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How to Draw a Dinosaur
Draw a dinosaur 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: bean head.
Step 1: Bean head
Near the top left, draw a big head like a fat bean lying down, with a bumpy snout.
Step 2: Big eye
Under the forehead, draw a big oval eye with a black dot and shine. Dot a nostril.
Step 3: Back and fat tail
Start at the back of the head. Draw down the back, along a fat tail, then back to the bottom.
Step 4: Pointy plates
Draw 6 pointy plates along the top, from big on the head down to small on the tail.
Tip Each plate starts and stops on the line.
Step 5: Toothy grin
Start on the snout. Draw a long smile under the eye, stop at the cheek. Hang 5 V teeth.
Step 6: Chest and tiny arm
From under the jaw, draw a C chest down to the hip. Rub out the neck line. Add an arm.
Tip Bend the arm at the elbow and give it 2 little fingers.
Step 7: Big front leg
Start at the end of the chest. Draw a leg down to 3 toes, then up to a fat thigh.
Step 8: Tummy
Start at the back of the thigh. Draw one short saggy curve back and stop where the tail line ended.
Step 9: Back leg and ground
Start behind the thigh. Draw a back leg peeking out, down to 3 toes, and up to the tummy.
Tip Then draw a long ground line under both feet.
Step 10: Tummy patch
Start under the jaw. Draw a long curve down the chest and stop on the thigh.
Step 11: Cream tummy, yellow plates
Colour the tummy patch cream, then colour all the plates yellow.
Step 12: Colour the dinosaur green
Colour the head, body, tail, legs and arm green, around the patch and plates. Leave the eye and teeth white.
Tip Press harder for 3 darker spots on the back, hip and tail.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a dinosaur, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
