How to Draw a Flamingo

Step 1: Small round head

Near the top left, draw a small round head. Start at the bottom and stop short, leaving a neck gap.

Tip Leave lots of room below for a long neck, a body and long legs.

Step 2: Bent bill

Draw a thick bill bending down from the head to a round tip, back to the chin. Add 2 lines.

Tip One line goes along the bill for the mouth. One goes across, near the tip.

Step 3: One big eye

Behind the bill, in the middle of the head, draw a big round eye, black with a white shine.

Step 4: Long S neck

Start at the gap under the head. Draw 2 thin S lines down, spreading apart. Stop halfway down the page.

Step 5: Plump body

Start at the back neck line. Draw a big sideways egg for the body, ending at the front neck line.

Step 6: Teardrop wing

Draw a teardrop wing on the body, point at the back. Add 2 short feather lines up from its bottom.

Step 7: Short tail

Start on the back of the body. Draw a short pointed tail sticking out, back to the body lower.

Step 8: One long leg

Start under the tummy. Draw a long thin leg straight down, with a knee bump and a flat webbed foot.

Step 9: One bent leg

Further back, draw the other leg bent like an arrowhead: down to a knee, then forward to a little foot.

Step 10: Ground and grass

Rule the ground from the left edge to the right edge, under the foot. Add grass at each end.

Step 11: Cream bill, peach wing

Colour the bill cream, from the head to the line near the tip. Colour the teardrop wing a soft peach.

Step 12: Pink flamingo

Colour the head, neck, body, tail and both legs pink, around the wing. Leave the eye white.

Step 13: Black bill tip

Colour the end of the bill black, past the little line. Go over your lines, and your flamingo is done!