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How to Draw a Chickadee
Draw a chickadee in 12 easy steps, about 9 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: round head.
Step 1: Round head
Near the top left of your paper draw a big round head, a little wider than tall.
Tip Leave room on the right and below for the body and branch.
Step 2: Tiny beak
Start on the front of the head. Draw a tiny fat triangle out to a point, back to the head.
Step 3: Eye, cap and bib
Draw a big round eye behind the beak. Add a cap line above it and a bib curve below it.
Step 4: Plump body
Start on the back of the head. Curve down the back, round a fat belly, and stop under the beak.
Tip A plump egg hanging under the head, narrower than the head.
Step 5: Fan tail
Start on the back end of the body. Draw a fan pointing down and back, then back to the tummy.
Step 6: Folded wing
Start under the back of the head. Draw a shoulder forward, then sweep back to a point by the tail.
Step 7: Front leg and toes
Start under the front of the tummy. Draw a short thin leg with 3 toes, back to the tummy.
Step 8: Back leg and toes
A thumb behind the first leg draw a second leg the same way, starting and stopping on the tummy.
Step 9: The branch
From the left edge, draw a branch top hopping over the toes, round the end, and back along the bottom.
Step 10: Sand tummy, brown branch
Colour the chest and tummy sand, around the wing. Colour the branch brown, around the toes.
Step 11: Grey wing and tail
Colour the wing, the back and the fan tail grey, then the beak, legs and toes dark grey.
Step 12: Black cap and bib
Colour the cap on top of the head black, and the bib under the beak black. Leave the cheek white.
Tip Keep the eyes white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a chickadee, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
