can be a dramatic statement and a powerful part of a composition.

Start with an articulated stick figure to get the proportions and pose correct.

The arms are like a wide and low "x." Draw the one out front first, the hand will be left out since it is behind the other arm. The second arm is only the upper arm since it is behind. The hand is like a lopsided square the thumb goes up.

After the height and basic pose is satisfactory add the body to the figure by drawing circles and ovals for the muscles.

After you have the body outlined then design the clothing and the face.

After you are satisfied with the design then go over it with a felt tipped marker or color pencils.

How to Draw The Crossed Arms Worksheet.


Adron
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Monday, April 29, 2013

How to Draw A Hermit Crab Worksheet

This free how to draw a hermit crab worksheet may be downloaded to your device and printed easily.

Hermit crabs are popular beach creatures and many people keep them as pets. This project is perfect for summertime sketching.

Start the shell as a triangle. Draw a ling across the sections at an angle to give it a twisted look then round off the sections with curving lines.

The crab has an oval face with two thin triangles for the lower half of the face.

The eyes are oval shaped and on fat stalks.

Draw the antennae before you get too much done on the legs. The antennae have a bend by the face.

The legs look like finger shapes at first, draw them lightly until you get them right. There are three on each side. The two in the middle have fat claws. Divide the legs into three rounded segments. Add the rows of bumps lightly. Draw the bumps as little dots or small shapes like the letter "n" or "u."

Go over the best lines until they look good and then erase the rest.

Put sand or rocks on the ground underneath him and a few bubbles floating over him.

The crab can be brown, orange, grey or black.

How to Draw A Hermit Crab Worksheet


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Sunday, April 28, 2013

How to Draw a Garden Gate Worksheet

This free how to draw a garden gate worksheet may be downloaded to your device and printed easily.

A garden gate can be an interesting feature in a landscape or a rural scene. This project is not difficult and can be rewarding as a confidence builder.

Start with the middle ground and draw a wiggly line for the bushes at the bottom of the fence. Then draw a guideline for the top of the fence. A third wiggly line makes the horizon with a line of distant tree tops.

Draw a large "S" for the path. You will erase part of this later so draw lightly. The path is wider at the bottom and narrower by the gate.

Draw the fence slats as thin rectangles standing in a row.Give them an edge you can do this with a shadow on one side so they won't look flat.

The gate is open so the lines get closer by the edge of the gate.

Using a louse scribbling technique outline the tree behind the fence.

Add details to the fence like the cross beam, the hinges, and texture to the bushes at the bottom.

The bushes across the field are darker so the fence is in light contrast.

The stone steps are bigger at the bottom of the picture and smaller at the top.

Use different texture on the tree trunk and on the leaves.

Add texture to the distant trees but keep it simple.

How to Draw a Garden Gate Worksheet


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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

How To Draw A Wolf Howling at the Moon Worksheet

This free how to draw a wolf howling worksheet may be downloaded to your device and printed easily.

How to draw a wolf howling at the moon worksheet is a fun and slightly challenging project for a young artist but the results can be very beautiful and rewarding.

Use basic shapes to build the wolf's body.  Use a circle for the shoulder and chest area, another circle for the rear leg and hip, draw an oval for the torso, a square for the neck, a circle for the head, rectangles for the foreleg and a triangle for the ear.

A few notes:
The mouth is not opened wide.
The top of the head is slightly flat.
The ear is tilted back.
The eye is closed.
The fore leg bends back at the elbow.

Trace around a jar lid for the moon.
Make the background rows of trees in black silhouette, you can layer the trees for distance by making layers of grey between the black trees.
Make the rock dark but not black use rough texture for effect
The wolf is grey with black on the back edge, shoulder, tip of the tail and back of the head. The belly is white.

How to Draw A Wolf Howling At The Moon Worksheet


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