- 1). Sketch a rough circle to create the basic structure of the dragonfly's head. Sketch the dragonfly's two compound eyes at the top of the circle. The eyes should take up approximately half of this circle. Add the rest of the shape of the facial features, including the mostly black vertex underneath its eyes, and the four pale parts of the dragonfly's face underneath the vertex - the frons, postclypeus, anteclypeus and labrum.
- 2). Start your drawing from the dragonfly's compound eyes, which should be curved at the top and the bottom. Place the tops of the eyes just above the top of the head, which should be barely visible and shaded in darkly. The top of the head should be V-shaped with the eyes in between.
- 3). Add a mesh-like pattern over the compound eyes. Shade in the eyes from the top downwards. The top and middle edges of the eye will require light shading, and underneath the eyes should be an area of very dark shading. The inner part of the eyes require shading that should be slightly darker than that used on the top and middle edges. Near the inner edges of both eyes, leave a blank, irregular, circle-shaped area that should slant inwards. Use very light shading in only parts of this area.
- 4). Use your pencil to draw the lines of the dragonfly's lower facial features, beginning with the triangular vertex. Portray the color black with very dark shading here, apart from for the white ocelli in the middle, and lighter shades to depict the reflection of light. Work downwards to the curved section of the frons, which is attached to the vertex. Next, draw the thinner, straighter section below the frons, the postclypeus, with the small section the anteclypeus underneath that. The anteclypeus curves into a V-shape at the bottom. Finally, add the rounded labrum underneath the anteclypeus. The frons, postclypeus, anteclypeus and labrum should all be shaded in lightly, representing the pale color of these four sections.
- 5). Draw two prominent, vertical curved lines by and just under the eye, and shade in the rest of the dragonfly's head. The two curved lines should be a third of a length of the head. Leave the rest of the face blank - underneath the eyes and either side of the vertex, frons, postclypeus, anteclypeus and labrum. Finish off the drawing by portraying the tiny hairs on the dragonfly's face and on the top of its head. Sign and date your art work.
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