Standing Fire-Breathing Dragon for How to Train Your Dragon Fans

A gentle color plan to get started — mix in your own anytime.

• tangerine orange
• red
• golden yellow
• coral red
• dark red
• cream white
• amber

A suggested order, zone by zone — skip around as you like.

1. 1Fill both big wing membranes with tangerine orange, leaving the thin wing bones unpainted for now.
2. 2Color the wing bones and the thick wing finger lines dark red, and the outer wing edges and the top of the right wing red.
3. 3Fill the belly scale pattern with golden yellow, leaving the small grid lines and the white fringe on the chest as white paper.
4. 4Color the head, neck, body, arms, legs and long tail red, then paint the mouth area and the back spines coral red.
5. 5Add amber to the shoulder, and leave the top head spikes, the horn tips and the claws cream white.
6. 6Optional: add a few darker red strokes along the lower parts of the body and tail to give them a little depth.