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How to Draw a Dragon Head
Draw a dragon head 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: the head.
Step 1: The head
Draw a big bumpy egg lying on its side, with a chubby snout bump at the bottom left.
Tip Leave room above for horns and below for the neck.
Step 2: Two horns
On top of the head draw 2 fat banana horns sweeping back. Start and stop each on the head line.
Tip Horns lean back, not straight up.
Step 3: Two big eyes
Across the middle of the head draw 2 big tall oval eyes close together. Add black dots and white shines.
Tip The dots look toward the snout.
Step 4: Smile, fang and nostril
Start on the snout. Draw a long smile that stops under the back eye. Add a tiny fang and nostril.
Tip Keep the smile clear of the eyes.
Step 5: Ear frill
Behind the back horn draw a fan ear frill with 3 points. Start and stop on the head line.
Tip Add 1 line from the head to the middle point.
Step 6: The neck
Start on the back of the head. Draw down the neck, round the bottom, and stop at the chin.
Step 7: Tummy stripes
Inside the neck draw a line from the chin down to the bottom. Add 4 curved stripes across the front.
Step 8: Neck spikes
Down the back of the neck draw 3 triangle spikes, each sitting on the neck line.
Step 9: A puff of smoke
Above the snout draw 2 little cloud puffs of smoke, a small one and a bigger one above it.
Step 10: Yellow horns and tummy
Colour the 2 horns and the tummy stripes yellow. Add a pink cheek under the back eye.
Step 11: Orange frill, purple spikes
Colour the ear frill orange and the 3 neck spikes purple.
Step 12: Red scales
Colour the head and neck red, around the cheek and the yellow tummy. Leave the eyes white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a dragon head, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
