Bird Drawing - How To Draw A Bird Step By Step!

Find out how to draw a bird by using this step-by-step tutorial for kids. This guide is perfect for anyone to enjoy!

Birds come in all shapes and sizes, and they are commonly featured in many kinds of artworks. It’s often harder than you may think to draw them though, and that’s where this tutorial comes in.

This guide will show you how to map out basic shapes with your pencil and then build up line details to create the outline of your new bird pal.

You’ll also see how to draw elements such as the beak, claws and feather details of the bird to make it more realistic. Once finished, you could easily apply the ideas from this guide to any other specific bird species you love.

All this and more is waiting for you on this guide, so prepare to spread your creative wings and fly as we move through the steps together!

Watch How You Can Easily Create A Cute Bird Drawing!

How to Draw a Bird – Let’s get Started!

Step 1

For the first step in this guide on how to draw a bird, the first thing you need is a light pencil to draw a medium-sized circle.

We’re using a pencil for this step because it’s going to be a guide for us to keep the shape and perspective looking good.

If you struggle to draw a perfect circle freehand, there are tools like a drawing compass that can help you draw a perfect circle really easily.

Once you have your guiding circle, use a pen or darker pencil to draw in a small, triangular beak on the left-hand side. Then, using your guide circle, carefully draw in the top of the head as you can see in the reference picture.

Step 2 – Draw in the start of the body

In this next step, we’ll be drawing in the start of the bird’s body. For the bird’s chest, you can use three slightly curved lines extending down from the bottom of the beak to form the chest.

You can see how this should look for your own bird drawing by referring to the helpful reference picture.

Once you have the chest drawn in, you can draw in the back of the bird using another curved line.

Step 3 – Next, draw in the bird’s tail

For step 3, we will be drawing in a nice tail for your bird drawing! The tail will be made up of a combination of straight and curved lines connecting with each other.

For this step, I would highly recommend looking very closely at the picture to see how all of the lines should look and connect with each other.

Step 4 – Now draw in the legs and beak

Your bird drawing is really starting to come together at this point, so now you’ll be adding in some little legs and the rest of the beak!

Let’s start with the beak first. To finish it off, simply draw a line down the center of it, and then close it off with a curved line.

Now, we’ll work on adding the legs. You can draw two lines close together to form one of the thin legs, and then repeat this for the other leg.

Lastly, you can draw in some curved toes and the back of the feet with some smaller lines.

Step 5 – Next you will be adding the eyes and body details

In step 5 of this guide on how to draw a bird, we will be adding in the eye and some feather details. For the eye, you can use a few small circles within one another as they appear in the image.

If that isn’t working for you, you could also use a solid black dot or a circle with a small dot inside of it.

Now you can draw in some feather details using a combination of more small, wavy lines and straight ones.

This is another step where I would look very closely to the reference image for guidance on your first attempt.

As long as you follow the guide and take it slow, I know you will manage this stage of your bird drawing perfectly!

Step 6 – Add in the wing and tail details

You’ve very nearly finished your bird drawing at this point! For step number 6, we will be adding some lines for detail to the wings and tail.

For this step, you don’t really need to follow the reference image exactly and can add in these lines in a way that looks good to you. These lines are to create a feathery look for these parts of the bird.

Step 7 – Now draw in the final details

You set out on this guide with a mission: to learn how to draw a bird. You’re about to accomplish that mission with these next steps!

For this step, you’ll be adding in more lines to the chest and tail as you can see in the image. Finally, you can draw in lots of little lines into the bird’s legs for a stripy look.

Step 8 – Finish off with some color

With all of the drawing complete, you’re almost done! There’s just one last step, however, and that’s to add in some beautiful colors!

We have shown one way you could do it in this image, but for this one you should let your creativity flow and use your favorite beautiful colors!

You could also incorporate some lovely art mediums like watercolors for a softer look or acrylic paints for a more vibrant look. We can’t wait to see what you choose for your beautiful bird drawing!

Do this to take your bird drawing to the next level

Take flight with more drawing fun as we show you how to take this drawing to the next level.

There are so many different species of birds, and they can range from small hummingbirds or giant ostriches!

This bird sketch shows a smaller one, but you could easily make it a more specific species by changing just a few details.

By changing just the beak, feathers and wing shapes, you could easily turn it into any species you like. What are some favorite types of birds that you could change this one into?

Another way to make this drawing even better would be to add a background. You could draw the bird sitting on a branch outside, or it could be on a perch in a birdcage for a few ideas.

You can really get creative with the background settings that you can go for, and there are no wrong ways to go about it. What are some fun settings you could put this bird into?

Birds can be brilliantly colorful, and you can use some wonderful colors for this drawing of a bird.

Whether you want to use bright and vibrant reds and blues or keep it a bit more subtle with browns and yellows, you can create a wonderful look for this bird.

You can also change up the art tools and mediums that you use and combine them to create different textures and effects.

Maybe you could use some paints and colored pens in order to create some color contrasts.

We tried to make it so that this easy to draw bird would leave some room for your own ideas, and you can add some that are small yet effective.

For example, a bird’s feathers have some texture to them, so you could take a thin-tipped pen and draw some of this feather detail.

Then, if you drew a background then you could add some textures and minor details to those areas as well. These kinds of details can make a big difference even when they’re small!

Your Bird Drawing is Complete!

Your bird drawing is now complete, and we truly hope that this guide on how to draw a bird was helpful and fun for you to use!

It may have seemed like an intimidating task at first, but when breaking it down into the steps in this guide you’ll be drawing birds with ease in no time.

You could even use this guide to add in details or characteristics from some of your favorite birds for some variations!

Along with your color and art medium choices, you have a lot of room to personalize your bird drawing. The only limit is your imagination!

Once your bird drawing is finished and colored in, we really hope that you’ll share it to our Facebook and Pinterest pages for us to admire!

We really can’t wait to see your beautifully drawn and colored bird pictures, and we always love to see your incredible creativity and art skills on display.

Here Is A Cute Bird Drawing To Inspire You!

This cute bird drawing for kids that was created by our artist Amanda serves as great inspiration for your own drawing. There are many challenges in creating a drawing, so this will hopefully help you.