How To Draw A Realistic Dragonfly

hey our friends today we're gonna draw another insect what are we drawing this time a dragonfly it's gonna be really cool we hope you're gonna follow along you need your drawing supplies and also some paper and something to go with yeah are you ready to start yeah let's first draw the head and we're gonna draw it up here towards the top of our paper so that we have room for the big long body we're going to draw an oval shape about this size right here there's the head and then we could also draw maybe this is kind of the mouth shape and then let's split the eyes right down the middle then we're going to draw the thorax next which is the body we're going to start here we're going to draw an oval shape that comes down around and then back up or kind of a u-shape an oval that's not that doesn't complete at the top yeah because it's connected to the head there you go next let's draw the abdomen and that's the really long part of the dragonfly we're going to start here and we're going to draw a line that comes down like this and maybe stop there so this is the left side and then we're going to draw the right side coming down and it comes close together right here and then we're going to leave a little space at the bottom and then connect these two lines together with a curve now the very end let's draw an upside down v and then we're going to draw a curve to connect that v up to the abdomen then let's connect the other side back up also cool now we can add segments let's draw lines going across all the way up to the thorax now let's draw the legs let's draw one leg coming straight up or diagonal to the left actually he looks very happy yeah his legs like all the way up to there celebrating then we're going to draw this leg bent so we're going to draw it bending to the right a little and then we can draw a little hook at the end we could also color in if you have a little space on those legs now let's draw the other leg on the other side and we'll just repeat those same steps we'll draw an upside down skinny letter u colored in and then we're going to bend the leg going the other direction and then a little hook at the end okay now let's draw the next leg we're going to draw it right next to the first one but we're going to draw it coming out to the side further we want to make sure that we're drawing the legs really skinny too so that he doesn't look too strong and then we're going to draw this leg bent up a little further and i'm going to color in this first segment too then let's draw a little foot or hook at the end you can also add little tiny spikes on that leg okay now let's draw the other leg on the other side and we're going to draw symmetrical so we can draw it going that same direction the other way and then color it in and let's bend this leg up just like the other side color it in and then a little hook at the end for the foot and we went a lot faster that time because we're repeating the same steps i like those little spikes on the end okay now let's draw the last leg on each side let's draw it coming back this way so we're going to draw a really skinny u-shape and we can bend it coming out a little further and then i'm going to draw a little hook at the end oh this is looking really cool even without the wings now let's draw the other leg going down the other side and then we'll draw a bending out a little further and a hook at the end oh we could also add little spikes too on this leg what should we draw next the wings yeah let's do it let's draw wings we're going to draw first let's draw a little oval right in the middle of the body this is where the wings are going to come out of and then we're going to draw another u-shape kind of looks like we're repeating the same shape as the dragonfly it looks like a little baby dragonfly on the back okay now let's try the first wing we're gonna draw it coming out to the left so we're gonna curve out of this top oval we're gonna curve out like this so i curved up and then kind of started coming down and then we're going to do that same kind of shape we're going to start here and we're going to come straight out and then right at the end we're going to curve down before we get to the edge of the paper okay now we're going to start here and we're going to curve back in like this and then we're going to curve up almost to where we started let's repeat that same shape but on the other side now so we're going to start here come up a little and then start coming down and that's okay if they don't look exactly the same on both sides we're practicing right we're going to draw this next bump and then right at the end curve down and then we're going to curve back in and then right at the end we're going to curve up and almost connect to where we started there's the first set of wings they have one more set right below this one so we're going to start here we're going to trace over where we were come out a little further and then curve down just like we did on this wing the wings are really fun to draw yeah now we're going to curve here at the end we're going to come back underneath the foot we're going to curve up next to the body and then into almost where we started that looks really cool okay now let's do the same thing on the other side we're gonna start here come out and try to look at the other side so that it matches symmetrical and then we're gonna curve back around underneath the foot in the leg and then curve up to the body and in hadley we did it we finished drawing our dragonfly it looks really cool except we're not completely done we still need to color it yes that's going to look really cool after we color this part we are going to fast forward so remember to pause the video and take time to color your drawings you ready to fast forward [Music] hello give me five we did it we finished drawing and coloring our dragonfly yeah it looks so much better all colored in yeah i think so too i hope our friends will take time to pause the video and color their drawings also if you have the same biannual marker set we use blue yellow and green the blue that we used is b205 yeah and then the yellow is y107 we use two greens a light green g503 and the dark green we use is g515 yeah and then we also use a really light warm gray wg01 for the wings and then at the very end we use a black colored pencil to add the texture lines on the wings that makes it look even more realistic we also used a white colored pencil on the thorax but you could also color your dragonflies any way you want you could also make the wings colorful too we hope you had a lot of fun drawing dragonflies we do we hope you had a lot of fun and we'll see you later our friends goodbye [Music]

Channel: Art for Kids Hub

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Length: 7min 50sec (470 seconds)

Published: Mon May 09 2022