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How to Draw a Shuttlecock
Draw a shuttlecock in 11 easy steps, about 8 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 skirt.
Step 1: The skirt
Low on the page, start 2 lines a hand apart. Draw them up and out, stopping near the top.
Tip The skirt opens wide at the top, like a funnel. Leave room under it for the cork.
Step 2: Feather tips
Join the 2 line tops with a row of 7 round bumps, from the left line to the right line.
Step 3: The band
Across the bottom of the V draw a thin band, a little wider than the gap.
Step 4: The cork
Under the band draw a round bowl like a cup, a little narrower than the band.
Tip The cork is the round bottom the shuttlecock bounces on.
Step 5: Feather shafts
From the band draw 5 straight lines fanning up and out, each stopping at the top of a bump.
Tip The lines fan out like the sticks of a fan.
Step 6: Thread rows
Draw 2 gently curved lines across the skirt, one above the other, from the left edge to the right edge.
Step 7: Two eyes
On the cork draw 2 round eyes a finger apart. Colour a black dot in each, leaving a white shine.
Step 8: The smile
Under the eyes draw a small U smile, starting under one eye and stopping under the other.
Step 9: Ground and sparkles
Draw a ground line under the cork from left to right. Add 3 sparkle stars around the shuttlecock.
Step 10: Pink cheeks, yellow sparkles
Colour a pink oval cheek beside each end of the smile. Colour the sparkles yellow.
Step 11: Cream cork, red band
Colour the cork cream around the face, then the band red. Leave the eyes and feathers white. Done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a shuttlecock, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
