How To Draw a DRAGON Beginner Pencil Sketch Tutorial Step by Step

What's up everyone and welcome to the club. In today's video we're creating a sketch illustration of a fire breathing dragon. For today's lesson we need some plain white paper and a pencil. I'll start my sketch off with this 0.7 millimeter mechanical pencil with a 2B graphite stick. Now if you want more details on our art supplies I'll leave the links in the description below. Now we're going to be drawing this dragon from the side. So let's start by sketching a line coming across the center from left to right. So start on the left side go all the way across. Let's add another line coming down the center. I'm using these short lines to create this line. Now the center line is going to separate the top and bottom half of the head. So I want to place the eyes slightly above. So I'm going to move up draw another line going all the way across from left to right. In this center point let's sketch out a small circle. Now from here we start adding some basic shape to the head before we get into the details. So let's start by adding a diamond around that eye. So move over toward the left side angle this up toward the center line and then angle this down. Let's do the same thing across the bottom going back towards the left come down in the middle and then back up. From the top of that diamond draw a straight line going all the way out towards the right. Now I'm going to add some shape to the top of the muzzle. Start on the left side of that diamond bend this out and then up towards the edge of the nose. Come straight down and out towards that bottom line. Now the mouth is going to sit along this line so we want to give it some shape. Come in bend that down go across and then back up bend this out and then down towards the center. We're going to go all the way out. Now over here on the right side we're going to add a horn go all the way up towards that top line. Bend this back down along the inside of the horn towards the outside of that diamond. Let's go up to the top of the diamond. We're going to add those horns along the top of the head. So we're just going to bend this across and up towards the tip of the horn right about there. Tape this back down and in. Now let's draw the bottom half of the head with the jaw. From the center let's step over so open up the mouth going out and then down to right about there. On the bottom draw a short line going out towards the left. Now you want to taper this up and in underneath the top of the head. Now you see the back side of the mouth underneath so we start from the tip let's start by bending this down just tucking that up underneath move over towards the right go out and then down in behind the jaw. Now let's draw the outside of the jaw starting from the left side angle is down towards the point go up I'm just going to go out and across towards the neck right about there. Let's add a spike going up taper this down and then in towards the left. Let's add a smaller spike in between going up I'm just going to tuck this in behind the upper jaw. Now underneath we're just going to angle the neck coming down. Now that we have the basic shape of the head we're going to go back and lightly erase some of these guidelines. Now with our rough sketch in place we start modifying the shape and adding some more details on top. Let's start by adding that horn along the back so we move over from center draw the back horn going up I'm just going to follow this back down in behind. Now I'm going to add some shape to the eye I'm just going to round this out along the top pulling this out towards a point on the side draw the bottom of the eye and just tuck this in underneath. Now from here I'm just going to add some folds going around and then the pupil I'm just going to curve this around on the left side and from here it's going to work our way across the brow. Now along the top we're going to add some spikes I'm just going to bend this up just working across this guide and then coming back down. I'm just layering this across over towards that first horn on the head and just taper that out. I want to add a fold along the outside of the eye going across towards that horn along the side of the jaw. Now I'm just working around this diamond coming underneath the eye I'm going to place the shadows in this area. Now I'm just going to work our way across towards the front of the nose just add some shape to the nose we're going to go up just going to round this out and then just curve the side. I'm also going to add the nostril I'm just going to rough this in for now come back and add some more detail after. Now I'm going to add some folds and wrinkles across the front edge of the mouth just pulling this up also adding some wrinkles across the edge of the mouth and we're also breaking up that straight curve just by bending this in and out coming down towards the bottom and I can add a few spikes across the jaw. Let's go back and add those fangs across the top so we start from the left side just work our way across start with the two large fangs first and then some smaller ones in between. Now along the inside of the mouth we're just going to add the shape of the flame coming out from the throat and going wider as you come out towards the edge I'm just going to do one final cleanup before we get into the details and contrast. I'm going to switch to my 0.9 millimeter pencil and start adding some contrast and more details I'm going to start back at the eye and work our way out. I'm just going to add some detailed shape to that flame adding these points. Let's move to the side edge of our two millimeter pencil and start adding some shadows. So I'm going to start with the eyes I'm going to push the shadows inside that socket and then fade that out. I'm going to go darker around the center of the eye to make it look like it's glowing and then fade that out. I'm going to darken up the bottom of his horn and fade that up toward that highlight. I'm going to place that shadow in behind the neck coming out from the head and again just fading that out. I'm just going to go back and just strengthen up that shadow and glare across the bottom of the head. So start with the edge of the mouth. I'm just making a little bit of a gap to create a bit of a highlight adding some details in between. Now we're going to go back and just layer on some cracks and scales. Now as we get near the end we're just going to tighten up our shadows and add a little bit more detail and always be sure to center our work and that's pretty much it. There's a sketch illustration of a fire breathing dragon. I hope you enjoyed today's lesson. If you did please make sure you subscribe because I'm posting new lessons every single day. I want to thank you for watching and I'll see you again soon.