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How to Draw a Nest
Draw a nest 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: the nest bowl.
Step 1: The nest bowl
Below the middle draw a wide round bumpy bowl. Join its 2 top corners with a bumpy smile.
Step 2: The back rim
Draw a bumpy rainbow from one rim end to the other. Add a second bumpy smile below, side to side.
Tip The 2 smile lines make the rim look thick.
Step 3: Two big eyes
On the nest's front draw 2 big egg eyes. Colour a black dot in each, leaving a white shine.
Step 4: Smile and cheeks
Under the eyes draw a wide U smile. Draw a small flat oval cheek beside each end of the smile.
Step 5: Three eggs
Draw 3 eggs peeking over the rim, pointy ends up. The middle one is tallest.
Tip Only the tops of the eggs show above the rim.
Step 6: Egg speckles
Dot each egg with 3 tiny solid speckles, spread out like a robin's egg.
Step 7: Twig lines
Low on the nest draw 2 curved twig lines from side to side, one under the other.
Step 8: Poking twigs
Poke a long forked twig up from the rim on the right, and a short twig out on the left.
Step 9: The branch
Under the nest draw a branch, round on the left, pointed on the right. Add a leaf near the tip.
Step 10: Light brown nest
Go over your lines. Colour the nest and its 2 twigs light brown, going around the eyes and cheeks.
Tip Leave the eyes white.
Step 11: Sky eggs, pink cheeks
Colour the 3 eggs sky blue, going around the speckles, and the cheeks pink.
Step 12: Green leaf, brown rim
Colour the leaf green. Colour inside the rim and the branch brown, around the eggs. Your nest is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a nest, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
