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How to Draw a Hawk

13 steps · Medium · about 10 min

Draw a hawk 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: big round head.

Step 1: Big round head
Start near the top left. Curve up over a big round head and stop low at the back.
Tip Leave the bottom open. The beak grows from the front end, the body from the back.
Step 2: Hooked beak
From the front end of the head line, draw a small hooked beak. Close it with a short line.
Step 3: One big eye
A finger 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 end of the head line, curve down, round a fat belly, and up to under the beak.
Tip Head and body make one smooth shape, with no line between.
Step 5: Fan tail
From the bottom, draw a fan tail pointing down and back, wide at the end. Add 2 feather lines.
Step 6: Folded wing
Under the back of the head, draw a teardrop wing pointing at the tail. Add 2 short feather lines.
Step 7: Throat and chest
Curve a line from under the beak down to the wing. Add 2 soft V shapes on the chest.
Step 8: Front leg and toes
Under the front of the tummy, draw a short leg with 3 chubby toes, 2 forward and one back.
Tip The toes curl down, ready to grip the branch.
Step 9: Back leg and toes
A thumb behind the first leg, draw a second leg and toes the same way.
Step 10: The branch
Under the toes, draw a branch, thick on the left and thin on the right, with a small twig.
Step 11: Cream chest, yellow feet
Colour the throat and chest cream, around the V feathers. Colour the beak, legs and toes yellow.
Step 12: Wood wing, rusty tail
Colour the wing and the branch light brown. Colour the fan tail rusty orange.
Step 13: Brown head and back
Colour the head and the back behind the wing brown, around the eye. Leave the eye white.