How Do You Draw A Chinese Dragon?
Chinese dragons are an excellent drawing exercise because they don’t exist in nature. The artist’s challenge is to create a believable animal that he or she has never seen. You can learn to draw a Chinese dragon by concentrating on real animals and a few basic shapes. Use lines to draw the basic position of the dragon. Think of it as a stick figure to show body placement. Outline the raw shapes within the dragon by sketching circles and ovals to represent appendages. Use these shapes as appropriate to depict the head, neck, torso, tail, wings, claws, as well as upper and lower arms and legs. Change the torso shape to one with a powerful upper body that narrows to a smaller waist. In the same fashion, alter each oval one by one to better define the body part it represents. Use real life examples such as crocodiles (head and torso), snakes (tail), horses (neck), body builders (arms and legs) and bats (wings) to create appropriate musculature. Flesh in details such as scales, claws and ri
