How to Draw A Bird. Birds are among the most diverse animals found in nature. From gigantic and mighty eagles and ostriches to tiny and delicate hummingbirds, there is an almost endless variety of birds to admire.
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There are billions of bird lovers worldwide, and they love capturing their favorite feathered friends in photos, sculptures, paintings, and of course, drawings.
If you’re a bird fanatic and want to learn how to draw a bird, you’re lucky with this guide!
We have created this easy step-by-step How To Draw A Bird tutorial in 8 easy steps to have you drawing beautiful birds in no time!
How to Draw A Bird
Step 1
For the first step of this bird drawing guide, you will first need a light-colored pencil to draw a medium-sized circle.
For this step, we will use a pencil as it will serve as a guide for us to keep the shape and perspective friendly.
If you’re having trouble drawing a perfect circle freehand, there are tools like a drawing compass that you can use to draw a perfect circle quickly.
Once you have your guide circle, use a darker-colored pen or pencil to draw a small triangular beak on the left side. Then, using the guide circle, carefully trace the top of the head, as you can see in the reference image.
Step 2
In the next step, we draw the beginning of the bird’s body. For the bird’s chest, you can use three slightly curved lines starting from the bottom of the beak, forming the chest.
You can see how this should look for your bird drawing by looking at the helpful reference image.
Once the chest is drawn, you can draw the bird’s back with another curved line.
Step 3
For step 3, let’s draw a nice tail for your bird’s drawing! The tail consists of a combination of connected straight and curved lines.
For this step, I recommend looking closely at the image to see how all the lines should look and connect.
Step 4
At this point, your bird drawing is starting to take shape, so now add some legs and the rest of the beak!
Let’s start with the beak first. To finish it, draw a line down the middle and close it with a curved line.
Now let’s work on adding the legs. You can draw two lines close together to form one of the slender legs and then repeat the process for the other leg.
Finally, with some smaller lines, you can draw curved toes and the backs of the feet.
Step 5
In step 5 of this bird drawing guide, we’ll add the eye and some feather details. For the eye, you can use some small nested circles as they appear in the picture.
If that doesn’t work for you, you can use a black dot or a circle with a small dot inside.
You can now draw some feather details using a combination of smaller wavy, and straight lines.
This is another step where I closely examine the reference image as a guide for your first try.
As long as you follow the instructions and take it slow, you’ll be good at this stage of drawing your bird!
You don’t necessarily have to follow the reference image precisely for this step, and you can add these lines in whatever way looks good to you. These lines are meant to give a feathered look to those parts of the bird.
Step 6
At this point, you’re almost drawn to your bird! For step number 6, we will add some detail lines to the wings and tail.
You don’t necessarily have to follow the reference image precisely for this step, and you can add these lines in whatever way looks good to you. These lines are meant to give a feathered look to those parts of the bird.
In this step, you will add more lines to the chest and tail, as seen in the picture. Finally, you can draw many small lines in the bird’s legs to create a striped look.
Step 7
You started this guide with one mission: learn how to draw a bird. With these next few steps, you’re about to complete that mission!
You can also use some friendly artistic mediums like watercolors for a softer look or acrylics for a more vibrant look. We can’t wait to see what you choose for your beautiful bird design!
In this step, you will add more lines to the chest and tail, as seen in the picture. Finally, you can draw many small lines in the bird’s legs to create a striped look.
Step 8
When the whole drawing is done, you’re almost done! There’s only one final step left, though, and that’s adding some pretty colors!
We have shown one way of doing this in this picture. You should let your creativity run free and use your beautiful favorite colors!
You can also use some friendly artistic mediums like watercolors for a softer look or acrylics for a more vibrant look. We can’t wait to see what you choose for your beautiful bird design!
Your Bird Drawing is Finished!
