Ralph Masiello's Dragon Drawing Book

Ralph Masiello's Drawing Books

by Ralph Masiello

Author/illustrator Ralph Masiello explores the world of dragon lore, from the mystical Australian rainbow serpent to the revered imperial dragon of China. Just follow the steps in red to create your own mythical, magical beasts. Extra bonus steps in blue show how to add realistic scales and more advanced details.

Genres: Art, Dragons, Childrens, Fantasy, Drawing

64 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Shanna Gonzalez]

This addition to Masiello's drawing series is more advanced than his Ocean Drawing Book and is probably better suited to the 8-12 age range. Along with his detailed step-by-step drawing instructions for eleven kinds of dragons, he provides some historical and mythological information about each dragon, including by a nice map showing the geographic locations where stories about them originated. He also supplies a bibliography for further reading.

This ambitious book instructs the reader in drawing dragons using several styles of artwork, including a realistic style (as much realism, anyway, as can be expected from a mythological creatures) as well as Mayan, Thai, and Chinese styles of representation. For budding artists or dragon aficiandos, this is an excellent book for fanning the flame.

[Dolly]

This is a fascinating book about dragons. Not only does it give step by step directions depicting how to draw each type of dragon, but it also gives a brief description of the dragons and the cultural and historical origins of each. I grew up in Massachusetts and never knew that there was a dragon connected with the misty islands of the Quabbin Reservoir. How interesting!

Our oldest has been bringing home lots of drawing books from her school library, and this is one of my favorites. Both of our girls have been learning how to draw different creatures and things from drawing books like this, and the results are rather impressive. Both can draw much better than I can!

Our girls really like this book and have borrowed it several times from their elementary school library.

[Alexandria]

I borrowed this one from the library but I'm definitely going to have to buy myself a copy. It gives a great breakdown of different dragons, as advertised, but also buildings like monuments as well as trees and shrubs and such.

[Casseroll]

Great drawing book! Beautiful dragons, simplified and pulled from different cultures. Highly recommended!

[Donna]

I've already worked on a few. I really like the Ouroboros, "tail-devourer" Nice circular dragon. I'm going to do that one again only better. This book is awesome for all dragon lovers, and budding artists should really enjoy it. Nice lore to go a long with drawings. Good for all ages but found it in juvenile section at local libray.

I have borrowed this book many times from local library and have drawn most of the dragons in the book. I have checked out other books on drawing and found this was a springboard for a creative outlet I had not given much thought.

[Eden Silverfox]

This book has step-by-step instructions for you to draw dragons. There are 11 dragons in total that you can draw and all of them are really neat looking, but my favorite is the Chinese dragon.

I've already drawn one of the dragons and it was very easy. The step-by-step instructions make it easy to draw amazing looking dragons. There is also a bit of information about each dragon that you can draw.

Great book. I loved this and I'll definitely be drawing more of the dragons in this book.

[Samantha Penrose]

This book has awesome illustrations, excellent step-by-step instructions (that truly work) and a paragraph or two about each dragon. I drew an awesome aboriginal rainbow serpant, and my five year old tried them all out with amazing sucess! Good for all ages and art skills.

[Annette]

Preston gives this book two thumbs up! You not only learn to draw dragons from all over the world, but the author has included a little information about each one as well. The step by step instructions are easy to follow and Preston has been able to create some pretty awesome dragons!

[Amy]

this book would never be on the shelf if we had it at Washington.

[Molly]

Great illustrations, just a bit more advanced than I am!

[Sharon Skinner]

I am finally learning to draw dragons! And this is one of the very best step-by-step books I have found to support my process.

[Trissa White]

We had a lot of fun with this book. It actually makes drawing a dragon pretty easy... and they are neat looking.

[False]

I could see children loving this as a teaching guide for a variety of dragons.

[Allan]

I've benn drawing so much better because of this book

[Kelly]

Great book for any dragon loving artists!

[The Brothers]

Excellent step-by-step instruction on how to draw dragons. Asher (5 yo) managed to make some pretty impressive drawings from using this book!

[James]

Great way to get started with drawing dragons. Has nice pictures to create step by step.