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How to Draw a Flamingo Family

14 steps · Medium · about 11 min

Draw a flamingo family 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: first body.

Step 1: First body
On the left draw an egg body lying on its side, with a pointed tail. Add a wing inside.
Tip Leave lots of room above it for the neck.
Step 2: Tall S neck
Start on the body. Draw a long S neck up, loop round a small head, and stop on the body.
Tip Rub out the body line inside the neck.
Step 3: Bent bill, round eye
On the head draw a bill that bends down, with a line across it. Add an eye with a dot.
Step 4: One leg up
Draw 1 long thin leg straight down with a knee bump. Fold the other leg up, like a number 4.
Tip Flamingos love to stand on one leg.
Step 5: Second body
On the right draw a bigger egg body with its tail pointing right. Add a wing inside.
Step 6: Bending neck
Start on its front. Draw a hooked neck up and over, loop round a low head, stop on the body.
Tip This flamingo is looking down at its chick.
Step 7: Second bill
On that head draw a bent bill pointing down, with a line across it. Add an eye with a dot.
Step 8: Two long legs
Under the second body draw 2 long thin legs, each with a small knee bump.
Tip Make all the legs stop at the same level.
Step 9: Fluffy chick
Between the big birds draw a small round head. Start and stop on it to add an egg body.
Tip A chick has a big head and a short neck.
Step 10: Chick's face and legs
Give the chick a short pointed bill, an eye with a dot, a little wing and 2 short legs.
Step 11: Shallow water
From the left edge draw 1 wavy line to the right edge, across the bottom of all the legs.
Step 12: Cream and grey
Colour the top of both big bills cream. Colour the chick light grey. Leave the eyes white.
Step 13: Pink flamingos
Colour both big flamingos pink: head, neck, body and legs.
Step 14: Black tips, blue water
Colour the water blue. Colour the 2 big bill tips black. Colour the chick's bill and legs dark grey.