Lots of how to draw a dragon tutorials that are supposed to be for kids, are really much more appropriate for teenagers or adults. Here are a few that work for elementary age students.

Your drawing may of course be completed however you like, but I recommend that you try coloring your dragon with two values of whatever color you choose. Press hard to get a darker color for the top of the head and neck, and then a lighter for the underside belly. The overall look will create a blended look, just like to pros create!

MATERIALS

Draw a Dragon PDF Tutorial (click to visit download page)
Drawing paper
Black Sharpie marker, fine tip
Crayons*

DIRECTIONS

Time needed: 1 hour.

Draw a Dragon

Draw a sideways “V” for the open mouth.
Add crocodile-looking jaws around it.
Draw the top of the body.
Add the bottom of the body.
Add two legs and claws.
Add teeth, eye and details.
Draw belly lines.
Draw spikes on the back, fire and clouds in the background.
Trace and color with crayons or pencil crayons.

Draw a Red Dragon

Here’s another tutorial for a dragon that is a little more realistic, but still fairly simple. I’d save it for maybe 4th and 5th graders on up.

MATERIALS

Red Dragon PDF Tutorial
Drawing paper
Black Sharpie marker
Crayons

Spiked Dragon

And here’s an option for more advanced artists, as the dragon body twists and turns, which makes it a little trickier to draw, but oh so cool when you are done!