This article is about how to draw a dragonfly for kids and beginners in different styles. These are those insects which live in a cold atmosphere or around water, and like frog they produce eggs in water and then flies once grown up.
Dragonflies live for years and live all their life as nymphs. They cross borders and travel at a speed of 60 miles per hour many times. They are old animals and now they are used in art, jewelry, and other ornaments.
Practice to draw this fly with provided simple steps, you would require a pencil, paper, and colours or simply shade it using a pencil. Alright, so let us start to learn a new tutorial.
How to draw a Dragonfly for kids:
Step 1: Draw a straight line first with 2 small perpendicular lines at the top, below it draw a half curve with a flat base and again a small circle at the bottom of it. Draw 2 straight lines from the top of the circle drawn forming a box.
Step 2: Draw another circle in between the 2 and a long tube like shape from bottom of the circle for and guide for abdomen and thorax is complete, also draw 2 lines creating an outer wall for it.
Step 3: Attach 2 pairs of legs on outer side wall of first part using an L and its mirror image. Next draw 2 pairs of the long curved lines of 3rd circle as guide for wings.
Step 4: Outline the legs by using some lines and make a long curved line around the wings guideline to outline wings. Do it in the same way for all 4 wings, opposite wings remain the same with each other.
Step 5: Outline the first portion of the leg by using a ring and lines, also at the same time draw some rings to the remaining part of the body based on the width of it.
Step 6: Draw a small curve line between the 2 body rings to give the appearance of joints, see figure provided below. Draw long veins originating from the same center to the outer portion of wings.
Step 7: Contour your drawing, draw thin line branches for veins in wings. Include very small small lines on the abdomen and thorax and zig zag lines.
Step 8: Now when drawing is complete erase all extra lines and guidelines, make your image neat and clean.
How to draw a cartoon Dragonfly:
To sketch an easy cartoon dragonfly just follow the provided steps and drawings:
- Draw a tiny circle and a tiny oval, draw them in an angle on the paper.
- Underneath them draw flat sleek oval whose top portion is overlapped.
- Begin to draw a straight line from the top of the oval and then fold back towards the body, draw in oval shape and come back with a straight line.
- Do the same step in order to draw the wing of the other side and the first pair of wings is complete.
- Then draw 2nd pair of wings, begin from the end of the first wing and come back down below to it.
- Draw opposite side also by repeating it.
- Insert 2 legs and a curve for eyes on the first portion.
- Draw veins within the wings.
- Draw curve for body segment of thorax and abdomen.
- Fill it with your desired color.
How to draw a side view of a dragonfly:
How to draw step by step dragonfly:
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