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How to Draw a Dodo
Draw a dodo 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: the head.
Step 1: The head
Start low on the left, draw a big upside-down U for the head, and stop low on the right.
Step 2: Huge hooked beak
From the front of the head, draw a long fat beak out to the left, curling down into a hook.
Tip The dodo's beak is enormous, like a hooked banana.
Step 3: One big eye
Behind the beak, draw a big round eye. Fill it with a black dot, leaving a white shine.
Step 4: Plump body
From the back of the head, draw a big curve down round a fat belly and up to the beak.
Tip Head and body are one big egg shape, with no line across the neck.
Step 5: Curly tail puff
On the back of the rump, draw a fluffy tail of 3 round bumps curling up, like a little cloud.
Step 6: Tiny stubby wing
On the side of the body under the head, draw a tiny teardrop wing, no bigger than the eye.
Tip Dodos could not fly, so the wing is just a stub.
Step 7: Front leg and toes
Under the front of the tummy, draw a leg thinning to 3 chubby toes, 2 forward and 1 back.
Step 8: Back leg and toes
Further back under the tummy, draw the other leg the same way, toes on the ground. Leave a gap between.
Step 9: Ground and grass
Start at the left edge. Draw a long ground line to the right edge, hopping over the feet. Add grass.
Step 10: Cream tail, yellow legs
Colour the fluffy tail cream. Colour both legs and their toes yellow.
Step 11: Tan beak
Colour the huge hooked beak tan.
Step 12: Grey dodo
Colour the head, body and wing grey, going around the eye. Leave the eye white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a dodo, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
