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How to Draw a Baryonyx

12 steps · Medium · about 9 min

Draw a baryonyx in 12 easy steps, about 9 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.

Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: long snout head.

Step 1: Long snout head
On the left, above the middle, draw a long low head with a narrow crocodile snout at the front.
Tip Think crocodile: the snout is longer than the rest of the head.
Step 2: Big eye
Near the back of the head, draw a big eye with a black dot. Dot a nostril at the tip.
Step 3: Smile and teeth
From the snout tip, draw a long smile that curls up under the eye. Hang 5 V teeth from it.
Step 4: Neck and back
Start behind the head. Draw 1 long low neck-and-back line, and stop just below the middle on the right.
Tip Baryonyx held its body low and level, like a huge heron wading for fish.
Step 5: The tail
From the back's end, draw a long level tail out to a tip, then back underneath, stopping under the bottom.
Tip Think carrot: fat at the body, thinning to the tip.
Step 6: Throat and tummy
From under the head, draw 1 line down the neck, round a fat tummy, stopping at the tail's bottom.
Step 7: Drumstick leg
On the hip, draw a big round thigh and a leg down to a foot. Add 2 toe lines.
Step 8: Tummy patch
Start under the jaw. Draw one long curve down inside the tummy, stopping on the front of the leg.
Step 9: Far leg and ground
In front of the leg, draw a thin far leg strip with its toe peeking out. Add the ground line.
Step 10: Arm and hook claw
Draw an arm from the chest down to a round hand. Add a big hook claw and a small one.
Tip 'Baryonyx' means heavy claw: it used the hook to catch fish.
Step 11: Sand tummy
Colour the tummy patch sand. Leave the claws and teeth white.
Step 12: Colour it brown
Go over your lines. Colour the dinosaur brown around the sand tummy. Leave the eye white.