Draw the ear behind the skull. Define the shape of the main body, starting with the shoulders and ending with the back of the thighs. Draw a big smile across the mouth towards the back of the eye socket. And I love sharing my knowledge with others! The scales are small over the body and big, regular on the head. Continue the lower line of the crescent around the eye, and add a curved line just above the eye, below the crescent. I’ve chosen six popular species, each representing their group. The “lips” are covered with pentagonal scales. The body is wide vertically, but not very round. This post has been originally commissioned for SketchBook Blog in 2016. They should lead directly to the nose. The smile has a gentler curve, and the top of the head looks flat. Draw a sagging skin under the throat and neck. The lower jaw should be thinner than the upper one. Step 4: At the front of the head, add a small, shaded circle for the nostril, and then extend a line back from the top of the head, and another back from the bottom of the head. You can do it easily in SketchBook! Shade a dark circle in the inner oval. But remember that such a tutorial is just an introduction to the learning process. Quickly sketch the basic shape of the lizard, defining the perspective in the process. At the end of the lesson, we'll also show you how to shade and color your lizard realistically.Become an Art Club member https://www.artforkidshub.com/join-art-club/ Learn more about the art supplies we love to use https://www.artforkidshub.com/art-supplies/Learn more about us https://www.artforkidshub.com/about/Subscribe to our channel here http://bit.ly/afksubscribeYou can also find us on:FACEBOOK http://facebook.com/artforkidshubTWITTER http://twitter.com/artforkidshubINSTAGRAM http://instagram.com/artforkidshubWould your kids like to have their art featured in our Monday video?EMAIL a photo to myart@artforkidshub.comorMAIL their art to:Art for Kids HubP.O. Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription. I’ve chosen this popular pet as a representative of geckos, though it’s not a perfect representative. Especially if you want to create your own species of lizards! Define the shape of the main body, starting with the shoulders and ending with the back of the thighs. They’re obviously very different from mammals physically, and they have many special features that can be used in creature design. Use the size you need for the body. This is the biggest lizard, big enough to effectively attack humans. Add the eye sockets behind the ellipsoid, and cover them with the eyebrows. In comparison to the Komodo dragon we have analyzed earlier, true lizards have more compact head and bigger eyes. First, the claws – they are curved towards the ground. How to make your lizard look like a Komodo dragon? Draw lines parallel to these lines. Outline the whole body to create a characteristic look of the species. Flap-necked chameleons in their natural state are green or brown, with bright patches and dark speckles over the body. This way you’ll create more identical rhombuses automatically. Make sure you spend a lot of time drawing lizards from life, videos, and photos. Outline the shape of the top of the head. Only the flap and the ridges on the forehead have bigger scales. How to Draw from Imagination: Freehand Perspective and Drawing in 3D, What Are Blend Modes and How to Use Them in Digital Art. When I say “lizard”, some member of lacertids (the “true lizards”) comes to my mind. Box 927Pleasant Grove, UT 84062 This form is so simple because lizards have a primitive skull shape with a jaw joint right in the back of the head. They don’t, however, use this ability to blend into their environment – that’s a common myth! For example, a Komodo dragon should have a little hole between the lips for the passage of the snake-like tongue. The scales are tiny and regular all over the body, except for the head. This lizard has a wide, flat chest and wide head with a “beard” – a wide throat covered with spikes. Step 2: Above the eye, draw a crescent shape with several lines through it. The toes get merged into a thicker base, so you can draw this base to define the width of the foot. Cross another row the same way, staying between the cells of the previous row. Finally, add the colors and shading. Outline these sections now. Draw the final lines with all the details. Chameleons have various colors, and they can change it depending on their mood or to send a message. To draw a green iguana, keep these in mind: To make the head iguana-like, make sure to keep it blocky on the start, give it huge eyes with thick eyelids, and dropping jowls. Make sure you also check out any of the hundreds of drawing tutorials grouped by category. Last time we learned How to Draw Wolves. Draw the “lips”. Bearded dragons wear desert camouflage – white belly and tan body with white and brown patches/stripes. Iguanas have rows of “spikes” along the body and the throat, longer and more prominent in males. Start with a “wire base” of the paws. The mouth will be just a little sphere, and the eyes should be enormous. This area around the mouth has usually a different pattern of scales, and its width varies among species. Add the details depending on the species. Adjust it to the perspective of each toe. Bearded dragon is another popular ped, chosen for its peculiar look. can lose the tail when in danger and later grow it back. The joint lies in the end of this line. For the front feet: three openings on the front, one on each side. Time to introduce the actual species. The head looks relatively small and blocky. Lizard species have very different head shapes, so it’s hard to create a universal process for drawing them. Begin by drawing a small circle and a larger, irregular oval shape. It’s just a simple opening. Can you see what methods I used to draw scales on this Komodo dragon? Females are green, with brighter mouth and warmer tail, and the body is striped. Continue drawing the lines over the rest of the area. When it comes to the details, make sure you’re creating a proper smooth transition between the head and the body – between the “beard” and the wrinkled neck. Keep in mind it’s just an example process – feel free to learn from it to create your own. You'll need a marker, colored pencils, and paper. Geckos can have many fantastic colors, and our leopard gecko sports a leopard look – with white belly, yellow or tan body, and spots all over the body. They have a long body with head transitioning smoothly into the neck, and the neck transitioning smoothly into the chest. They’re rather thin and very simple in shape. The toes should look long and thin, even if the lizard is very big. This is probably the most unique type of lizards. This method is much simpler and faster, perfect if you need to cover a large area with scales, so the individual ones are not as important. Step 3: Leaving some space around the eye, draw the head. Make the head narrow and long, relatively small in comparison to the body. Some lizards (not all!) Bearded dragons are covered with spiky scales, but you don’t need to be so detailed. Below are the individual steps - you can click on each one for a High Resolution printable PDF version. Start by crossing the areas with evenly distributed lines. Finally, add the “flap” on the back of the head. The whole body should look like one long element. At the bottom you can read some interesting facts about the Lizard Head. Start the head small and classically lizard-like. The scales on leopard gecko are so tiny and uniform that they may not be visible at all. Lizard species vary a lot, but their feet follow a common scheme: Let’s draw sample lizard feet step by step now.