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How to Draw Birdwatching

14 steps · Medium · about 11 min

Draw birdwatching in 14 easy steps, about 11 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.

Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: the head.

Step 1: The head
Near the top, a little left of the middle, draw an egg for the head, narrower at the chin.
Tip A tree with a bird goes on the right.
Step 2: Face
Below the middle draw a wide U smile.
Tip The eyes hide behind the binoculars, so leave them out.
Step 3: Sun hat
From the left of the head draw the hat up over the top to the right. Add a floppy brim.
Step 4: Neck and T-shirt
Draw 2 neck lines. From the left one draw a T-shirt with round shoulders, ending at the right one.
Step 5: Arms up
From each shoulder draw a sleeve out to a round elbow, then up to a thin wrist by the face.
Tip Both fists come up to hold the binoculars.
Step 6: Fists
On each wrist draw a round fist like a fat egg, with a curved thumb line inside.
Step 7: Binoculars
Over the eyes draw 2 big circles behind the fists. Add a ring inside each and a block between.
Tip Rub out the hat brim line inside the circles.
Step 8: Trousers and shoes
From the T-shirt hem draw 2 trouser legs down to the ankles. Add sneakers with the toes pointing out.
Step 9: Ground and tree
Draw a ground line under the shoes. On the right, from it, draw a trunk up to a bumpy top.
Step 10: A bird on a branch
From the trunk draw a branch out to the left. Sit a bird on it with a beak and tail.
Step 11: Peach skin, leaf tree top
Go over your lines. Colour the face, neck and fists peach, and the tree top leaf green.
Step 12: Green clothes, red bird
Colour the hat, T-shirt and sleeves green, and the bird red.
Step 13: Brown trunk, slate rims
Colour the trunk, branch and beak brown, and the binocular rims slate grey.
Step 14: Navy glass and trousers
Colour the binocular glass and the trousers navy. Done!