Here be Dragons
Michael Dobrzycki demonstrates how to draw a variety of dragons in his book The Art of Drawing Dragons, Mythological Beasts, and Fantasy Creatures: Step-by-step techniques for drawing fantastic creatures of folklore and legend. A little over half of this book is dedicated to dragons in their various forms. Each creature has a brief description of where they originated, and what their primary traits are. The drawings themselves range from cute to creepy. For example, the Naga has a man’s head on a snake’s body, and there is only so much you can do with those qualities. Drawing the mythological beasts and fantasy creatures in the second half of the book, seem more like bonus content than a continuation of the book’s theme. The drawings themselves are a little harder than the step by step process the book promises. So, this book may be better for artists with some experience drawing. There are about five to seven steps that start with basic shapes, and jump to a full shaded drawing. The text does give clues to what pencils and shapes to use when creating the drawings. Overall, this is not a book that teaches how to freehand draw dragons, but how to draw Michael Dobrzycki’s designs. It is always fun to learn new techniques and shapes to draw dragons. This book is great for artists that love drawing creatures, and want to try their hand at a different style. ( )

Great book for fantasy drawing, but a little too detailed for ds7 at this stage. I plan to try this one again when he has a little more experience. ( )