Here there be Dragons!
A dragon is a large, serpentine, legendary creature that appears in the folklore of many cultures worldwide. Beliefs about dragons vary considerably through regions, but dragons in western cultures since the High Middle Ages have often been depicted as winged, horned, four-legged, and capable of breathing fire. Dragons in eastern cultures are usually depicted as wingless, four-legged, serpentine creatures with above-average intelligence.
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?
fire-breathing dragon by Friedrich Justin Bertuch from 1806
Story Time
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
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.
Vocabulary
Why This Lesson
Student Gallery/ Instructors Examples
https://www.deviantart.com/dragolisco/art/Dragon-TUTORIAL-Wings-792290823
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.
