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How to Draw a Platypus
Draw a platypus 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: wide head.
Step 1: Wide head
Near the top draw a wide head, as wide as your palm, with fat cheeks. Leave lots of room below.
Tip The body will be bigger than the head.
Step 2: Duck bill
Low on the face draw a wide flat bill poking below the chin. Add a smile and 2 nostrils.
Tip Nearly as wide as the head.
Step 3: Two big eyes
Above the bill draw 2 big round eyes, one eye apart. Add black dots with white shines.
Step 4: Big round body
Start under the left cheek. Draw a big fat pear body, widest at the tummy. Stop under the right cheek.
Tip Make the body taller and a bit wider than the head.
Step 5: Left arm and paw
From the left side under the bill draw an arm sloping in to a plump mitten. Add 2 toe lines.
Step 6: Right arm and paw
From the right side under the bill draw the other arm the same way. The mittens sit side by side.
Step 7: Two webbed feet
Near the bottom of the body draw a flat paddle foot poking out each side. Add 2 web lines.
Step 8: Flat tail
Low on the right draw a big flat oval tail poking out behind the body, as wide as the tummy.
Step 9: Water
Draw wave bumps from the left edge to the tummy, and from the tummy to the right edge.
Step 10: Tan tummy
Colour the tummy and the 2 feet tan, around the arms.
Step 11: Blue water
Colour the water blue down to the bottom of the paper, around the platypus.
Step 12: Brown fur, grey bill
Colour the head, arms and tail brown, and the bill grey around the nostrils.
Tip Leave the eyes white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a platypus, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
