Dragonfly Drawings

If you want to do dragonfly drawings, just copy this simple template and you can easily draw in the detail to create a good-looking dragonfly.

As you can see, the dragonfly outline is very basic which makes it an ideal topic for beginner artists.

About The Dragonfly

The dragonfly is a harmless insect with a long thin body and two pairs of wings. Dragonfly Drawing

The wings are fragile and transparent but that doesn't stop the dragonfly from flying very fast.

They benefit us by eating flies, mosquitoes and other insects.

You will likely find dragonflies around water, it is their breeding ground.

Some other main points are:

This insect has six legs.
It can perch on its legs but it can't walk.
It catches other insects using the legs or the jaws.

Adult dragonflies live up to only a few months but the life span is up to five years.

A young dragonfly is called a dragonfly nymph.

Drawing Dragonflies and Learning

I like to give you information on your drawing subject so you can increase your knowledge about things as you go along your artistic journey. It does us all good to learn something new everyday.

When I do research for my drawings, I feel very satisfied to know I am learning all the time, too. That keeps us young and healthy, you know :)
Dragonfly Drawings

If you copy the dragonfly outline above, that single act constitutes drawing practice.

Ok, so now draw it again only this time add in the extra details like fine lines on the wings (remember the wings are transparent) and fill out the body.

I am sure you will have a fine drawing when you are finished. Be a kind judge and allow for your level of experience at this stage.

Whenever you are browsing through magazines or leaflets, it's a good idea to keep any pictures that you think you'd like to draw and store them in a folder.

This saves a lot of time because when you get a spare moment to draw, all your reference material is ready and it's all things that you are keen to draw.

My Mum did these dragonfly drawings for us (thanks Mum!). We always get together to do some drawings and generally have a lot of laughs.

It's nice when we do art together, we chat about different things and Mum is terrific with her encouragement and advice for my drawings.

So, next time you do some drawings of dragonflies, encourage a friend to join you and spend some quality time with each other. It's a time you will always cherish and remember.