Learning how to draw a Chinese dragon step by step starts with the head, not the wings. A Chinese dragon has horns and long whiskers, and the body runs like a snake. In this post, the tutorials draw the eye and the snout first, then the mane, the whiskers, and the long body.
How To Draw A Chinese Dragon | Step By Step |
The YouTube video titled “How To Draw A Chinese Dragon | Step By Step |” by Art.Simple. is a pencil lesson that stays on the head. It starts with a rice-grain eye on a landscape page, then the eyelid, the horns, the scales along the neck, and the long whiskers off the snout. The video is part of Art.Simple., which posts step-by-step animal drawings. This tutorial is the one to use when the head is the part you want to get right.
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Grace Lin teaches how to draw a Chinese dragon
The YouTube video titled “Grace Lin teaches how to draw a Chinese dragon” by Grace Lin is a short lesson that explains the difference from a European dragon. Grace Lin points out that a Chinese dragon always has horns and does not have wings. She starts with two circles joined by a line, then adds horns, a snout, nostrils, a beard, and whiskers. The video is part of Grace Lin’s channel. This tutorial aims to make a good-luck dragon with a few repeated shapes.
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How to Draw a Chinese Dragon
The YouTube video titled “How to Draw a Chinese Dragon” by How2DrawAnimals is a full-body lesson. A circle is the head, construction lines place the face, and more circles become the neck and the long torso before the legs and the mane go in. The video is part of How2DrawAnimals, which teaches animals with a light pencil sketch first. This tutorial is the one to use when you want the whole dragon, not only the head.
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How to Draw a Dragon - Chinese Dragon - Cute Drawings - Fun2draw | Online Cartooning Art Lessons
The YouTube video titled “How to Draw a Dragon - Chinese Dragon - Cute Drawings - Fun2draw | Online Cartooning Art Lessons” by Mei Yu is the cartoon version. It uses a bulbous forehead, a small nose, a zigzag line for the fuzz along the smile, an open mouth, and a large eye. The video is part of Mei Yu’s Fun2draw lessons, which teach simple cartoon characters. This tutorial is the one to use when the pencil studies above feel too detailed.
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Keep the body long and leave the wings off. That is the useful part of how to draw a Chinese dragon step by step. If you want wings, use how to draw dragon wings step by step. For a European dragon, start with how to draw a dragon step by step with pencil.