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How to Draw a Phoenix Rising
Draw a phoenix rising 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: head and flames.
Step 1: Head and flames
Draw a big round head near the top left. On top, draw 3 soft flames curling back.
Step 2: Hooked beak
Start on the front of the head. Hook out and down to a point, then back up to the head.
Tip Short and fat, like a parrot beak.
Step 3: Big eye
A finger behind the beak draw a big round eye. Fill it with a black dot, leaving a white speck.
Step 4: Plump body
From the head's right side, curve down, round the bottom and up to the chin. Rub out the neck line.
Tip The body is an egg tipped over: chest up, tail end down.
Step 5: Rising flame tail
From the back of the body, draw 3 long soft plumes with tips curling up, then back to the body.
Tip Soft curves, not zigzags. The tail lifts well above the fire.
Step 6: Raised wing
From behind the head go up to a round tip, then down in 4 bumps. Add 3 short feather lines.
Step 7: A bed of flames
Start low on the left. Draw 4 soft flames across the tummy, tallest in the middle, down to the right.
Step 8: Flames inside
Inside the big fire draw a smaller fire: 3 pointy tongues on a curved bottom, low in the middle.
Tip The little flames are the hottest, so they sit low.
Step 9: Flame licks
Low on each side of the fire, draw a flame leaning out. Start and stop on the fire.
Step 10: Yellow flames and tail
Colour the head flames, the hooked beak and the flame tail yellow.
Step 11: Orange fire, yellow inside
Colour the little flames inside yellow, then the big flames and licks orange around them.
Step 12: Red bird, orange wing
Go over your lines. Colour the wing orange, then the head and body red. Leave the eye white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a phoenix rising, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
