STEP 1.

Lets start doing the head and spine. Here I divided the spine in two
segments, for the neck and back, and the tail. Between these segments is the hip
bone. The tail is a bit more than the half of the total lenght of the body, and the
back is a little longer than the neck. The neck presents a soft S shape, while
the back is an arc. For the head, these simple shapes will be enough, but I
always recommend to look carefully at a skull before drawing.

STEP 2.
Draw an ellipse (or an open curve, if you want), that will shape the torso
and more. It starts at the base of the neck and goes back to the base of
the tail, passing the hips.

STEP 3.
Sticks and circles for the legs. The first circle is the hip joint.
The stick under the hip is the femur, the thigh bone. The following circle
represents the knee joint, and the stick under the knee is the lower leg.
The next circle is the ankle joint (including the heel), and finally the
lower bar is the foot, divided in two segments: the upper is the
foot/metatarsals, and the lower segment are the toes/phalanges (mind
you, the dinosaurs walked in their toe bones, just as the birds). The
height from the hip to the ground is a bit less than 1/3 of the total spine
lenght. The knees are placed aproximately at 1/2 of the height from the
ground.

STEP 4.
We have already defined the parts of the leg, now lets add the
muscles. See how the bulky thigh muscles are attached to the hip and
around the knee. The lower leg is more bulky near the knee joint
(specially behind it) than in its lower section due to the presence of
muscles. Outline the feet, too. Using the same rules of muscle-saping,
draw the arms, and sketch the placement of the three fingers.

STEP 5.
For the rest of the body, follow the curve of the spine and
torso, adding muscles around it. Pay attention to the skull, too. Rather
triangular, with two crests resembling little horns over the eyes.

STEP 6.
Now

you have all the major muscular volumes chained, it is time to draw the
outline. Just follow the shape of the muscles, softening the transitions.

STEP 7.
Now the rest of the

body... Now it's the time to add some details as the eye.

STEP 8.
The lineart should look like this...

STEP 9.
Time

to

add

some

color! Here's a flat brownish base. I use to choose dull colors and camo-like patterns.

STEP 10.
Volumes. The illusion of volume in 2D drawings is made with

lights

Lets suppose that the light comes from above (example:

and

sun).

surfaces in direct contact with that light will be lighter (Use a lighter color paint,

shadows.
Then

the

or erase softly the

pencil base). The surfaces hidden from the light will look darker (use a darker paint or

more pressure on the pencil

to make the shadows). If you are using pencils, you can use a cotton to blend the

strokes.

STEP 11.
You can add some tecture or pattern. I didn't draw the scales one by one because of the size of the animal, in a small pic like this you
couldn't see each one individually. A light background is always a nice touch. Thanks for reading!