Digital Drawing Workbook: Draw a Dragon Using Paint Editor

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A step-by-step activity book for kids learning to draw and create stories online.

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A step-by-step activity book for kids learning to

draw and create stories online.

©2016 Digital Animation for Kids www.digitalanimationforkids.com

DRAGONS


Your quest

You’re a Dragon tamer and you have been called to find and tame the biggest

Dragon in the land, Snout. You have one problem… no one knows what Snout

looks like. You must draw a picture and send it throughout the village to ensure

everyone knows what you’re hunting. Snout is very clever and loves to hide and

sneak in the darkness. Be careful and good luck!


Your quest

To draw Snout, we are using Paint. See the next 2 pages for a look at our Toolbar then

follow the directions to create a Dragon!


This a graphics editor toolbar from Microsoft Paint. It allows us to draw pictures. Here

are some of the tools that we will use most often.

1. Circle Tool

We use the Circle tool for drawing most of the parts of the Wizard like his head, body,

arms, and hands.

2. Curved Line Tool

We use the Curved Line tool for connecting parts of the Wizard like his head to his

shoulders and drawing his robe. The Curved Line tool is drawn by drawing a straight

line first, then pulling outward and clicking where we you want your curve.


Toolbar soft Paint. It allows us to draw pictures. It’s simple but powerful when you

know how to use it well.

3. Eraser Tool

I love the Eraser tool! I use it to make erase EXTRA lines I don’t need the middle of my

Dragon’s body… anything that I don’t like, I erase.

4. Paint Brush Tool

We use the Paint Brush Tool for connecting parts of the Dragon that we may have

accidentally Erased or adding lines for anything extra.


Draw:

3 Circles for the Dragon’s body.

Circle


Draw:

8 Circles for the Dragon’s legs and feet.

Circle


Draw:

1 Circle for his Wing.

2 Lines for his Tail.

Circle

Line


Draw:

Curved lines around the wing. You may have to draw 2 or 3.

Curved line


Draw:

Curved lines for the Dragon’s neck and feet.

Curved line


Erase:

Extra Lines in body, wings, neck, and feet.

Eraser


Draw:

2 circles for the Dragon’s face. 2 lines for his tail. 1 Star at his tail’s end.

Circle

Line

Star


Draw:

1 more Circle for the Dragon’s face to connect his neck.

Circle


Close-up of the Dragon’s face.


Erase:

Inside Circles of the head and extra tail Lines.

Draw:

A Line for the jaw.

Eraser

Line


Close-up of Dragon’s face.


Draw:

Make the Dragon’s eyes with two thin circles. One eye is up and down (vertical)

and one eye is side to side (horizontal).

Circle


Erase:

Top of the Dragon’s mouth.

Draw:

2 Lines for the bottom of the Dragon’s stomach.

Eraser

Line


Draw:

2 Curved lines for the Dragon’s claws on his feet.

Curved line


Draw:

2 more Curved lines for the bottom of the Dragon’s claws on his feet and connect

them to the top lines.

Curved line


Draw:

2 half circles on the Dragon’s neck with the Curved line tool.

Curved line


Color with Fill Bucket:

Red neck and eyes

Red claws

Green middle of eyes

Black body

Fill bucket


You’re done! Congratulations!

Submit your pictures to us at:

www.digitalanimationforkids.net


Tips for Coloring:

1. Before coloring, make sure all of your lines are connected or the colors will

bleed all over your picture- not just in the place you’d like.

2. Using the Line or Brush tool, redraw the stomach, neck, legs.

3. Double check all your black lines are connected.


Challenges:

Fill the Dragon in different colors.

Draw the Dragon trapped in a tower.

Draw a background of clouds and mountains.

Draw the Dragon breathing fire on a Wizard.

Draw the Dragon stealing a pot of gold.

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Digital Drawing Workbook: Draw a Dragon Using Paint Editor