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How to Draw a Peking Duck

14 steps · Medium · about 11 min

Draw a Peking duck in 14 easy steps, about 11 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: a platter.

Step 1: A platter
Across the middle of your paper draw a big flat oval platter, almost as wide as the paper.
Step 2: The rim
Draw a second oval a finger inside the platter, for the rim.
Step 3: A roast duck
At the back of the platter draw a big plump egg lying down, flatter on the bottom.
Tip Peking duck is roasted until the skin is crispy, then sliced and rolled in little pancakes.
Step 4: Two drumsticks
Low on each side of the duck draw a drumstick, fat and round at the bottom, narrowing up and out.
Step 5: Little bones
From the thin end of each drumstick draw a short bone with 2 little round knobs on the end.
Step 6: A shine
Near the top right of the duck draw a thin curved banana shape, for the shiny skin.
Step 7: Duck slices
In front of the duck on the left draw 3 slices, each a little in front of the last.
Step 8: Crispy skin
Along the top of each slice draw a curved line from end to end, for the crispy skin.
Step 9: Pancakes
On the right draw 2 folded pancakes, half circles, one a little in front of the other.
Step 10: Scallions
Behind the pancakes draw 3 scallion sticks with round tips, fanning up and to the right.
Step 11: A sauce bowl
At the front draw a small oval, a U under it from end to end, and a sauce oval inside.
Step 12: Cream meat and pancakes
Go over your lines, then colour the meat on the slices, the pancakes and the bones cream.
Step 13: Sky platter, green scallions
Colour the platter sky blue, going around the food and the bowl. Colour the scallions green.
Step 14: Golden duck, brown sauce
Colour the duck, drumsticks and crispy skin golden orange, and the sauce brown. Leave the shine and the bowl white.