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Young Adult Nonfiction Drawing

Drawing Fantastic Dragons

Create Amazing Full-Color Dragon Art, including Eastern, Western and Classic Beasts

by (author) Sandra Staple

Publisher
Ulysses Press
Initial publish date
Jul 2018
Category
Drawing, Techniques, Folklore & Mythology
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781612437613
    Publish Date
    Jul 2018
    List Price
    $21.95

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Description

Create and Customize the Dragon of Your Dreams!

If you can dream it, this book will show you how to bring it to life in distinct and dramatic color. With easy-to-follow, step- by-step instructions, Drawing Fantastic Dragons teaches the tricks and techniques to create your own amazing art.

Start with a sketch of the dragon’s body form. Then add the head, tail, arms and legs. Next customize it with one of the many styles of horns, scales, claws and wings detailed in this guide. You will even learn how to add age, personality and animal attributes to your dragon.

Lastly, author Sandra Staple shows how to finish your dragon drawing with amazing color effects. Packed with example after example, this hands-on guide features dragons of all shapes and sizes, and includes a special section on how to draw unique beasts like earth, air, and fire dragons, wyverns, hydras, and more.

About the author

Contributor Notes

Sandra Staple is an artist and photographer who has been drawing dragons for over 15 years, and has literally sketched thousands of them. She won awards as far back as high school and had shows of her work when she was in college. She has sold paintings through her website and other sites online art galleries. She runs the popular website canadiandragon.com and lives in Nova Scotia, Canada.