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How to Draw a Pirate Parrot
Draw a pirate parrot 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: the pirate hat.
Step 1: The pirate hat
Near the top draw a wide hat: a round hump in the middle, 2 points sweeping up at the sides.
Tip The bottom of the hat dips down in the middle.
Step 2: The round head
Start under the hat on the left. Draw a big U down and stop under the hat on the right.
Step 3: Beak and eye
Draw a big beak pointing down with a curved line across. On the left add an eye and black dot.
Step 4: The eye patch
On the right draw a shield-shaped patch. Start at it, draw 2 short straps, stop at the hat and head.
Step 5: Crossed bones
On the hat draw 2 thin bones crossing in the middle like an X.
Step 6: The plump body
Under the head draw an egg body, about as wide as the head.
Step 7: Two wings
On each side draw a wing like a long leaf, from the shoulder down to a point.
Step 8: The ship's rail
Draw a long thick rail on 4 posts. Start at the left, rule a deck line, stop at the right.
Step 9: Two feet
On the rail draw 2 feet. Each has a short leg and 2 chubby toes curling over the rail.
Step 10: The tail
Under the rail draw a round tail. Start at the rail, add 2 feather lines, stop at its end.
Step 11: Grey beak, brown rail
Colour the beak and the feet grey. Colour the rail and its 4 posts brown.
Step 12: Blue feathers
Colour the 2 wings blue. Colour the 2 outside tail feathers blue too.
Step 13: A red parrot
Colour the head, the body and the middle tail feather red. Leave the eye white.
Step 14: Black hat and patch
Colour the hat black around the bones, and the eye patch black. Leave the bones white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a pirate parrot, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
