How to Draw a Dragon

I DON’T KNOW WHEN my ten-year-old son’s obsession with dragons began, or why. What I do know is that I will encounter those fierce and powerful beasts at some point every day—be it an in-progress drawing tucked between the pages of a book, or an epic battle written out in harrowing detail along the lines of semi-mangled notebook paper, or an intricate Lego creation winging its way across the house, body held aloft by my son’s small, steady hands.

Each time I discover another one of these creations, I’m reminded that dragons can have