How to Draw Stegosaurus

Stegosaurus is an incredible looking dinosaur. You’ll have fun learning to draw its spiked tail, big muscles and tall armor plates.

Learn how to draw this Stegosaurus dinosaur.
Learn how to draw this Stegosaurus dinosaur.

In this section, we'll show you how to draw this Stegosaurus dinosaur. You can draw it freehand while looking at your computer monitor, or you can print out this page to get a closer look at each step.

Here, we'll show you an illustration of each step and then give you a description of how to draw it. Follow the red lines in each illustration to learn exactly what to draw in that step. The lines drawn in previous steps are shown in gray.

To begin drawing the Stegosaurus dinosaur, draw a large pear on its side for the body.

Step 1: Draw a large pear on its side for the body. Add a smaller pear in front for the head.

To draw the Stegosaurus dinosaur, add a pointed, curved tail at its end.

Step 2: Draw a rounded triangle for the neck, connecting the small head to the larger body. Add a pointed, slightly curved tail at the other end.

To draw the Stegosaurus dinosaur, draw an oval for the thigh of the rear leg.

Step 3: Draw an oval for the thigh of the rear leg on the near side of the Stegosaurus. Make a smaller oval for the shin and a rounded rectangle for the foot. For the front leg, draw a circle for the shoulder, an oval for the upper leg, and a round shape that flares out at the bottom for the lower leg and foot.

An oval makes the top of the foot and a teardrop makes the bottom of the Stegosaurus foot.

Step 4: To draw the back leg on the Stegosaurus's far side, draw an egg shape for the shin and a rounded rectangle for the top of the foot. Add a teardrop on its side for the bottom of the foot. For the front leg, draw an oval for the top of the foot and another teardrop on its side for the bottom of the foot.

To draw the Stegosaurus dinosaur, add upside-down diamond shapes along the its back for the plates.

Step 5: Draw upside-down diamond shapes along the Stegosaurus's back for the plates. Add four pointed shapes at the end of the tail for spikes. Put more diamond shapes along the side of the body and neck to make smaller plate bumps.

Drawing lines on the plates of your Stegosaurus drawing adds detail.

Step 6: Add ovals for the eye and the nostril. Sketch a slightly squiggly line for the mouth. Draw lines on the plates for detail. Add lines in the tail and leg for muscles and other lines in the neck and belly for skin folds.

To finish your Stegosaurus drawing, trace the pencil lines with a felt-tip pen, and erase extra lines.

Step 7: Trace the pencil lines you want to keep with a felt-tip pen, and erase any extra lines.

Your dinosaur is finished! Even if you don't get it right the first time, keep practicing until you're happy with your drawing.

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