How to Draw Baby Mythical Creatures is an imaginative, fully illustrated step-by-step guide for drawing 50 enchanting fantasy babies — six kinds of dragon, unicorn, pegasus, alicorn, mermaid and merman, phoenix, griffin, hippogriff, kirin, sea serpent, fairy, centaur, sphinx, jackalope, kitsune, moon rabbit, hippocampus, thunderbird and flower sprite. Every creature is taught twice: a Five-Step Sketch & Shading Study and a Four-Step Drawing Guide, each with a 10-step graphite value scale.
Because the creatures are invented, the lessons teach students to combine real-animal anatomy (a lion body, a bird wing, a fish tail) into believable new forms — the same skill used in character design, animation and illustration. Students learn wings, horns, feathers, scales and magical textures while still practising the fundamentals of shape, proportion and value.
WHAT'S INCLUDED — 52 PAGES
• 25 Five-Step Sketch & Shading Studies (one full page per creature)
• 25 Four-Step Drawing Guides (one full page per creature)
• 10-step graphite value scale on every lesson page
• US Letter, 300 dpi, full-bleed, print-ready PDF
THE 25 MYTHICAL CREATURES
Fire Dragon, Ice Dragon, Forest Dragon, Sea Dragon, Cloud Dragon, Moon Dragon, Unicorn, Pegasus, Alicorn, Mermaid, Merman, Phoenix, Griffin, Hippogriff, Kirin, Sea Serpent, Fairy, Centaur, Sphinx, Jackalope, Kitsune, Moon Rabbit, Hippocampus, Thunderbird, Flower Sprite
SKILLS TAUGHT
• Combining animal anatomy into original creatures
• Wings, horns, fins, feathers and scales
• Proportion for 'cute' character design (large heads, big eyes)
• Building values and magical textures
• Contrast, focal points and finishing
PERFECT FOR
• Elementary and middle school art (grades 3–8), and high school character-design intros
• Fantasy, mythology, and creative-writing tie-ins (draw the creature, then write its story)
• Sub plans, early finishers, drawing club, homeschool
• Students who 'don't like drawing animals' but love dragons
FORMAT
PDF · 52 pages · US Letter · Grades 3–12 · Single-classroom license
