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How to Draw a Hummingbird
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: a round head.
Step 1: A round head
Left of the middle and a little high, draw a round head about plum size. Leave room on the right.
Tip Let the forehead bulge out a little at the top left.
Step 2: Long slim beak
From the front of the head draw a long slim beak pointing down and left, as long as the head.
Tip Thin like a drinking straw, with a soft round tip, not a sharp spike.
Step 3: One big eye
Above the beak draw one huge eye with a big black dot and 2 white shines.
Tip The eye sits toward the beak, so the bird looks along it.
Step 4: Body and throat
Draw a teardrop body under the head, pointing down-right. Add a bumpy throat line from its chest to the head.
Tip Like a raindrop blown sideways. Keep the body narrower than the head.
Step 5: Big near wing
From the back draw a banana wing sweeping up-right, 3 feather bumps below. Close its base with a curve.
Tip The wing grows out of the back, not the head; widest at the shoulder.
Step 6: Far wing behind
Behind the big wing draw a skinnier wing standing up straighter, from its front edge up to a round tip.
Tip The 2 wings make a V. Only the top of the far wing shows.
Step 7: Fan tail
From the bottom point draw a little fan tail pointing down and right, with 3 feather bumps on the end.
Tip The fan gets wider as it leaves the body, like a half-open hand fan.
Step 8: Tulip flower
At the beak tip draw a tulip: a big U cup, almost head-sized, with 3 round bumps on top.
Tip The beak tip dips into the top of the cup, between the bumps: the bird is drinking.
Step 9: Stem, leaf and ground
From the tulip draw a curved stem down to a short ground hill. Halfway down add a leaf pointing right.
Step 10: Hum lines
Past the tip of the big wing draw 2 little rainbows, one beyond the other, for the humming blur.
Step 11: Pink tulip, green leaf
Colour the tulip pink and the leaf light green.
Step 12: Red throat, green bird
Colour the throat patch red. Colour the head and body green around it. Leave the eye white.
Step 13: Teal wings, grey beak
Colour both wings and the tail teal, and the beak dark grey. Your hummingbird is ready to hum!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a hummingbird, drawn by you.
