Easy dino paintings with watercolour
1. Triceratops art
- Start with a circle
- Create an egg shape to the left of the circle
- Add a crest from the back of the egg shape and a beak shape at the front
- Draw a chin and connect it to the back of the crest
- Draw 3 horns and an eye
- Starting from the top of the circle, sketch a line for the top of the tail
- Draw the front and back legs and the tummy
- Outline with black marker*
- Paint the top half with a mix of Yellow Ochre and Lime Green
- Paint the rest with straight Yellow Ochre
2. Brontosaurus art
- Begin by drawing an egg shape
- Add lines to create the neck
- Draw an elliptical shape and extend a line from the top for the tail
- Sketch in the legs, eyes, and mouth
- Add spots, then outline with the marker
- Erase your pencil lines
- Paint the top portion with Yellow mixed with a touch of Lime Green
- Colour the bottom with Green
- Paint the spots with Red
3. Stegosaurus art
- Start with a circle and an egg shape
- Draw a line for the neck from the back of the egg to the circle
- Add a tail from the back of the large circle
- Sketch long back legs and shorter front legs
- Add diamond-shaped plates along the back and spikes on the tail
- Outline with the marker
- Paint the top portion with a mix of blue and green, and the bottom with yellow
- Blend the colours where they meet
- Paint the plates with Yellow Ochre
4. Tyrannosaurus Rex art
- Draw two intersecting circles for the head
- Sketch an elliptical circle beneath for the body
- Draw a line connecting the circles for the top of the head
- Draw a line from the back of the right circle, down the elliptical circle, and create a tail
- Draw a crescent shape for the leg muscle and add a small foot at the bottom
- Connect the back of the foot to the body
- Sketch in the belly and draw the second leg at the base
- Add the classic T-rex arms
- Draw his face details and add fins
- Outline with the marker
- Paint the body with Green and make the belly a mix of Green and Yellow
- Paint the fins with Yellow Ochre
We hope you enjoy creating your own dinosaur masterpieces! Let your creativity roar with these easy and fun watercolour paintings 🦕🎨
*TIP: After you outline your dinos in black pen, erase your pencil lines before colouring for a cleaner finish!