How to Draw a Dragon Egg

1. Begin the dragon egg outline by outlining the oval shape of the egg. Use a long curved line. Then, draw a curved line inside the egg, and double it back upon itself to form the baby dragon's face.

Notice the brow and the little horn protruding from the nose. Draw a curved line to indicate the baby's closed eye.

2. Draw a curved line to form the lower jaw. Contour the eyelid with short lines, and shade a small oval to indicate the nostril.

At the back of the head, enclose the rounded triangular shape of a horn. Behind it, draw the frilled back of the head using several curved lines.

3. Use long, curved lines to sketch the dragon's neck. He looks a bit like a long-necked dinosaur. Use additional curved lines to begin sketching his forelimbs.

4. Use overlapping curved lines to complete the fingers of the forelimb, and a long line for the arm itself.

Then, use a curled "V" shaped line to begin sketching the rear leg. Connect the two limbs using a short line to outline the belly.

5. Use a series of curved lines to complete the rear leg, foot, and toes. Then, extend a long curved line and double it back upon itself to begin tracing the folded wing.

6. Draw the supporting digits of the batlike dragon's wing. Use a pair of curved lines for each digit, and allow them to meet at a gentle point.

7. Draw the wing membrane, connecting the digits of the wing with curved lines. Then, extend a curved line to begin sketching the tail.

8. Draw a long curved line from the back of the neck, around the wing, to meet the end of the tail at a gentle point.

9. Complete your dragon egg outline by enclosing small ridges or spikes along his back and tail.

Color your cartoon dragon egg. If he is a Pern dragon, will you bond with a gold, bronze, brown, green, or blue?