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How to Draw a Feather Boa

13 steps · Medium · about 10 min

Draw a feather boa in 13 easy steps, about 10 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 top.

Step 1: The top
Start on the left, near the top. Draw a rainbow arch of soft bumps and stop level on the right.
Tip Make every bump the same size, like a row of little clouds.
Step 2: The left side
Start at the arch's left end. Carry the same bumps down the left side and stop past the middle.
Step 3: The right side
Start at the arch's right end. Carry the bumps down the right side and stop a little higher up.
Step 4: The left end
Start at the bottom left. Bump round a fluffy end and up the inside, and stop below the arch.
Step 5: The right end
Start at the bottom right. Bump round a fluffy end and up the inside, and stop below the arch.
Step 6: Inside the arch
Start where one inside line stops. Draw a small arch of bumps across to the other one.
Step 7: Feathers
On the boa draw 3 slanting feathers: a long thin leaf shape with a line down its middle.
Tip Keep every feather inside the fluffy edge.
Step 8: The neck
In the gap under the arch draw a small flat oval, like a coin lying down. This is the neck.
Step 9: The body
Start beside the neck. Draw sloping shoulders, a narrow waist and wide hips behind the boa, and a flat bottom.
Tip The boa hangs in front, so the body lines stop at its bumps.
Step 10: The stand
Start under the body, draw a pole down, stop at a wide oval base. Add a rim and floor line.
Step 11: Sand body
Colour the body sand and the neck oval cream. Stop at the boa's bumps and leave the boa white.
Step 12: Pink boa
Colour the whole fluffy boa bright pink, feathers and all.
Step 13: Wood brown stand
Colour the pole and the base wood brown. Your feather boa is ready for dressing up!