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How to Draw a Wood Duck
Draw a wood duck 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: a round head.
Step 1: A round head
Near the top left of your paper draw a round head, a little wider than tall. Leave room below.
Step 2: Short red bill
On the front of the head draw a short bill, out and back to the chin. Add a mouth line.
Step 3: One big eye
A little behind the bill draw a big round eye. Fill it with a black dot, leaving a white speck.
Step 4: Neck and chin strap
Draw a neck. From the chin draw a strap finger up the cheek, then down to the front neck line.
Tip Rub out the head line inside the strap finger.
Step 5: Feather helmet
Draw a helmet from the head top back to a point at the neck. Add 2 stripe bands along it.
Tip Rub out the head line inside the helmet.
Step 6: Chest, back and tail
From the neck draw a chest curve down to the bottom. Add a long back and a short round tail.
Step 7: Chest line and wing
From the neck line, curve down to the bottom of the body. Add a teardrop wing pointing at the tail.
Step 8: Wavy water
Start at the left edge. Draw a soft wavy water line across to the right edge, under the duck.
Step 9: Tan side, brown chest
Colour the side tan, around the wing. Colour the chest brown, from the neck line down to the water.
Step 10: Green head, red eye
Colour the head and neck green; leave the eye, stripes and strap white. Colour the bill and eye ring red.
Step 11: Slate wing, blue water
Colour the wing and the tail dark grey. Colour the water blue under the wavy line.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a wood duck, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
