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How to Draw a Weathervane
Draw a weathervane 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: the rooster's head.
Step 1: The rooster's head
Above the middle of your paper, on the left, draw a small egg lying on its side for the head.
Step 2: A bumpy comb
Start at the front of the head. Draw a row of round bumps over the top, stopping at the back.
Step 3: Beak and eye
Start on the head's front. Draw a pointy beak and stop back on the head. Add an eye behind it.
Step 4: A dangly wattle
Behind the beak, start under the head. Draw a small raindrop hanging down and stop back on the head.
Step 5: A big body
Start halfway up the head's back. Draw a big bean body with a round chest, ending at the tail.
Step 6: A long wing
Start behind the neck. Draw a big fat C wing, stopping low on the chest. Add 3 feather bumps.
Step 7: Big curly tail
From the back end sweep 5 long tail feathers up and over like a fountain, each curling to a point.
Step 8: The arrow
Under the rooster draw a flat arrow: a thin bar, pointy head on the right, forked tail on the left.
Step 9: Rod and roof peak
From the arrow's middle draw a thin rod down, stopping low. Under it draw a wide flat triangle roof.
Step 10: West and East
Halfway down the rod draw a short bar across. Write W at the left end and E at the right.
Step 11: Ginger body, yellow beak
Colour the beak yellow, then the head and body ginger around the wing and wattle. Leave the eye white.
Step 12: Teal wing, black arrow
Colour the wing and tail teal, the comb, wattle and roof red, then the arrow black. Your weathervane is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a weathervane, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
