Digital Drawing Workbook: Draw a Dragon Using Paint Editor
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This document is a step-by-step activity book for kids that guides them on how to draw and create stories online, focusing on drawing a dragon named Snout. It includes detailed instructions on using Microsoft Paint tools to build the dragon's shape and features. Additionally, it offers tips for coloring and creative drawing challenges to encourage imagination.
Digital Drawing Workbook: Draw a Dragon Using Paint Editor
- 1. ©2016 Digital Animation for Kids, LLC 1 A step-by-step activity book for kids learning to draw and create stories online. www.digitalanimationforkids.com A step-by-step activity book for kids learning to draw and create stories online. ©2016 Digital Animation for Kids www.digitalanimationforkids.com DRAGONS
- 2. ©2016 Digital Animation for Kids, LLC 2 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!
- 3. ©2016 Digital Animation for Kids, LLC 3 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!
- 4. ©2016 Digital Animation for Kids, LLC 4 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.
- 5. ©2016 Digital Animation for Kids, LLC 5 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.
- 6. ©2016 Digital Animation for Kids, LLC 6 Draw: 3 Circles for the Dragon’s body. Circle
- 7. ©2016 Digital Animation for Kids, LLC 7 Draw: 8 Circles for the Dragon’s legs and feet. Circle
- 8. ©2016 Digital Animation for Kids, LLC 8 Draw: 1 Circle for his Wing. 2 Lines for his Tail. Circle Line
- 9. ©2016 Digital Animation for Kids, LLC 9 Draw: Curved lines around the wing. You may have to draw 2 or 3. Curved line
- 10. ©2016 Digital Animation for Kids, LLC 10 Draw: Curved lines for the Dragon’s neck and feet. Curved line
- 11. ©2016 Digital Animation for Kids, LLC 11 Erase: Extra Lines in body, wings, neck, and feet. Eraser
- 12. ©2016 Digital Animation for Kids, LLC 12 Draw: 2 circles for the Dragon’s face. 2 lines for his tail. 1 Star at his tail’s end. Circle Line Star
- 13. ©2016 Digital Animation for Kids, LLC 13 Draw: 1 more Circle for the Dragon’s face to connect his neck. Circle
- 14. ©2016 Digital Animation for Kids, LLC 14 Close-up of the Dragon’s face.
- 15. ©2016 Digital Animation for Kids, LLC 15 Erase: Inside Circles of the head and extra tail Lines. Draw: A Line for the jaw. Eraser Line
- 16. ©2016 Digital Animation for Kids, LLC 16 Close-up of Dragon’s face.
- 17. ©2016 Digital Animation for Kids, LLC 17 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
- 18. ©2016 Digital Animation for Kids, LLC 18 Erase: Top of the Dragon’s mouth. Draw: 2 Lines for the bottom of the Dragon’s stomach. Eraser Line
- 19. ©2016 Digital Animation for Kids, LLC 19 Draw: 2 Curved lines for the Dragon’s claws on his feet. Curved line
- 20. ©2016 Digital Animation for Kids, LLC 20 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
- 21. ©2016 Digital Animation for Kids, LLC 21 Draw: 2 half circles on the Dragon’s neck with the Curved line tool. Curved line
- 22. ©2016 Digital Animation for Kids, LLC 22 Color with Fill Bucket: Red neck and eyes Red claws Green middle of eyes Black body Fill bucket
- 23. ©2016 Digital Animation for Kids, LLC 23 You’re done! Congratulations! Submit your pictures to us at: www.digitalanimationforkids.net
- 24. ©2016 Digital Animation for Kids, LLC 24 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.
- 25. ©2016 Digital Animation for Kids, LLC 25 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.