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How to Draw a Pintail Duck Flying
Draw a pintail duck flying in 13 easy steps, about 10 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
On the left, above the middle, draw a round head, a little wider than tall.
Tip Leave lots of room on the right for the body and the long tail.
Step 2: Slim bill
Start low on the head's front. Draw a slim bill to a round tip and back. Add a smile line.
Step 3: One big eye
Behind the bill, high on the head, draw a big round eye with a black dot and a white shine.
Step 4: Neck and body
Start on the back of the head. Draw a slim neck swelling into a plump body, round to the chin.
Tip The neck is about as long as the head, and the body is twice as long.
Step 5: Big raised wing
From the shoulder, sweep a wing up, back and down with 4 feather bumps. Rub out the back line inside.
Tip The wing starts inside the body, behind the neck. Add 3 short feather lines.
Step 6: The far wing
Start on the back before the big wing. Draw a thin far wing up. Stop on the big wing.
Step 7: Long pin tail
Start on top of the rump. Draw a long tail out to a sharp point, back to under the rump.
Tip Make the tail wide at the body and thin as a pin at the tip.
Step 8: Tucked webbed foot
Start under the tummy. Draw a short thick leg going back, widening to a webbed foot with 3 toe bumps.
Step 9: Puffy cloud
Below the duck on the left, draw a little cloud: 3 round puffs on top and a flat bottom.
Step 10: Grey wings
Go over your lines. Colour both wings grey. Leave the neck and body white like the paper.
Step 11: Brown head
Colour the head brown around the eye. Leave the eye white.
Step 12: Dark grey bill, foot
Colour the slim bill and the webbed foot dark grey.
Step 13: Black tail
Colour the long pin tail black. Leave the cloud white. Your pintail duck is flying!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a pintail duck flying, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
