Dragon eyes
MINDFULNESS
Dragon Breath
Sit comfortably and place your hands on your belly.Breathe out through your nose with a strong snort as you gently push your belly back towards your spine.Focus on your breath as it goes out. A little bit of air will naturally sneak into your nose after each outward dragon breath, so you don’t need to think about inhaling, it will happen naturally.Do the Dragon Breath 3-6 times. Then breathe in and out normally.
SEE THINK WONDER
What do you see in the picture? What do you think is happening and what was the artist trying to tell you with this picture? What does this picture make you wonder about?
Chinese New Year Dragon Photo by John Keeble/ Getty Images
ASSIGNMENT
Using what we know about the anatomy of the human eye and creating values for shading, create a dragon eye. Looking at animal eyes as inspiration can help us find scales patterns, shapes and textures to create our dragon eye.
Create texture with pattern of shape and line
create form (3-d look) by using value for shading
Use shape to convey mood or intent: shart pointy and slanted lines create a more angry, fierce, determined look, round lines and shapes create a friendlier and happier look.
color: warm and cool
Assignment
We will draw a dragon: use what we have learned previously to make a scene for your dragon. Think about the tutorials on mountains, ponds, sunsets and shading will help you make the best composition
Examples
Creating Scales: visual Texture
VOCABULARY
Value
Shading
Texture
Shape
Form
Pattern
ANIMAL EYES
WHY THIS PROJECT
SHAPE
COLOR
TEMPLATE
INSPIRATION
DRAGON
SHADING
Try drawing the whole dragon
Dragon Anatomy
History of Dragons
These are hotlinks. You can click on each kind of dragon and it will take you to the Fandom page about that dragon.
Chinese Dragons
he Chinese Dragon, also known as the loong, long or lung (simplified Chinese: 龙; traditional Chinese: 龍; pinyin: lóng), is a legendary creature in Chinese mythology, Chinese folklore, and Chinese culture at large. Chinese dragons have many animal-like forms such as turtles and fish, but are most commonly depicted as snake-like with four legs. Historically, the Chinese dragon was associated with the Emperor of China and used as a symbol to represent imperial power. Chinese dragons are strongly associated with water and weather in popular religion. here are four major Dragon Kings, representing each of the Four Seas: the East Sea (corresponding to the East China Sea), the South Sea (corresponding to the South China Sea), the West Sea (sometimes seen as the Qinghai Lake and beyond), and the North Sea (sometimes seen as Lake Baikal). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_dragon
The Chinese zodiac is a traditional classification scheme based on the Chinese calendar that assigns an animal and its reputed attributes to each year in a repeating twelve-year cycle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_zodiac
The zodiac animal for the 2024 Lunar New Year is the Dragon, the fifth of the 12-year cycle of animals that appear in the Chinese zodiac. The last year of the Dragon was in January 2012, which marked the year of the Water Dragon.
