Good day, little dragon! We'll continue our dragon drawing series with "how to draw a Chinese dragon?" Dragons in China are extremely different from dragons in the West. They resemble snakes and have legs. It's simple to draw a Chinese dragon. On this blog article and only a few minutes, you'll have your Chinese dragon created if you carefully follow the step-by-step sketching instructions.
Use a soft touch when drawing. Before the design is finished, you'll have to delete some of the initial forms. Each step is underlined in light blue in the tutorial below. There are no special pens or instruments required. All you'll need is an ordinary pencil, an eraser, and some paper. You may also color the drawing with colored pencils or pens if you want.
If you like this video, you might enjoy our other drawing tutorials, such as "how to draw charizard" and "how to draw toothless." In Chinese culture, the Chinese dragon is well-known.
CHINESE DRAGON BODY
To begin, at the bottom right corner of your page, draw a little circle. Give the Chinese dragon plenty of room since its body is fairly lengthy.
Next to the initial circle, draw a smaller circle. This will be the Chinese dragon's snout.
Draw a lengthy zigzag line beneath the Chinese dragon's head.
Draw a second curving line parallel to the first. It narrows to join the other line at the end.
Draw a second curving line parallel to the first. The contour of the Chinese dragon's body may now be seen.
Erase the middle line of the Chinese dragon's body.
Add some curvilinear lines to the body to make it more three dimensional. This will give a little 3D look to the Chinese dragon body.
Enhances the shape of the Chinese dragon's snout with additional rounded lines.
Draw jagged lines for the hair on the back of the Chinese dragon's head, as well as around its snout.
Erase the supporting shapes (sketches) of the head and snout of the Chinese dragon.
Take a break, read our article on the different types of dragons in the world
CHINESE DRAGON TAIL
Add a fluffy tail to the Chinese dragon at the end of its body.
CHINESE DRAGON PAWS
Draw the Chinese dragon's legs and paws as shown in the illustration..
Adds a little fur to the legs and highlights the claws with short wavy lines.
CHINESE DRAGON HEAD
Draw two circles for the Chinese dragon's eyes.
Draw eyelids, pupils and curved hairy eyebrows on your Chinese dragon.
Draw the mouth, add details to the nose and between the eyes of the Chinese dragon.
Adds an irregular line for the Chinese dragon's teeth and curved lines for its snout.
Draw the antlers, the long whiskers and the mane of the Chinese dragon.
Add curved lines to the sides of the Chinese dragon's body to improve the perspective and detail of the design.
CHINESE DRAGON COLORING
Trace your Chinese dragon with a darker pencil and color it.
This tutorial on how to draw a Chinese dragon is coming to an end, I hope you liked it. Don't hesitate to have a look at our ,store on dragons, you will find your happiness there, like these beautiful bracelets with the effigy of the Chinese dragon.