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How to Draw a Turkey
Draw a turkey 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: big round head.
Step 1: Big round head
Near the top left, draw a big round head with a smooth dome and a tiny chin bump.
Tip Leave room on the right and below for the body.
Step 2: Beak, snood, wattle
From the head, draw a short fat beak back to it. Add a droopy snood on top, a wattle below.
Step 3: One big eye
A finger behind the beak, draw a big round eye. Fill it with a black dot, leaving a white shine.
Step 4: Plump body
Start low on the head's back. Curve down to the bottom, round a fat belly, and stop under the beak.
Tip A plump egg hanging under the head, narrower than the head.
Step 5: Big fan tail
Behind the body, draw 5 fat rounded feathers fanning out from the bottom like an open hand.
Tip All 5 start from the same spot on the bottom.
Step 6: Folded wing
Under the back of the head, draw a teardrop wing pointing at the tail. Add 2 short feather lines.
Step 7: Front leg and toes
Under the front of the tummy, draw a skinny leg with 3 toes fanning forward on the ground.
Step 8: Back leg and toes
A hand further back, draw the other leg and toes the same way.
Step 9: Ground and grass
Draw a ground line under the toes, starting and stopping a little in from the edges. Add 2 grass tufts.
Step 10: Yellow and ginger
Colour the beak, legs, toes and the second and fourth tail feathers yellow, and the other 3 ginger.
Step 11: Wood wing, red wattle
Colour the wing light wood brown, and the wattle and snood red. Go over your lines.
Step 12: Brown turkey
Colour the head and body brown around the wing, leaving the eye white. Your turkey is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a turkey, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
