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How to Draw a Kookaburra
Draw a kookaburra in 12 easy steps, about 9 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 low on the left. Draw a big round head over the top and stop underneath, leaving a neck gap.
Tip Leave the gap under the chin, where the body joins.
Step 2: Huge heavy beak
Start on the face. Draw a huge wedge beak pointing left, back to the chin. Add a mouth line.
Tip The beak is as long as the head.
Step 3: Eye, cap, stripe
Behind the beak, draw a big eye with a dot. Add a cap line and a stripe behind the eye.
Tip The stripe runs from the eye to the back of the head, where the cap ends.
Step 4: Plump body
Start on the back of the head. Draw a big round body down and around, and stop under the beak.
Tip The body is an egg, narrower than the head.
Step 5: Barred tail
Start at the back. Draw a fan tail pointing down and back, and stop on the tummy. Add 2 bars.
Step 6: Folded wing
Where the head line stops, draw a teardrop wing to the tail, tucked under the head. Add 2 feather lines.
Step 7: Front leg and toes
Under the front of the tummy, draw a short leg with 3 chubby toes: 2 forward, 1 back.
Step 8: Back leg and toes
Draw the other leg the same way, a thumb further back. Leave a gap between the feet.
Step 9: The branch
Under the toes, draw a long branch with round ends.
Tip The toes wrap over the front of the branch.
Step 10: Tan beak, ginger tail
Colour the bottom half of the beak tan and the tail ginger. Leave the head, tummy and eye white.
Step 11: Brown cap and wing
Colour the cap, the eye stripe, the wing, the strip of back and the branch brown.
Step 12: Grey beak and legs
Go over your lines. Colour the top half of the beak and both legs dark grey.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a kookaburra, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
