22 Dinosaur Drawing Ideas with Step by Step Drawings

Have you ever seen a velociraptor with feathers? That is what archaeopteryx is like. It is a small, bird-like dinosaur with sharp teeth.

If you're a beginner artist, start here. This cute long-necked dinosaur is made up of easy overlapping lines. As your skills grow, you can tackle more detailed sauropods.

Want to try your hand at training Blue from Jurassic World? Draw her! This easy dinosaur is made up of simple lines. After you've mastered this drawing, check out the more detailed velociraptor below.

This T-rex looks like a sharp tooth that stepped out of The Land Before Time. As you draw the muscles and teeth, you will see why he is known as the king of the dinosaurs.

You will recognize this frilled dinosaur from Jurassic Park. Did you know? Real dilophosauruses had the two crests on top of their heads but not the neck frills. Can you draw this one realistically?

Did you draw the easy dinosaur, above? Here is another, slightly more complex long-necked dinosaur for you to try. Then, you can move on to the Apatosaurus, below.

Ornithomimus might look a bit like a velociraptor, but it doesn't have any teeth! Built for speed, this therapod ran swiftly to keep from being another dinosaur's dinner.

Your collection of long-necked dinosaurs would not be complete without a swimming plesiosaur - even though it was technically a marine reptile and not a dinosaur.

Saurolophus was a plant-eating dinosaur with a crest or horn on its head. It walked on two legs like a Tyrannosaurus, but it had a beak-like mouth instead of sharp teeth.

This apatosaurus is the apex of your long-necked dinosaur drawings. Take note of the contours of its neck, back, and tail, and the wrinkles on its knees.

All good things must come to an end, and the dinosaurs did - they became extinct millions of years ago. But they left behind their bones in the form of fossils like this one.

Velociraptors traveled and hunted in packs, as many animals do today. Give the velociraptor you drew above a companion.

This parasaurolophus resembles the saurolophus above, but it has a larger head crest. Both dinosaurs walked on two legs, ate plants, and traveled in herds.

The three-horned triceratops is an iconic dinosaur. It also had a bony crest on the back of its neck that it used as a shield.

Stegosaurus was known for the huge bony plates along its back and tail. It could swing the spikes on its tail to protect itself. Its head was small and it had a beaklike mouth.

Brachiosaurus is one of the most famous long-necked dinosaurs. The bulge on the top of its head is its nose; can you see the nostril?

Spinosaurus was named for the spines on its back. It is assumed that these supported a fan-like sail of tissue. Spinosaurus was a predator with sharp teeth.

Allosaurus resembles Tyrannosaurus rex, but it was much smaller. You will also notice the bone plates on its head that set it apart from other theropods.

Ankylosaurus was built like a tank. Its head and back had thick armor and bony spikes. The end of its tail had a bony club that it could swing to protect itself.

Mosasaurs were ocean-dwelling reptiles. Notice its alligator-like head. If you combined a shark and a crocodile, the result would look like this mosasaur.

This fossil is of a T. Rex or one of its relatives. The bones have been preserved in rock. Notice the characteristic curved shape the skeleton has taken.

In Jurassic World, the fictional indominus rex was created by combining the genes of T. Rex, velociraptor, and other dinosaurs. Can you see the resemblances?