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How to Draw a Toucan Flying
Draw a toucan 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
A little right of the middle and a little above it, draw a big round head, slightly wider than tall.
Tip Leave lots of room on the right for the bill.
Step 2: Huge banana bill
Start on the top front of the head. Draw a long banana bill curving down, and stop at the chin.
Tip The bill is as long as two heads. Make it fat, with a soft point.
Step 3: Bands on the bill
Draw 2 curved lines across the bill, one near the head, one near the tip. Join them with a smile.
Step 4: Eye and white face
Draw a big eye with a black dot. Curve a line over and behind it, from bill to chin.
Step 5: Plump body
Start behind the head. Draw a long egg body sloping down left, round the tummy. Stop under the head.
Tip The body is longer than the bill and fattest at the chest.
Step 6: White bib
Start on the head, behind the chin. Curve a bib line down the chest and stop on the tummy line.
Step 7: Long tail
From the body's back end draw a long tail straight back, with a round end. Add 2 feather lines.
Step 8: Big open wing
Start on the back. Draw a wing up to a round tip, then down in 4 bumps to the back.
Tip The wing grows from the back, not the head. Round bumps, not teeth.
Step 9: Wing feathers
From each dip between the bumps draw a short line into the wing: 3 feather lines.
Step 10: Second wing
Between the head and the big wing draw a second wing, from the back up to a round tip.
Tip Only its front edge and tip peek out.
Step 11: Yellow and orange bill
Colour the bill band next to the head yellow. Colour the middle band orange.
Step 12: Grey wings and tail
Colour both wings and the long tail dark grey.
Step 13: Black toucan
Colour the head, body and bill tip black, around the white face and bib. Leave the eye white.
Tip Your toucan is flying!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a toucan flying, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
