How to draw a...

Sphinx

Cyclops

Pegasus

Sphinx (SFINKS)

The mysterious sphinx was a Greek and Egyptian legend. With the face of a woman, the body of a lion and the wings of an eagle, the sphinx liked to stop travelers and ask them a riddle. If they answered the riddle correctly, she let them go.

Sketch a small egg for the head, a large circle and a smaller circle for the body. Notice the position of each shape.

Draw curved lines for eyes. Add two curved neck lines. Draw two lines to connect the body circles.

Draw lines for the nose. Draw a long curved line to begin the front leg. Draw another curved line to begin the back leg.

Draw a curved line for the mouth. Draw a long curved line to begin the wing. Add curved lines to shape the feet.

Add more curved lines to finish the wing shape. Draw a long curved line for the other front leg. Add another curved line for the other back leg. Draw curved lines for the tail.

Draw curvy lines for the hair. Add a long curved line for the other wing. Draw short curved lines for wing feathers.

LOOK at the final drawing. Erase extra lines. Add color. Remember to start coloring LIGHTLY!
What riddle would you ask if you were a Sphinx?

Cyclops (SY - KLOPS)

Cyclops were a disagreeable race of one-eyed giants that lived on the island that is now called Sicily. The largest and fiercest was named Polyphemus. (Polly - FEE - miss)

Sketch a tall rectangle for the body. Sketch an overlapping egg on top for the head.

Draw an oval inside an oval for one large eye. Draw a curved line, on each side of the body rectangle,to make round shoulders. Draw a curved line for the nose and one for the mouth. Draw two little bottom teeth. Draw two big ears. Add a line to each shoulder line for arms. LOOK at the sheepskin that the Cyclops is wearing. Using short, curved lines, draw it.

Add a curved line to each arm line for the hands. Look at the legs and feet. Draw the shapes you see.

LOOK at the final drawing! Erase extra sketch lines. Darken the final lines. Add details and color.

Pegasus (PEG - a - sis)

The story of Pegasus, a winged horse, is from Greek mythology. Pegasus was created by Neptune, the god of the sea and given as a gift to a young man named Bellerophon (bell - AIR- uh - fon) by the goddess, Athena.

Sketch a small circle for the head and a large oval for the body. Notice the position of the shapes.

Draw a curved line for the long shape of the horse’s face. Add an eye, nostril, and a mouth. Draw two long curving neck lines to connect the head and body. Draw curved lines to begin one front leg and one back leg.

 

Draw curved lines for one ear. Look at the wing shape. Draw it. Using curved lines, draw the flowing tail. Using curved lines, add the lower part of the front and back legs. Draw curved lines to begin the other two legs.

Starting at the top, add the other ear. Draw curved lines for the mane. Add a second wing. Draw hooves on all four legs.

LOOK at the final drawing! Erase extra sketch lines. Add the details you see. Shade and color.

Perfect Pegasus!