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How to Draw a Partridge

12 steps · Medium · about 9 min

Draw a partridge 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: round head.

Step 1: Round head
Near the top, draw a big round head, a little wider than tall, with a tiny chin bump in front.
Tip Leave room on the right and underneath for the body.
Step 2: Tiny beak
Start on the head's front. Draw a tiny fat beak out to a point and back. Add a mouth line.
Step 3: Eye and face patch
Draw a round eye with a black dot. Curve a C patch round it, from above the beak to the chin.
Tip Leave a finger of cheek between the beak and the eye.
Step 4: Plump body
Start behind the head. Curve down to the rump, round a fat belly, and up to stop under the beak.
Tip The body is a plump egg, narrower than the head.
Step 5: Stubby tail
From the rump draw a short round fan down and back to the tummy line. Add 2 short feather lines.
Step 6: Wing and tummy patch
Draw a teardrop wing from head to rump with 2 stripes. Add a round patch low on the tummy.
Step 7: Front leg and toes
Start on the tummy. Draw a short thin leg with 3 slim toes, then go back up to the tummy.
Tip Thin toes like twigs: 2 point forward and 1 points back.
Step 8: Back leg and toes
Draw the other leg the same way, further back under the tummy, starting and stopping on the tummy line.
Step 9: Ground and grass
Draw a ground line from the left edge, under the toes, to the right edge. Add grass at each end.
Step 10: Tan and orange
Colour the beak, legs and toes tan. Colour the face patch orange, leaving the eye white.
Step 11: Grey head and body
Colour the head and body grey, around the orange face, the wing and the tummy patch.
Step 12: Brown wing and tail
Go over your lines, then colour the wing, the tail and the tummy patch brown.